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Retreader Vacu-Lug tracking routes to success, post-Brexit
Added: 9 Aug 2016
Lincolnshire, UK – In the wake of “Brexit,” where the citizens of the UK voted for the nation to l…
Volvo approves Enviro’s recycled carbon black
Added: 9 Aug 2016
Gothenburg, Sweden – Volvo Car Corp. has approved the use of recycled carbon black in chassis plugs…
Orion aims to offset impact of carbon-black feedstock costs
Added: 8 Aug 2016
Luxembourg – Orion Engineered Carbons expects a bounce-back in earnings at its Rubber Carbon Black …
Sumitomo to double capacity at US tire plant
Added: 8 Aug 2016
Tokyo – Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd (SRI) is to double production capacity for passenger car and…
Draft Yokohama Conveyor Belt to write up pix on email
Added: 8 Aug 2016
Yokohama launches conveyor belt cover compound “Tuftex α” for mining and port customers】
Tokyo – The…
Can anyone solve rubber bale mystery?
Added: 8 Aug 2016
London – Readers of PRW have once again been asked to help solve the mystery of objects being washe…
Conti prepares ground for further expansion in China
Added: 8 Aug 2016
Hanover, Germany — Continental AG has secured an option to buy a plot of land adjacent to its tire …
Food sector taking chances with cheap imported seals
Added: 5 Aug 2016
Wolverhampton, UK - The food industry needs to do more to ensure its supply chain is using the righ…
Sumitomo, Zeon unveil SBR joint venture plan
Added: 5 Aug 2016
Tokyo - Zeon Corp. and Sumitomo Chemical Co. are planning a joint study on the possible consolidati…
UK chemical makers more upbeat after Brexit vote
Added: 5 Aug 2016
London – Having warned about severe, potential downsides for business before the referendum, UK che…
Analysis: Natural rubber prices in retreat
Added: 5 Aug 2016
London – Despite price gains in some Asian markets during July, most pointers suggested that natura…
Sentury 'eyeing two US states' for new tire plant
Added: 5 Aug 2016
Memphis, Tennessee — Local media in Georgia and Tennessee are reporting that China’s Qingdao Sentur…
Technology report: Robotics now ready to roll
Added: 5 Aug 2016
Article published in the July/August issue of European Rubber Journal magazine:
Automation opens doo…
![Hamma: The industry wanted a change, needs to keep developing, and Koelnmesse can meet these requirements. Every industry requires perspectives on how the future direction and potential for further growth can be developed and realised. We will retain the positives of the previous event and also bring new strengths [through] increased international orientation and the incorporation of new target groups. Much of this has been neglected in the past.](/files/img_cache/2179054/160_120_1Tire-Cologne-Image-Interview_Katkarina-C.-Hamma-300x200.jpeg?1645985117)
Tire Cologne: Interview with event executive Katharina Hamma
Added: 5 Aug 2016
In this edited Q&A interview Katharina Hamma, chief operating officer, Koelnmesse GmbH, Tire Cologn…
CNRC, Pirelli approve asset swaps
Added: 5 Aug 2016
Milan, Italy — China National Rubber Co. (CNRC) and Pirelli & Co. SpA have approved the transfer o…
Cooper Q2 earnings up, sales down
Added: 4 Aug 2016
Findlay, Ohio—Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. reported 10.5 percent higher operating income for the quarte…
Storm-hit Chinese machinery makers looking overseas
Added: 4 Aug 2016
Article published in the China Tire Report 2016, an annual supplement in the July/August issue of E…
Cheap imports undermine EU retreading industry
Added: 4 Aug 2016
Article published in ERJ's July/August issue:
The upward trend of cheap truck tire imports into Euro…
Michelin stays on target despite slowing markets
Added: 3 Aug 2016
Clermont-Ferrand, France – Michelin expects some loss of momentum in markets for passenger car and …
Nishikawa pleads guilty, to pay $130m for US price-fixing
Added: 3 Aug 2016
Detroit, Michigan –Japanese supplier Nishikawa Rubber Co. agreed to plead guilty and pay $130 milli…
