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Bridgestone to acquire French automotive retailer Speedy

Bridgestone to acquire French automotive retailer Speedy

Added: 1 Jun 2016

Brussels – Bridgestone EMEA is planning to acquire Speedy France, a major car service retail compan…

Mesnac sets up Brazil office

Mesnac sets up Brazil office

Added: 1 Jun 2016

Sao Paulo, Brazil – Mesnac Americas Co Ltd has established a sales and service operation in Campina…

Orion announces rubber black price increases in US

Orion announces rubber black price increases in US

Added: 31 May 2016

Kingwood, Texas – Orion Engineered Carbons LLC will increase prices on all rubber black grades sold…

US industry group issues crumb-rubber position paper

US industry group issues crumb-rubber position paper

Added: 31 May 2016

Bowie, Maryland — Despite adverse publicity, all available evidence indicates that the use of crumb…

Tire-expo saga continues as Reifen quits Essen

Tire-expo saga continues as Reifen quits Essen

Added: 31 May 2016

Essen, Germany — Organiser Messe Essen’s decision to move the Reifen tire trade fair from its tradi…

 Satish Sharma (R) with regional officials after opening ceremony

Apollo opens office in Malaysia to expand Asia footprint

Added: 31 May 2016

Kuala LumpurApollo Tyres has set up an office in Malaysia in a bid to expand its footprint in th…

DMACK to build €400m greenfield tire plant in UK

DMACK to build €400m greenfield tire plant in UK

Added: 31 May 2016

London – Supplier of sport tires DMACK is planning to build a new tire plant in the UK in a bid to …

DRAFT FTC 2016: Marc Flederus, director, Ferm RFID Solutions

Added: 31 May 2016

Marc Flederus, director, Ferm RFID Solutions will discuss RFID labelling for tires during his speec…

Aeolus reports declines, lays out Pirelli restructuring framework

Aeolus reports declines, lays out Pirelli restructuring framework

Added: 27 May 2016

Jiaozuo, China – Aeolus reported a 22-percent drop in revenue to €856 million in 2015. Annual net p…

Toyo chairman resigns

Toyo chairman resigns

Added: 27 May 2016

Osaka, Japan – Toyo Tire and Rubber Co’s chairman and representative director Katsumi Komaguchi has…

Trelleborg builds aerospace fire test site in US

Trelleborg builds aerospace fire test site in US

Added: 27 May 2016

Northborough, Massachusetts – Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has opened an airframe/engine seal fire …

Simulation technology improves Yokohama tire design

Simulation technology improves Yokohama tire design

Added: 26 May 2016

Burlington, Massachusetts – Software company Exa Corp. has helped Yokohama Rubber Co. to develop ad…

“We have made a composite of rubber, which is soft and stretchy but fragile, with graphene and the resulting material is both stronger and stretchier,” said Dr Vijayaraghavan of the nano-functional materials group at the University of Manchester.

UK nano research team develops super-strong condom materials

Added: 26 May 2016

Manchester, UK – Adding just 0.1 percent of graphene can increase both the strength and elasticity …

Federal opens US subsidiary

Added: 26 May 2016

Essen, Germany — Taiwan tire maker Federal Corp. has established a US subsidiary in Torrance, Calif…

Bridgestone divests Venezuela operations

Bridgestone divests Venezuela operations

Added: 26 May 2016

Nashville, Tennessie – Bridgestone Americas has reached an agreement to divest its business unit in…

PSG purchases Sasco Chemical

PSG purchases Sasco Chemical

Added: 26 May 2016

Albany, Georgia – Polymer Solutions Group has acquired Sasco Chemical Group Inc. for an undisclosed…

Technology report: Engineering comfort

Technology report: Engineering comfort

Added: 26 May 2016

Article published in May/June issue of ERJ

Ask any supplier of rubber components about current requi…

Nakaseko’s presentation titled “Recent advances in environmentally friendly tire materials technology” ticked practically all the boxes for what Future Tire is about: stimulating discussion and debate on the challenges and opportunities facing the global tire industry in the years ahead.

Editorial opinion: Sharing the way forward at Future Tire

Added: 26 May 2016

Essen, Germany – There were no awards for the best papers presented at the Future Tire Conference 2…

'World’s most expensive tire' on display in Essen

Added: 25 May 2016

WP_20160524_13_46_23_ProEssen, Germany – Chinese tire-maker ZTyre displayed what has been recognised as the world’s most ex…

Day 1 also included a presentation by Christoph Stuermer, a global lead analyst at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, on the challenges and prospects of the European tire industry.

Today at Future Tire

Added: 25 May 2016

Essen, Germany - Hot on the heels of its successful first day, Future Tire Conference 2016 will con…