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Boge Rubber & Plastics starts up second plant in China
Added: 17 Jan 2017
Damme, Germany – Automotive supplier Boge Rubber & Plastics has started operating a second plant in…

TST wins machinery-supply contract in Thailand
Added: 17 Jan 2017
Tianjin, China – Tianjin-based rubber machinery maker TST signed contract on 12 January to supply t…

Nijman heads up extrusion engineering at HF
Added: 17 Jan 2017
Hamburg, Germany – Equipment & machinery major HF TireTech Group has recently appointed Dr. Gerard …

Future Tire Conference 2017: Call for papers extended
Added: 17 Jan 2017
Deadline extended to 2nd February 2017
The Future Tire Conference 2017, organised by European Rubbe…

UK's Rapra organisation finds a new parent group
Added: 16 Jan 2017
Telford, UK - Membership organisation Rapra has been taken over by Made in the Midlands, an organis…

Thailand building test centre to support tire, NR sectors
Added: 16 Jan 2017
Bangkok – The Thailand Board of Investment plans to invest $100 million (€94 million) to build an a…

Marangoni strikes new partnership in Spain
Added: 16 Jan 2017
Rovereto, Italy – Marangoni Retreading Systems has struck a partnership with Spanish retreader Reca…

Finnish firm to offer consultancy for Filipino tire plant
Added: 16 Jan 2017
Manila – The Philippines government and Finnish tire consultancy Black Donuts Co. (BDC) are working…

Omnova to raise nitrile elastomer prices in February
Added: 15 Jan 2017
Beachwood, Ohio – Omnova Solutions Inc. will increase the price of nitrile elastomers, styrene-acry…

Yokohama hires Jeff Barna as COO
Added: 15 Jan 2017
Santa Ana, California – Yokohama Tire Corp has hired automotive industry veteran Jeff Barna to be i…

Interview: Acquisitions help PSG expand its business
Added: 13 Jan 2017
Cleveland, Ohio – Polymer Solutions Group (PSG) has blazed the acquisition trail to gain significan…

Report: Three Chinese firms bidding for Kumho
Added: 13 Jan 2017
Seoul - Three Chinese firms Shanghai Aerospace Industry Co. (SAIC), Jiangsu GPRO Group Co. and Qing…

ANRPC: NR price rebound to continue in 2017
Added: 13 Jan 2017
Kuala Lumpur – Last year saw a rebound in natural rubber prices, particularly in the fourth quarter…

Ansell develops “world’s thinnest” chemical resistant disposable glove
Added: 12 Jan 2017
Brussels – Ansell has announced the production of what it claims to be “the thinnest chemical resis…

Bridgestone runflats OE fitment on Lexus
Added: 12 Jan 2017
Tokyo – Bridgestone’s Turanza T005 run-flat technology (RFT) tires will be the standard tire mounte…

Michelin metal 3D printing JV to create “exceptional performance”
Added: 12 Jan 2017
London – Michelin and French machinery supplier Fives have set up a 50/50 joint venture to develop …

Michelin debuts Pilot Sport 4 S at Detroit auto show
Added: 11 Jan 2017
Detroit, Michigan – Michelin's newest ultra-high-performance tire – the Pilot Sport 4 S – will be a…

Denka to increase polychloroprene prices
Added: 11 Jan 2017
LaPLACE, Louisiana – Denka Performance Elastomer LLC will increase the prices of its Denka Neoprene…

Conti to sell shares in Pakistani tire company
Added: 11 Jan 2017
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG has confirmed that it is selling its shares in Pakistan’s General…

Toyo increases focus on North American
Added: 11 Jan 2017
Osaka, Japan –Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. has cranked up focus on North America a notch, with the expans…