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Vipal Rubber starts retreading products JV in Europe
Added: 28 Jul 2016
Nova Prata, Brazil – Vipal Rubber has recently formed a joint venture with Mezcla Caucho of Spain, …

Europe shores up Q2 earnings at Goodyear
Added: 28 Jul 2016
Akron, Ohio – Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has posted a 3.5-percent drop in segment operating income …

Sales dip at Shin-Etsu's silicones business
Added: 28 Jul 2016
Tokyo - Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd’s silicones business achieved a marginal rise in earnings on sl…

Future Individual Mobility - Consequences for the Tire Industry
Added: 28 Jul 2016
In his keynote address to the recent Future Tire Conference 2016, Christian Kötz, president of the …

Conti advances truck-driving displays
Added: 27 Jul 2016
Hanover, Germany – At the 66th International Motor Show Commercial Vehicles, 22-29 Sept in Hanover…

Michelin increases stake in natural rubber supplier
Added: 27 Jul 2016
Paris – Michelin has increased its capital share-holding in natural rubber supplier Societe Interna…

Sid Richardson still scouting sites for Mexico plant
Added: 27 Jul 2016
London – Sid Richardson Carbon Co. is still evaluating potential locations and feedstock sources fo…

US rubber makers seek anti-dumping duties on ESBR imports
Added: 27 Jul 2016
Port Neches, Texas – Lion Elastomers and East West Copolymer have filed an anti-dumping petition ag…

US reduces duties for Chinese OTR tires
Added: 27 Jul 2016
Washington — The US Commerce Department has revised down anti-dumping duties levied on certain off-…

Turkey: Rubber industry ‘unaffected’ by recent turmoil
Added: 27 Jul 2016
Istanbul – The tire and rubber sector has not been impacted by events surrounding the recent failed…

Huayi to open truck and bus tire plant in Thailand
Added: 26 Jul 2016
Royong, Thailand – Shanghai Huayi (Group), the holding company of Chinese tire maker Double Coin, i…

Report – US synthetic rubber makers seek tariffs on ESBR imports
Added: 26 Jul 2016
Washington –US synthetic rubber manufacturers are seeking anti-dumping tariffs on SR imports from S…

Permali Gloucester adds new TPU film line
Added: 26 Jul 2016
Gloucester, UK – Composite specialist Permali Gloucester has installed a new manufacturing line for…

Rubber processing chemicals demand to grow 4.4% to 2020
Added: 26 Jul 2016
Cleveland, Ohio - World rubber processing chemical demand is expected to grow 4.4-percent a year to…

Yokohama considering US, Mexico for new plant
Added: 25 Jul 2016
Mexico City – Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd is closer to announcing where it will build a new consumer ti…

Dayco grows globally, opens new sales offices in Europe
Added: 25 Jul 2016
Troy, Michigan – Dayco has opened sales and technical support offices in Belgrade and Lisbon, the e…

GM scrambles after supplier bankruptcy
Added: 25 Jul 2016
Franklin, Massachusetts – Automotive manufacturers don’t like surprises – especially when the surpr…

UK industrial optimism records biggest drop in seven years
Added: 25 Jul 2016
London – Manufacturing output and domestic orders saw firm growth over the past quarter, but both a…

Toyoda Gosei to establish automotive parts plant in India
Added: 25 Jul 2016
Kiyosu, Japan – Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd is establishing a new plant in Bawal in the Indian state of Ha…