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Asahi Kasei to boost R&D
Added: 15 Mar 2016
Okayama, Japan — Asahi Kasei has announced plans to consolidate its R&D operations in a new complex…
Asia-Pacific supplants China in US tire market
Added: 15 Mar 2016
Washington – The impact of the US’s elevated import duties on passenger and light truck tires from …
US to continue investigating Chinese truck, bus tires
Added: 15 Mar 2016
Washington — The International Trade Commission has voted to continue its investigation of truck an…
Iran breaks ground on third tire plant
Added: 15 Mar 2016
Zabol, Iran – The Iranian minister of mining, Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh, officially broke ground on …
Apollo enters two-wheeler market
Added: 15 Mar 2016
New Delhi – Apollo Tyres Ltd has announced its entry into the two-wheeler tire segment in India, wi…
Pirelli tops US tire satisfaction study
Added: 15 Mar 2016
Tustin, California – The Pirelli brand earned the top spot in AutoPacific Inc.'s latest replacement…
Trelleborg develops extreme-cold sealing material
Added: 15 Mar 2016
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has introduced two new advanced elastomers engine…
EU campaign to back “mostly-unknown” rubber industry
Added: 14 Mar 2016
Belgium: A pan-European campaign has been launched to provide information on the general rubber goo…
Bridgestone run-flats OE fitment on Lexus
Added: 14 Mar 2016
The Potenza S001L was designed by Bridgestone exclusively for the LEXUS LC500h based on the basic d…
Mexico automotive sector buoys CDC, Davis-Standard
Added: 14 Mar 2016
Mexico City — CDS Inc. and Davis-Standard LLC, which often work together on complete extrusion line…
Interview: Versalis touts expansions, innovations
Added: 14 Mar 2016
Cleveland, Ohio – Versalis, the Milan-based chemicals subsidiary of Italian oil and gas giant Eni …
FTC 2016: Kozaburo Nakaseko, senior executive officer, SRI
Added: 14 Mar 2016
Kazaburo Nakaseko, senior executive officer, Sumitomo Rubber Industries will discuss recent advance…
FTC 2016: Jacob Peled, executive chairman of Pelmar Engineering
Added: 11 Mar 2016
Jacob Peled, executive chairman of Pelmar Engineering Ltd., will join a host of high-ranking speake…
Amut advances single-stop TPE extrusion process
Added: 11 Mar 2016
Novara, Italy - Officials of Amut Group of Novara said the company’s single-stop extrusion process …
US on course for record tire shipments
Added: 11 Mar 2016
Washington – Total US tire shipments will exceed 315 million units in 2016, up 0.7 percent from 201…
Bridgestone to develop new Aston Martin tires
Added: 11 Mar 2016
Brussels - Bridgestone has been selected by Aston Martin as an official project partner for the new…
Covestro dreams of elastomers made from CO2
Added: 10 Mar 2016
Leverkusen —The German government, RWTH Aachen and the Technical University of Berlin are working w…
Ravago adds TPE compounding plant in China
Added: 10 Mar 2016
Luxembourg – Ravago has established a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) manufacturing facility in Chin…
Apollo win green award for waste management programme
Added: 10 Mar 2016
Gurgaon, India - Apollo Tyres has been awarded with the Global Green Future Leadership Award 2016 b…
Mesnac estimates 2015 revenue down by 15 percent
Added: 10 Mar 2016
Qingdao, China – Mesnac reported a 15 percent estimated fall in revenue to 2.5 billion yuan (€349 m…
