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Toyoda Gosei expanding fluid systems business in US
Added: 12 Jun 2017
Brighton, Michigan – TG Fluid Systems USA Corp. has begun an expansion of its Brighton facility, ad…
Yokohama moves to expand high-pressure hose sales
Added: 12 Jun 2017
Tokyo—Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd has added a maritime certification for two high-pressure hoses in a b…
Italian trade association Assocomaplast renamed Amaplast
Added: 12 Jun 2017
Milan, Italy – Assocomaplast has a new name: Amaplast.
“Shorter and easier to pronounce, especially …
Crotty: Ageing assets a threat to EU chemical makers
Added: 8 Jun 2017
London – European polymer and chemicals companies must modernise their production facilities if th…
Vacancy ad: Job of the Week
Added: 8 Jun 2017
Due to ongoing expansion and business growth,
MAXAM TIRE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED is currently looking …
Chinese manufacturer trials polyurethane tire project
Added: 8 Jun 2017
Yunfu, Guangdong – China’s tire maker Himaxer has started trial production at its 1.2 million unit/…
Volatile NR markets see prices slip further
Added: 8 Jun 2017
London - Natural rubber prices continued to fall during May, albeit the downward trend slowed compa…
Bridgestone to raise TBR, OTR tire prices in North America
Added: 8 Jun 2017
Nashville, Tennessee - Bridgestone Americas is planning to raise prices in North America on its ran…
Company profile: Troester at 125 years
Added: 8 Jun 2017
Hannover-Wülfel, Germany – Troester, a family-run producer of equipment for extrusion of tire compo…
Bridgestone nets $110m fleet deal with FirstGroup
Added: 8 Jun 2017
Warwick, UK – Bridgestone has secured a $110 million (€98 million) tire supply contract with trans…
MOL/JSR rubber plant start-up delayed until 2018
Added: 8 Jun 2017
Budapest – The starting up of a new solution styrene butadiene rubber (SSBR) plant by Hungarian pet…
Toyoda Gosei building fifth plant in India
Added: 8 Jun 2017
Kiyosu, Japan - Toyoda Gosei Co. is building a new plant in India to meet the country’s growing aut…
Linglong tire ‘surprises’ Test World
Added: 8 Jun 2017
Zhaoyuan City, China – The gap between Chinese independent tire brands and overseas premium brands …
Chinese group earmarks $1bn for US plant
Added: 8 Jun 2017
Guangzhou, China — Guangzhou Vanlead Group Co. Ltd., a China state-owned entity that controls Wanli…
US safety body investigating death of worker at Goodyear Kansas plant
Added: 8 Jun 2017
Topeka, Kansas – As of 7 June, Region 7 of the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration was…
UK tire recyclers seek ‘fairer’ fire safety rules
Added: 7 Jun 2017
London – The Tyre Recovery Association (TRA) is holding talks with the UK’s Environment Agency (EA)…
Shake-ups ahead for growing fillers market
Added: 7 Jun 2017
Based on feature article published in ERJ’s May/June issue
Carbon black demand rising but faces pre…
Michelin bids to acquire all shares in SIPH
Added: 7 Jun 2017
Paris – Groupe Michelin has filed a public tender offer in France to acquire 1,042,324 shares in na…
New executive in place at Continental’s tire division
Added: 7 Jun 2017
Hanover, German – Continental AG has named Heinrich Exeler as the new head of Continental Reifen De…
Q&A: Goodyear Dunlop exec discusses CV tire trends
Added: 7 Jun 2017
Q&A based on interview at the recent Commercial Vehicle Show 2017 in Birmingham with Peri Theodosio…
