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Versalis exec to lead IISRP
Added: 8 May 2017
Taipei, Taiwan - Enrico Lucchese, marketing manager for tire, styrenics modification, & latex withi…
Orion posts strong results as rubber black volumes decline
Added: 8 May 2017
Luxembourg – Orion Engineered Carbons has seen a 4.8% year-on-year decline in its rubber carbon bla…
Future Tire 2017: Q&A with Jyrki Anttonen, Technology Director, Cimcorp Oy
Added: 8 May 2017
Jyrki Anttonen, Technology Director, Cimcorp Oy, will join the line-up of high-ranking speakers at …
Canadian oilseed invention found in new-gen Nokian tires
Added: 5 May 2017
Nokia, Finland — A Canadian agricultural invention widely considered a global Cinderella success st…
Natural rubber prices continue to slide
Added: 5 May 2017
London – Natural rubber buyers seemed unswayed by a proposal for new output curbs among the three m…
Michelin commissions new distribution centre in Stoke
Added: 5 May 2017
London – Michelin has recently signed a contract with LondonMetric Property to build a 137,000 sq f…
UHP sales help Hankook’s first quarter results
Added: 5 May 2017
Seoul, Korea – Hankook Tire has posted a slight dip, almost 1%, in first quarter operating profit …
Orion rubber blacks deliver strong first quarter
Added: 5 May 2017
Luxembourg – Orion Engineered Carbons SA has notched up a 36.6% year-on-year increase in earnings …
HF parent expects rubber-machinery division to recover in 2017
Added: 4 May 2017
Lübeck, Germany – Possehl group is upbeat about the prospects for recovery at its Elastomer Plant d…
Boto in talks to build tire plant in Malaysia
Added: 4 May 2017
Jasin, Malaysia – China’s Boto Tyre signed a memorandum in April with Malacca government to build a…
Apollo goes digital to meet truck tire goals in Europe
Added: 4 May 2017
Birmingham, UK – Apollo Tyres has launched a new digital selling platform as part of plans to corne…
Apollo to relocate US headquarters to Atlanta
Added: 3 May 2017
Atlanta, Georgia – Apollo Tyres Ltd. has taken one of the first major steps to increasing its prese…
Alliance Tire names new CEO
Added: 3 May 2017
Mumbai, India – Alliance Tire Group has hired Nitin Mantri, an executive with experience in the hea…
Nokian selects US for third tire production plant
Added: 3 May 2017
Nokia, Finland – Nokian Tyres is to build a $360-million (€330 million) production facility in Dayt…
Six tire makers help fund Smithers Rapra US expansion
Added: 3 May 2017
Ravenna, Ohio—Independent tire testing company Smithers Rapra has struck a deal with six US-based t…
Land dispute puts Sri Lanka tire plant project ‘on ice’
Added: 3 May 2017
London – Plans to build a passenger car tire plant in Sri Lanka have become bogged down in a row ov…
Future Tire 2017: Q&A with Jan Grashuis, Vice President – Global R&D, VMI
Added: 2 May 2017
Jan Grashuis, vice president – global R&D, VMI, will discuss plant automation and new technologies …
Weak demand, prices impact Goodyear's first quarter
Added: 2 May 2017
Akron, Ohio – The combined effects of price increase and weak demand impacted Goodyear's first quar…
Parker reports growth in fiscal third quarter
Added: 2 May 2017
Mayfield Heights, Ohio—Parker Hannifin Corp. released its results for the fiscal third quarter of 2…
CV tire majors gain as Chinese wane
Added: 2 May 2017
Birmingham, UK – Chinese imports are losing ground in truck and bus tire markets within the UK and …
