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UK car production heads for highest levels since 1999
Added: 3 Jan 2017
London — Britain built more cars in the first eleven months of 2016 than any full year since 2004, …
Hexpol names Brunstam as chairman, hunts for new CEO
Added: 3 Jan 2017
Malmo, Sweden – Hexpol AB’s nomination committee has proposed CEO and president Georg Brunstam to b…
Arburg delivers machinery for head-up displays to Continental
Added: 3 Jan 2017
Lossburg, Germany – Arburg delivered the tenth Allrounder injection moulding machine to Continental…
Covestro lifts force majeure on polyurethane raw materials
Added: 3 Jan 2017
Leverkusen, Germany – Covestro has lifted the force majeure on the polyurethane raw materials MDI a…
2017 could challenge automotive industry on supply, demand
Added: 3 Jan 2017
Detroit, Michigan – Auto makers are on pace to build more new cars and light trucks in 2016 than in…
ETRA boss rejects ‘management fallout’
Added: 25 Dec 2016
Brussels – Secretary general of the European Tyre Recycling Association (ETRA), Valerie Schulman ha…
Season's greetings from ERJ
Added: 24 Dec 2016
European Rubber Journal's office will close for the Christmas holiday from 25 Dec.
Our website and n…
Goodyear looking to complete UK plant close down mid-2017
Added: 23 Dec 2016
Wolverhampton, UK – Production has come to an end at Goodyear’s Wolverhampton plant and by 23 Dec, …
IMCD acquires Turkish distributor Feza Kimya
Added: 23 Dec 2016
Rotterdam, The Netherlands - Speciality distributor IMCD has acquired Istanbul-based Feza Kimya to …
Ex-Cooper Standard executive to drive growth in French group
Added: 22 Dec 2016
Terrasson-Lavilledieu, France – French rubber engineering group, Delmon Group, has appointed former…
Marangoni adds two partners in Turkey
Added: 22 Dec 2016
Rovereto, Italy – Marangoni Retreading Systems has added two dealer and retreadering partners in Tu…
Bridgestone to build new aircraft tire plants in Thailand
Added: 22 Dec 2016
Tokyo – Bridgestone has decided to construct two new aircraft tire manufacturing plants in Thailand…
Orion names new Americas carbon black R&D boss
Added: 21 Dec 2016
Kingwood, Texas – Orion Engineered Carbons has named Rodney Taylor as its vice-president, innovatio…
Trelleborg to open automotive parts plant in China
Added: 21 Dec 2016
Trelleborg, Sweden – Rubber engineering company Trelleborg is currently building a second automotiv…
Hankook eyes larger North American OE presence
Added: 21 Dec 2016
Las Vegas – Hankook Tire America Corp. is counting on the start of production next year at its Clar…
Dutch study says synthetic turfs “safe”
Added: 21 Dec 2016
Amsterdam – Synthetic turf fields with an infill of rubber granulate are safe for the public and fo…
Nokian names head of Russian operation as interim CEO
Added: 21 Dec 2016
Nokia, Finland – Nokian’s board of directors has appointed the head of its Russian operations Andre…
Kraton announces materials price rise
Added: 20 Dec 2016
Houston, Texas – Kraton Corp. has announced price rises for some of its materials to be effective a…
Ceat to add capacity to face local market growth
Added: 20 Dec 2016
Mumbai, India – Indian tire-maker Ceat Ltd is planning to increase tire production capacity to meet…
Iran breaks ground on rubber plant expansion
Added: 20 Dec 2016
Mahshahr, Iran – Iran has broken ground on a polybutadiene rubber (BR) production plant at its Takh…
