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Signs of recovery in European tire markets
Added: 20 Apr 2017
Brussels – The replacement tire market in Europe has had a strong start to 2017 with first-quarter…
'First piling' marks start on Conti's Thai plant
Added: 19 Apr 2017
Rayong, Thailand — Continental AG has broken ground on the $265 million tire plant it's building in…
Kumho deal with Doublestar to go ahead as ex-owner passes right to buy
Added: 19 Apr 2017
Seoul – The sale of Kumho Tire’s 42% majority stake to China’s Doublestar Tyre will go ahead as pla…
Prometeon Tyre launches dedicated website
Added: 19 Apr 2017
Milan, Italy – Prometeon Tyre Group Srl., the newly organised company encompassing Pirelli Tyre SpA…
Indorama adding Glanzstoff to tire-cord acquisitions
Added: 19 Apr 2017
Bangkok – Indorama Ventures Public Co. Ltd (IVL) has signed an agreement to acquire Austrian tire c…
Future Tire: Q&A with Armin Kraus of 4JET Technologies
Added: 19 Apr 2017
In this Q&A, he tells us about tires and cars that can speak the same language, autonomous driving …
Acquisitions drive 'significant rise' in Freudenberg 2016 results
Added: 19 Apr 2017
Weinheim, Germany – New acquisitions helped Freudenberg Group to grow sales by 13.5%, to €8,590.1 …
Yokohama to add Alliance passenger tire brand
Added: 18 Apr 2017
Tokyo -- Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd has confirmed that it plans to launch a range of "competitively p…
NR price outlook ‘improves’ after sharp falls
Added: 18 Apr 2017
Kuala Lumpur – Although natural rubber prices have fallen sharply since mid-February, market sentim…
Momentive opens tire materials R&D lab
Added: 18 Apr 2017
Charlotte, North Caroline - Momentive Performance Materials Inc. has opened a 20,000-sq-ft. researc…
Bridgestone develops airless bicycle tires
Added: 18 Apr 2017
Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp., together with Bridgestone Cycle Co., Ltd., has developed an airless bicy…
Semperit CTO steps down from the management board
Added: 18 Apr 2017
Vienna – Semperit’s long-standing chief technical officer Richard Ehrenfeldner has terminated his a…
Hutchinson to build new North American HQ
Added: 13 Apr 2017
Auburn Hills, Michigan - A new $8 million North American headquarters building for Hutchinson North…
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 …
