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Bridgestone to expand Japanese aircraft tire plant
Added: 20 Oct 2016
Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp. plans to increase capacity for radial aircraft tires at its plant in Kuru…
Wanli advances 'world's first' smart tire factory
Added: 19 Oct 2016
Hefei, China – Hefei Wanli is planning to complete the trial run in November for the phase-one proj…
Hankook opens high-tech R&D centre in South Korea
Added: 19 Oct 2016
Daejeon, South Korea – Hankook Tire has opened a major, new research and development centre in the …
Indonesia's Gajah Tunggal recalls 250,000 tires in US
Added: 19 Oct 2016
Rancho Cucamonga, California – PT Gajah Tunggal Tbk, the Indonesian tire manufacturer, is voluntari…
Goodyear to contest citations at Danville site
Added: 19 Oct 2016
Danville, Virginia – Goodyear is contesting citations handed down by the Virginia Occupational Safe…
Conti recalls over 14,000 tires in US
Added: 19 Oct 2016
Charlotte, North Carolina – Continental Tires the Americas LLC is voluntarily recalling 14,567 Cros…
VMI building new production factory in Poland
Added: 19 Oct 2016
Akron, Ohio – VMI Group is working out of a temporary plant in Poland as it constructs a new factor…
Chinese nationals jailed for $1.5m Goodyear fraud
Added: 19 Oct 2016
Akron, Ohio - Two Chinese nationals were each sentenced to more than two years in prison for defra…
Feature: Stakeholders look to other NR sources
Added: 18 Oct 2016
Washington – Michelin's recently announced Zero Deforestation programme will have a major impact on…
Tire chemicals market to surpass 42.5m tonnes by 2025
Added: 18 Oct 2016
New York - Growing demand for durable tires, with higher fuel efficiency and better wet grip, will …
BASF workers killed in blast at Ludwigshaven site
Added: 18 Oct 2016
Ludwigshafen, Germany — At least two workers have been killed and two are still missing after an ex…
Celanese to acquire SO.F.TER.
Added: 18 Oct 2016
Forli, Italy – US speciality materials company Celanese is to acquire SO.F.TER. Group, the Forli-b…
Report: TPE market approaching maturity
Added: 17 Oct 2016
Leatherhead, UK – Consumption of thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) will show steady growth during the n…
EU car market picks up after dip in July
Added: 17 Oct 2016
Brussels – While July upset the unbroken string of growth in new passenger car registrations in Eur…
Bridgestone brings intelligent tire-building system to Europe
Added: 17 Oct 2016
Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp. plans to install its artificial-intelligence-based Examation tire assembl…
UK tire company fined as explosion injures worker
Added: 16 Oct 2016
Nottingham, UK – A tire maintenance company has been fined over £134,000 (€148,000) after a tire ex…
Fire at Sri Trang factory in Indonesia
Added: 16 Oct 2016
Bangkok – A block rubber factory in Pontianak, Indonesia owned by PT Star Rubber was hit by fire on…
JSR to build carbon masterbatch facility in Mexico
Added: 16 Oct 2016
Guanajuato, Mexico – JSR Corp.’s subsidiary Elastomix Co. is setting up a carbon masterbatch (CMB) …
Mesnac opens new facility in Slovakia
Added: 16 Oct 2016
Trencianska Tepla, Slovakia – Chinese tire & rubber machinery maker Mesnac has opened a new develop…
Micro-Poise teams up with Siemens on tire measuring system
Added: 14 Oct 2016
Streetsboro, Ohio – Micro-Poise Measurement Systems plans to replace an existing tire measurement s…
