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Yokohama confirms deal to purchase OTR tire maker Alliance
Added: 29 Mar 2016
Tokyo—Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. has agreed to buy off-road tire maker Alliance Tire Group for $1.18 …
Goodyear to relocate European technical centre
Added: 29 Mar 2016
Luxembourg – Goodyear is planning to relocate its European technical centre to an ‘automotive campu…
Analysis: Freudenberg-NOK president sets high goals for JV
Added: 29 Mar 2016
Plymouth, Michigan – Matthew Portu has three goals for Freudenberg-NOK, and each of them build off …
Yokohama to start producing marine hose brand in Italy
Added: 29 Mar 2016
Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber Co.’ s Italian marine hose subsidiary, Yokohama Industrial Products Italy S…
Reifen show moving to Frankfurt in 2018
Added: 24 Mar 2016
Essen, Germany – Tire trade show Reifen is quitting its established base in Essen to co-locate with…
China’s major rubber sector players see double-digit negative growth
Added: 23 Mar 2016
Qingdao, China – China’s major rubber sector players saw an 11 percent drop in revenue and a 17 per…
Analysis: US compounder plugging gaps after oil-market plunge
Added: 23 Mar 2016
Akron, Ohio - During 2013 and 2014, things were going so well in the oil and gas business that cust…
Interview: Belting up in mining sector
Added: 23 Mar 2016
Article published in the March/April issue of ERJ
Falling prices in markets, such as copper ore, iro…
Brazil automotive downturn impacts Lanxess operations
Added: 23 Mar 2016
Hanover, Germany – Lanxess is particularly concerned about its business in Brazil as a result of a …
DRAFT FTC 2016: Klaus Hrazdira, COO, Quehenberger Logistics
Added: 22 Mar 2016
Klaus Hrazdira, COO, Quehenberger Logistics, will discuss automation and lean production in tire ma…
Synthomer sells dispersions business in South Africa
Added: 22 Mar 2016
Essex, UK - Synthomer plc has agreed to sell its dispersions business in South Africa to Ferro SA f…
Triangle opens HP tire plant
Added: 22 Mar 2016
Weihai, China – China’s Triangle Group Co. Ltd. has begun production of high-performance car tires …
DRAFT: FTC 2016: Hans Dorfi, manager - advanced tire technology, Bridgestone Americas
Added: 22 Mar 2016
Hans Dorfi, Manager, advanced tire technology, Bridgestone Americas, will join the strong line-up o…
Service needs prompt Kobe Steel to open rubber machinery unit in China
Added: 22 Mar 2016
Tokyo — Kobe Steel Ltd will, next month, open a company in China to sell tire and rubber machinery …
DRAFT FTC 2016: Alfonso Dipasquale, VP – business development, Schrader Electronics
Added: 22 Mar 2016
Alfonso S Dipasquale, VP – business development, Schrader Electronics, will be part of the Technolo…
Joest to replace Maschke at Freudenberg
Added: 22 Mar 2016
Weinheim, Germany — Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has appointed Rainer Joest as its new presiden…
Kemya, Continental Carbon start Saudi carbon black plant
Added: 22 Mar 2016
Brussels – Kemya, a joint venture between Sabic and ExxonMobil, and Continental Carbon Co. have sta…
Evonik building speciality silicones plant in China
Added: 22 Mar 2016
Essen, Germany – Evonik AG has broken ground on a multi-million-euro speciality silicones productio…
Freudenberg upgrades sealing site in Germany
Added: 22 Mar 2016
Oberwihl, Germany – Freudenberg Sealing Technologieshas completed a €10-million investment in its O…
DRAFT FTC 2016: Antonie Schmeitz, group leader vehicle dynamics, TNO
Added: 22 Mar 2016
Antonie Schmeitz, group leader vehicle dynamics, TNO (Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientif…
