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Pyrolyx names new chairman
Added: 14 Mar 2017
Munich, Germany – Pyrolyx AG’s supervisory board has elected Alexis P. Gurdjian as the new chairman…
Doublestar inks stock purchase agreement with Kumho creditors - report
Added: 13 Mar 2017
Seoul – Chinese tire maker Doublestar Tyre Co. has signed an agreement with Kumho Tire creditors fo…
Michelin relaunching Defender line in North America
Added: 13 Mar 2017
Greenville, South Carolina – Michelin North America Inc. is relaunching its Defender line of passen…
Conti appoints new heads at PLT tire unit
Added: 13 Mar 2017
Hanover, Germany – Continental’s passenger and light truck (PLT) tires development unit has appoint…
Trelleborg opens polyurethane facility in UK
Added: 13 Mar 2017
Redford, UK – Trelleborg AB’s applied technologies operation inaugurated a new purpose built facili…
Denka raises neoprene prices again
Added: 10 Mar 2017
LaPlace, Louisiana – Denka Performance Elastomer (DPE), which took over Dupont's neoprene business …
NR production falls 2.2% in early 2017
Added: 10 Mar 2017
Kuala Lumpur – Production of natural rubber by member of the Association of Natural Rubber Producin…
Kuraray raises elastomer prices for third time in 2017
Added: 10 Mar 2017
Tokyo – Japanese chemicals company Kuraray has raised prices for its elastomer products for a third…
Zeon, Sumitomo Chemical complete SSBR joint venture
Added: 10 Mar 2017
Tokyo – Zeon Corp. and Sumitomo Chemical Co. have completed the transfer of their solution styrene-…
Kumho Tire share purchase 'looming'
Added: 10 Mar 2017
Seoul, Korea – Kumho Tire creditors are set to close a deal on the sale of 42.01% majority stake sh…
Michelin adding RFID to all truck tires in North America
Added: 9 Mar 2017
Nashville, Tennessee – Michelin North America Inc. has begun building radio frequency identificatio…
China’s Yiyang machinery group receives “large orders” from overseas
Added: 9 Mar 2017
Yiyang, China - Yiyang Rubber & Plastics Machinery Group has received large orders from overseas ti…
Kuraray chairman passes away
Added: 9 Mar 2017
Tokyo – Kuraray has announced that its representative director and chairman, Fumio Ito, passed away…
Mesnac, Rockwell extend partnership in smart manufacturing
Added: 9 Mar 2017
Beijing – Mesnac and Rockwell Automation have signed a “strategic agreement” to conduct joint resea…
Datwyler appoints new chairman
Added: 9 Mar 2017
Altdorf, Switzerland – Datwyler Holding Inc. has appointed Paul Haelg as the chairman of board of d…
Goodyear unveils intelligent, connected tires in Geneva
Added: 8 Mar 2017
Geneva, Switzerland – The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has unveiled “new and emerging technologies” i…
Pirelli debuts cloud-based tire-monitoring system
Added: 8 Mar 2017
Geneva, Switzerland - Pirelli Tyre SpA has developed a digital platform that integrates tire opera…
Yokohama launches new fuel-efficient BluEarth tire
Added: 8 Mar 2017
Tokyo - Yokohama Rubber Co. has launched a new fuel-efficient BluEarth-Es ES32 tire “loaded with Ja…
Bridgestone EMEA adds new executive roles to drive growth
Added: 8 Mar 2017
Brussels – Bridgestone Europe has added two new executive roles in a bid to “drive profitable growt…
Camso to raise prices in April
Added: 7 Mar 2017
Magog, Quebec – Industrial tire and track producer Camso Ltd. plans to raise prices on its range of…
