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TrelleborgVibracoustic to change name

TrelleborgVibracoustic to change name

Added: 7 Apr 2016

Darmstadt, Germany—TrelleborgVibracoustic is being renamed Vibracoustic.

Established as a joint vent…

Huntsman Tecnoelastomeri joins PMA to advance MDI elastomers business in Americas

Huntsman Tecnoelastomeri joins PMA to advance MDI elastomers business in Americas

Added: 7 Apr 2016

The Woodlands, Texas –Tecnoelastomeri Srl has joined the Polyurethane Manufacturers Association (PM…

Covestro takes steady first steps

Covestro takes steady first steps

Added: 7 Apr 2016

Cologne, Germany - The new incarnation of the former Bayer MaterialScience business has revealed it…

ATS Euromaster appoints new managing director

ATS Euromaster appoints new managing director

Added: 7 Apr 2016

Birmingham, UK - ATS Euromaster has appointed Jerome Monsaingeon as its new managing director, brin…

Trelleborg to sell share of TrelleborgVibracoustic to Freudenberg

Trelleborg to sell share of TrelleborgVibracoustic to Freudenberg

Added: 7 Apr 2016

Darmstadt, Germany—Trelleborg AB and Freudenberg and Co. KG have signed an agreement under which Tr…

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Kenda adds partners in Greece, France

Added: 7 Apr 2016

Übersee-Feldwies, Germany –  Taiwan-based tire maker Kenda has expand its European sales network th…

ETRMA makes safety case, as ELT rubber wins pitch battle in Europe

ETRMA makes safety case, as ELT rubber wins pitch battle in Europe

Added: 5 Apr 2016

Brussels -  Crumb rubber produced from end of life tires (ELTs) is not to affected by a recently in…

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Mitsubishi weighs in to rubber mixer market

Added: 4 Apr 2016

Based on article published in the March/April edition of European Rubber Journal magazine

London -  …

Chinese tire-makers chart fall-out of anti-dumping measures

Chinese tire-makers chart fall-out of anti-dumping measures

Added: 4 Apr 2016

Qingdao, China – China’s tire exports in 2015 fell by 4 percent in volume to 5.4 million tonnes and…

Former Momentive boss takes charge of Wacker Silicones

Former Momentive boss takes charge of Wacker Silicones

Added: 4 Apr 2016

Munich, Germany – Dr. Robert Gnann has taken over as president of Wacker Silicones effective 1 Apri…

'Brexit' vote out of favour with FTSE 350 firms

'Brexit' vote out of favour with FTSE 350 firms

Added: 4 Apr 2016

London – Support for the UK remaining a member of the European Union (EU) has risen among chief fin…

Cimcorp opening new office in the US

Cimcorp opening new office in the US

Added: 4 Apr 2016

Ulvila, Finland –  Cimcorp, is to open a new US operation to support its sales of robotic handling …

California bill no longer includes zinc or tires

California bill no longer includes zinc or tires

Added: 4 Apr 2016

Sacramento, California — A bill in the California Senate that would have severely restricted the us…

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Editorial: Testing time for tire makers

Added: 3 Apr 2016

Article published in the March/April issue of ERJ

A few years ago, I attended a data management conf…

European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers’ Association’s secretary general Fazilet Cinaralp pointed out at the conference that tire labelling encourages manufacturers to invest further into research and development and helps market transformation.

China aims for tire labelling laws by 2019

Added: 3 Apr 2016

Qingdao, China – Deputies of the National People’s Congress have proposed the tire labelling bill d…

Teknor Apex buys German compounder PTS

Teknor Apex buys German compounder PTS

Added: 3 Apr 2016

Teknor Apex Co. has added a second European location by acquiring compounder Plastic Technologie Se…

DRAFT IOM3 meeting on Rubber Sustainability

Added: 3 Apr 2016

London - It is just under one week to the next Afternoon Technical Discussion Meeting (ATDM) hosted…

At the plant level, tire manufacturers are required to make numerous decisions with these corporate objectives in mind. Typical decisions include investments in manufacturing capacity, workforce, improvement projects, stock levels and so on.

Feature: Virtual tire plants becoming a reality

Added: 3 Apr 2016

Article published in the March/April issue of ERJ

Modeling and simulation tools are nowadays availab…

Automotive growth prompts SaarGummi expansion

Automotive growth prompts SaarGummi expansion

Added: 2 Apr 2016

Pulaski, Tennessee—CQLT SaarGummi Technologies Sarl has recently unveiled plans for an addition to …

Pirelli to start selling truck tires in North America

Pirelli to start selling truck tires in North America

Added: 1 Apr 2016

Rome, Georgia -  Pirelli plans to start supplying commercial truck and bus markets in the US and Ca…