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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Added: 28 Jun 2017
Yaroslavl, Russia – Russian carbon black manufacturer JSC Yaroslavskiy Tekhnicheskiy Uglerod (Yaros…

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
Added: 27 Jun 2017
Hanover, Germany - Airless tires are more of a marketing tool than a realistic offering for the pas…

Pirelli outlines “value generating” programmes
Added: 27 Jun 2017
Milan, Italy – Pirelli & C. SpA has launched a series of “value generating” programmes for the medi…

Japanese chemical firms to collaborate on materials innovation
Added: 27 Jun 2017
Tokyo – Japan’s National Institute for Materials Science and chemical makers Mitsui Chemical Corp, …

Uzbekistan to start up first own tire plant
Added: 26 Jun 2017
Angren, Uzbekistan –Uzbekistan National Chemical is expecting the production of the country’s first…

ZF reinvents itself to prepare for digital future
Added: 26 Jun 2017
Friedrichshafen, Germany—The founders of auto supplier ZF Friedrichshafen AG would not recognise th…

Michelin boss details targets, technology ambitions
Added: 26 Jun 2017
Montreal, Quebec – Constant advancement in technology, customer service and community support are k…

Benecke-Kaliko, Hornschuch surface materials to be branded Continental
Added: 26 Jun 2017
Hanover, Germany - Surface material products by Benecke-Kaliko and Hornschuch will be branded Conti…

Conditional approval granted to Evonik's acquisition of Huber Silica
Added: 26 Jun 2017
Brussels – The European Commission has conditionally approved Evonik's acquisition of US-based Hube…