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Conti opens 300-employee R&D centre in California
Added: 13 Apr 2017
Hanover, Germany / San José, California – Continental has opened a new R&D centre in San José, whe…
Wacker inks silicone brand deal in Brazil
Added: 13 Apr 2017
Munich, Germany / São Paulo, Brazil – Munich-based chemical group Wacker and the Brazilian silicon…
Aeolus to fully absorb Pirelli industrial tire unit, raise project funds
Added: 13 Apr 2017
Jiaozuo, China – Aeolus is to acquire a 90% stake in Pirelli’s industrial tire unit Prometeon Tyre …
Trinseo CEO to receive leadership award
Added: 13 Apr 2017
Berwyn, Pennsylvania.—Throughout the past three years, Trinseo SA CEO and president Christopher Pap…
ASTM move could aid pyrolysis backers
Added: 12 Apr 2017
Brussels – The formation recently by the standards body ASTM International of a committee on recycl…
Raw materials costs hit Semperit business outlook
Added: 12 Apr 2017
Vienna – Semperit Group is now expecting a “very weak” result and has suspended its business foreca…
Delay to Dow-DuPont merger
Added: 12 Apr 2017
Midland, Michigan – Several amendments have been made to the proposed merger agreement between Dow …
New Prometeon to partner by Iveco Defence Vehicles
Added: 12 Apr 2017
Milan – Prometeon Tire Group – the new company name of the group that produces Pirelli brand truck,…
Kramer: Goodyear poised for “high-value” growth
Added: 12 Apr 2017
Akron, Ohio – Goodyear is positioned to take advantage of the "accelerating shift to high-value-add…
Feature – JK Tyre maps out road to automation
Added: 10 Apr 2017
Hanover, Germany – Automation and the level of automation introduced in your system is a central t…
Kanwar: Hungary plant a " milestone" in Apollo's global expansion plans
Added: 10 Apr 2017
Gyongyoshalasz, Hungary – More than 1,400 Apollo employees, vendors, dealers and dignitaries – incl…
EC clears Dow-DuPont merger subject to conditions
Added: 10 Apr 2017
Brussels – DuPont Co.is divesting its Crop Protection Business and acquiring FMC's health and nutri…
New Chinese steel cord and carbon black project
Added: 10 Apr 2017
Shizuishan, China – Chemical conglomerate Ningxia Dadi Circular Deveploment Corp. broke ground in F…
Report: Styrenic elastomers to lose out in growing TPEs market
Added: 10 Apr 2017
Leatherhead, UK – The global market for thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) will grow at an annual rat…
Tire groups warn of pressures on UK recycling sector
Added: 10 Apr 2017
London - Tire recycling costs are being forced up at an alarming rate across the UK, leaders of the…
Michelin to expand tire production in China
Added: 10 Apr 2017
Shenyang, China – Michelin has decided to expand its tire facilities in Shenyang after a meeting be…
Çalışkan takes over the reins at Kordsa
Added: 10 Apr 2017
Istanbul - Ali Çalışkan has become chief executive officer (CEO) of tire cord maker Kordsa, replaci…
Conti to invest $10m at US test site
Added: 7 Apr 2017
Uvalde, Texas — Continental Tire the Americas LLC intends to invest $10 million (€9.4 million) in a…
Apollo marks opening of Hungary tire plant
Added: 7 Apr 2017
Budapest – Apollo Tyres is today marking the official opening of its new tire production plant in G…
ETRMA launches study into tire-particle impact
Added: 7 Apr 2017
Brussels – The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has launched a study int…
