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Arlanxeo executives, location announced

Arlanxeo executives, location announced

Added: 17 Mar 2016

Cologne, Germany – Lanxess AG and Saudi Aramco have announced the members of the executive board of…

Interview: Innovator helps Goodyear streamline operation

Interview: Innovator helps Goodyear streamline operation

Added: 17 Mar 2016

Akron, Ohio – Lean methods long have been applied to manufacturing processes in the rubber industry…

EU new car demand continues growth

EU new car demand continues growth

Added: 16 Mar 2016

Brussels – The EU passenger car market posted a 14-percent growth in sales for February, marking th…

IRP Medical acquires injection moulding firm

IRP Medical acquires injection moulding firm

Added: 16 Mar 2016

San Clemente, California – International Rubber Products and its IRP Medical unit continue to grow …

Pirelli deconsolidates in Venezuela as economy falters

Pirelli deconsolidates in Venezuela as economy falters

Added: 16 Mar 2016

Milan – Pirelli has “deconsolidated” its operations in Venezuela due to a “deterioration of the mac…

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Cabot names new CEO as Prevost resigns

Added: 15 Mar 2016

Boston, Massachusetts – Patrick Prevost has stepped down as president and chief executive officer o…

Asahi Kasei to boost R&D

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

Tokyo – Bridgestone run-flat tires will be the standard tire mounted on the Lexus LC500h, a new luxury coupé to be launched in spring 2017, the Japanese tire-maker announced 4 March.

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

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

Interview: Versalis touts expansions, innovations

Added: 14 Mar 2016

Cleveland, Ohio –  Versalis, the Milan-based chemicals subsidiary of Italian oil and gas giant Eni …

Nakaseko’s presentation will be on Day 2, and part of the Future Tire Technology & Materials Forum, and will investigate the development of 100-percent fossil free tires as well as nano-scale material simulation for polymer development.

FTC 2016: Kozaburo Nakaseko, senior executive officer, SRI

Added: 14 Mar 2016

Kazaburo Nakaseko, senior executive officer, Sumitomo Rubber Industries will discuss recent advance…

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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

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 …