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RubberTech backing new plans for Reifen
Added: 7 Jun 2016
Shanghai, China – RubberTech organiser China United Rubber Corp. (CURC), has backed Messe Essen Gmb…
Hainan Rubber to raise €523m in private placement
Added: 7 Jun 2016
Haikou, China – China’s largest natural rubber maker Hainan Rubber Group is raising up to 3.9 billi…
Cooper Standard invests €50m at two French sites
Added: 7 Jun 2016
Rennes, France – Cooper Standard has launched a project to expand its manufacturing footprint in Fr…
Borealis introduces new plastomers
Added: 7 Jun 2016
Linz, Austria – Borealis has extended its Queo polyolefin plastomers (POP) portfolio with the launc…
Nokian adds strategy development exec
Added: 7 Jun 2016
Nokia, Finland – Nokian Tyres has appointed mergers & acquisitions (M&A) specialist, Timo Tervolin,…
US postpones Indian OTR anti-dumping ruling
Added: 7 Jun 2016
Washington - The US Department of Commerce has postponed for 50 days its preliminary anti-dumping d…
Conti fitted on UEFA football team buses
Added: 7 Jun 2016
Paris – Continental is supplying premium tires for transfer buses of all 24 teams taking part in th…
Dunlop opens new South African facility
Added: 7 Jun 2016
Durban, South Africa – Dunlop South Africa, part of Sumitomo Rubber South Africa (Pty) Ltd (SRSA), …
Trelleborg names new boss for Brazil offshore operation
Added: 7 Jun 2016
Macae, Brazil – Trelleborg offshore operation has appointed Sebastian Araujo as managing director o…
Orgkhim awards Malaysian plant construction
Added: 7 Jun 2016
Kuala Lumpur – KNM Process Systems Snd Bhd has been awarded a contract to build Orgkhim’s rubber pr…
![“China hasn’t managed to increase its [export] volumes since this latest round of duties because they are unable to penetrate these high-performance and winter tire segments in the EU market,” Stapleton added.](/files/img_cache/2178757/160_120_1ftc-lmc-speaker-crop600.jpg?1645985266)
EU production not so impacted by US anti-dumping duties – expert
Added: 7 Jun 2016
Essen, Germany – The EU tire production has not been significantly affected by the new round of US …
DuPont teams up for new material partnership
Added: 7 Jun 2016
Croydon, UK – DuPont has agreed a long term strategic partnership with D3O, the Croydon-based impac…
Tire Tracker: News round-up
Added: 7 Jun 2016
Bellow is the highlight of latest news from the tire industry: Michelin North America... Conti... G…
Hexpol buys UK rubber compounder Berwin
Added: 6 Jun 2016
Manchester, UK – Swedish group Hexpol AB has acquired Manchester-based compounder Berwin Group for…
Orion in talks with workers over French closure
Added: 6 Jun 2016
Luxembourg – Orion Engineered Carbons has begun consultations with the works council at its Ambѐs, …
Pirelli breaks ground on Mexican expansion
Added: 6 Jun 2016
Silao, Mexico – Pirelli Tyre SpA has broken ground on a $200 million (€176 million) expansion of ti…
Analysis: No recovery yet in sight for NR prices
Added: 6 Jun 2016
Article published in May/June issue of ERJ
London - After five years of steep decline, some green sh…
Koetz: EU must enforce existing tire rules before creating new ones
Added: 6 Jun 2016
Essen, Germany – The increasing burden of EU regulation and high cost structure are making it diffi…
Analysis: VW offers its vision of Industry 4.0
Added: 4 Jun 2016
Shanghai, China — For German car-maker Volkswagen AG, one of the visions for Industry 4.0 includes …
Trelleborg to provide seals, gaskets for tunnel in Sweden
Added: 4 Jun 2016
Goeteborg, Sweden – Trelleborg AB has been awarded the contract to supply gaskets and seals to the …
