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Linglong opens subsidiaries in Luxembourg and Mexico

Linglong opens subsidiaries in Luxembourg and Mexico

Added: 3 Jul 2017

Yantai, China – Linglong Tyre has opened fully-owned new subsidiaries in Luxembourg City, Luxumbour…

Former Trelleborg exec takes the helm at Hexpol

Former Trelleborg exec takes the helm at Hexpol

Added: 3 Jul 2017

Malmo, Sweden – Former Trelleborg Industrial Solutions head Mikael Fryklund has taken over as new p…

Semperit considering French site closure as part of restructuring bid

Semperit considering French site closure as part of restructuring bid

Added: 3 Jul 2017

Vienna – Semperit AG Holding is considering the possible complete shutdown of its Sempertrans produ…

Lanxess restructures Rhein Chemie business

Lanxess restructures Rhein Chemie business

Added: 3 Jul 2017

Cologne, Germany – Lanxess has restructured following the acquisition of Chemtura, affecting the ru…

Orion board changes as directors resign

Orion board changes as directors resign

Added: 30 Jun 2017

Luxembourg – Claus von Hermann and Andrew Sweet resigned as directors of Orion Engineered Carbons S…

Bridgestone ups winter tire prices in Japan

Bridgestone ups winter tire prices in Japan

Added: 30 Jun 2017

Tokyo ― Bridgestone Corp. is increasing prices of its winter tires for passenger cars and vans in J…

Hankook Tire America names new president

Hankook Tire America names new president

Added: 30 Jun 2017

Nashville, Tennessee – Just as Hankook Tire America Corp.'s first U.S. plant ramps up production in…

China’s Triangle Tyre to announce US production plans 'imminently'

China’s Triangle Tyre to announce US production plans 'imminently'

Added: 30 Jun 2017

Cologne, Germany - Triangle Tyre is to announce the building of a new factory in the US very soon, …

REACH will not 'copy and paste' into post-Brexit law

REACH will not 'copy and paste' into post-Brexit law

Added: 29 Jun 2017

Brussels – The UK will have a major job on its hands if it decides to transpose REACH into national…

Cooper Standard Automotive expands in China

Cooper Standard Automotive expands in China

Added: 29 Jun 2017

Shanghai, China – Cooper Standard Automotive Inc. has opened its new Asia-Pacific Sealing Test and …

UK's Allied Bakeries renews fleet management contract with Michelin

UK's Allied Bakeries renews fleet management contract with Michelin

Added: 29 Jun 2017

Stoke-on-Trent, UK – Michelin Solutions has extended its fleet management contract with UK-based Al…

Bridgestone names new Japan tire business head

Bridgestone names new Japan tire business head

Added: 29 Jun 2017

Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp has announced a number of management changes, which will see Koji Kajiwara…

Black Bear recognised for environmental impact

Black Bear recognised for environmental impact

Added: 29 Jun 2017

Nederweert, The Netherlands – Dutch recycled carbon black producer Black Bear carbon black has rece…

Freudenberg introduces new seal for traction-battery housings

Added: 29 Jun 2017

Plymouth, Michigan – Freudenberg Sealing Technologies released a "Profiles-to-Gasket" seal for trac…

Parker Hannifin opens new manufacturing unit in US

Parker Hannifin opens new manufacturing unit in US

Added: 28 Jun 2017

Macedonia, Ohio – Parker Hannifin Corp. opened a new manufacturing learning and development centre …

Future Tire to be staged at Tire Cologne  

Future Tire to be staged at Tire Cologne  

Added: 28 Jun 2017

Cologne, Germany - The Future Tire Conference organised by European Rubber Journal will, next year,…

Cimcorp to automate new Algerian tire plant

Cimcorp to automate new Algerian tire plant

Added: 28 Jun 2017

Ulvila, Finland – Finnish manufacturer and integrator of robotic handling systems Cimcorp Oy has wo…

Russian carbon black maker Yaroslavl readjusts prices

Russian carbon black maker Yaroslavl readjusts prices

Added: 28 Jun 2017

Yaroslavl, Russia – Russian carbon black manufacturer JSC Yaroslavskiy Tekhnicheskiy Uglerod (Yaros…

Hankook moves European HQ a few hundred metres

Hankook moves European HQ a few hundred metres

Added: 27 Jun 2017

Neu-Isenburg, Germany –  Hankook has moved its European HQ and German local office a few hundred me…

Conti R&D boss takes pop at airless tires

Conti R&D boss takes pop at airless tires

Added: 27 Jun 2017

Hanover, Germany - Airless tires are more of a marketing tool than a realistic offering for the pas…