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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
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
Added: 16 Mar 2016
Milan – Pirelli has “deconsolidated” its operations in Venezuela due to a “deterioration of the mac…
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
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…
