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Datwyler reports revenue growth in all businesses
Added: 24 Jan 2017
Altdorf, Switzerland - Datwyler Group has reported a 4.3% increase in its “unaudited net revenue” t…
US increases duties against Chinese truck, bus tires
Added: 24 Jan 2017
Washington – The US Department of Commerce final ruling on import duties on truck and bus tires fro…
Michelin UK unit to lead north European region
Added: 23 Jan 2017
Stoke-on-Trent, UK – Michelin solutions UK team will be leading the fleet management operations of …
Trelleborg acquires US seal distributor
Added: 23 Jan 2017
Trelleborg, Sweden - Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has signed an agreement to acquire a privately ow…
Tire industry R&D spending remains stable
Added: 23 Jan 2017
Article published in ERJ's January-February issue
R&D spending in the tire industry remains stable…
Warehouse fire idles Federal plant temporarily
Added: 23 Jan 2017
Taoyuan City, Taiwan – A fire on 17 Jan at a warehouse adjacent to Federal Corp's factory in Taoyua…
Smithers upgrades Ohio tire test center
Added: 20 Jan 2017
Ravenna, Ohio – Smithers Rapra has upgraded the treadwear testing capabilities at its Tire and Whee…
Entrepreneur sentenced for Cooper-Apollo insider trading scheme
Added: 20 Jan 2017
Boston, Massachusetts – A Brookline, Massachusetts-based entrepreneur and private equity investor h…
Michelin to develop CSR web platform for natural rubber
Added: 20 Jan 2017
Montpellier, France – Michelin has chosen agricultural industry software company SMAG to help it ac…
Trinseo’s COO Martin Pugh to retire
Added: 20 Jan 2017
Berwyn, Pennsylvania – Trinseo’s executive vice president and chief operating officer Martin Pugh h…
Report: Doublestar selected as Kumho buyer
Added: 20 Jan 2017
Seoul – Chinese tire maker Qingdao Doublestar has been selected by Kumho creditors as the preferred…
Bridgestone’s South Africa plant impacted by electricity cuts
Added: 19 Jan 2017
Brits, South Africa – Japanese tire maker Bridgestone has support a legal action against the Madibe…
Semperit, Sri Trang demerge Thai gloves JV
Added: 19 Jan 2017
Vienna – Austrian rubber company Semperit and its Thai partner Sri Trang have agreed to demerge the…
Arlanxeo to increase prices for chloroprene rubber products
Added: 19 Jan 2017
Maastricht, The Netherlands – Arlanxeo is increasing prices for chloroprene rubber and chloroprene …
Nynas opens new office in Colombia
Added: 19 Jan 2017
Bogota – Nynas has opened a sales office for naphthenic speciality oils in Colombia, where it has b…
UK chemical makers to continue advising government on Brexit
Added: 18 Jan 2017
London - UK prime minister Theresa May's 17 Jan announcement that the country will exit the EU sin…
Reliance–Sibur JV plans to build halobutyl rubber unit
Added: 18 Jan 2017
Mumbai, India – Reliance Sibur Elastomers Private Ltd (RSEPL), a joint venture between Sibur and Re…
Nexen, Toyota Tsusho establish sales JV
Added: 18 Jan 2017
Tokyo – Nexen Tire Corp. has established a sales subsidiary in Japan to handle its growing replacem…
Bridgestone acquiring French tire retailer Ayme
Added: 18 Jan 2017
Brussels - Bridgestone Europe NV/SA has entered into an exclusivity agreement with the shareholders…
Trelleborg expands India research centre
Added: 17 Jan 2017
Ahmedabad, India – Trelleborg’s marine systems business has relocated and almost doubled the size o…
