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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…
Report: LMI launches €10m expansion
Added: 14 Oct 2016
Cambridge, Ohio - LMI Custom Mixing LLC is about to get some breathing room.
The manufacturer of pol…
'Errors' lead to higher US truck tire dumping duties
Added: 14 Oct 2016
Washington – The US Department of Commerce has recalculated upward the preliminary anti-dumping dut…
Opinion - Hutchinson unveils vision of the future
Added: 14 Oct 2016
Chalette-sur-Loing, France - While the European non-tire rubber sector is widely seen as mature and…
Goodyear fined over $1m for deaths at Danville plant
Added: 14 Oct 2016
Danville, Virginia – The Virginia Occupational Safety and Health Administration (VOSH) has cited an…
Albis unveils polyamide adhesion modified TPV grades
Added: 13 Oct 2016
Hamburg, Germany – Albis Plastic GmbH has added some new polyamide adhesion-modified thermoplastic …
Japan's Toyoda Gosei to expand Czech plant
Added: 13 Oct 2016
Klášterec nad Ohří, Czech Republic – Japanese car parts maker Toyoda Gosei has unveiled plans to ex…
