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Michelin ‘auto inflate’ hits road for commercial trucks
Added: 3 Mar 2016
Greenville, South Carolina – Michelin Americas Truck Tires has introduced Michelin auto inflate, a …
Pirelli boasts OE achievements in Geneva
Added: 3 Mar 2016
Geneva, Switzerland – Pirelli has set a new record with one OE fitment homologation per day, every …
Bridgestone launching DriveGuard winter tire in Geneva
Added: 2 Mar 2016
Geneva, Switzerland – Following its recent launch of DriveGuard summer tire in Europe, Bridgestone …
China to lobby in the US against truck, bus tire tariffs
Added: 1 Mar 2016
Beijing – The China Rubber Industry Association plans to hire lobbying firms to counter the US truc…
Fraunhofer halves energy costs for synthetic rubber process
Added: 1 Mar 2016
Schkopau , Germany – The Fraunhofer Institute and Swiss company List AG has developed a low-pressur…
Cooper maintains net income in 2015
Added: 1 Mar 2016
Findlay, Ohio – Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.’s net income of $212.8 million (€195 million) for 2015 was…
Sales, income increase for Hexpol
Added: 1 Mar 2016
Malmo, Sweden – Hexpol Compounding saw its sales rise 27 percent to $1.23 billion (€1.13 million) f…
Falken launches new winter tire
Added: 1 Mar 2016
Offenbach/Main, Germany – Falken Tyre Europe has launched the Espia Ice winter tire with “unique st…
Dow settles price-fixing case for €767m
Added: 1 Mar 2016
Midland, Michigan – Dow Chemical has reached a settlement in the Urethanes Class Action litigation …
Rhein Chemie Additives ‘unaffected’ by new Arlanxeo JV
Added: 1 Mar 2016
Hanover, Germany – The formal establishment of the Arlanxeo synthetic rubber JV between Lanxess and…
Die-hard Mesnac bug helps Chinese clean-up
Added: 1 Mar 2016
Hanover, Germany – Moves by the Chinese government to tackle pollution in the country is driving de…
Michelin restructuring, investing €90m at Clermont-Ferrand
Added: 1 Mar 2016
Clermont-Ferrand, France – Michelin has announced a series of decisions to restructure its industri…
Engel's CEO Neumann to retire
Added: 1 Mar 2016
Schwertberg, Austria - Engel Holding GmbH, the Austria-based manufacturer of injection moulding equ…
Nokian tire-test-fix claim triggers response from Michelin
Added: 29 Feb 2016
Nokia, Finland – Claims by Nokian Tyres that the use of specially made tires to improve results in …
Bridgestone to expand Canadian plant
Added: 29 Feb 2016
Joliette, Quebec – Bridgestone Americas Inc. is planning a $225 million (€206 million) investment i…
Eni classes Versalis as “discontinued operation”
Added: 29 Feb 2016
Rome – Italian oil giant Eni has classified its chemicals arms Versalis as a “discontinued operatio…
Titan "disappointed" as US drops imported OTR tires case
Added: 29 Feb 2016
Quincy, Illinois – Titan International Inc. said it is disappointed that the International Trade Co…
ETRMA backs moves to tackle skills gap in automotive industry
Added: 29 Feb 2016
Brussels – The European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers’ Association has highlighted its continuing rol…
Mesnac buoyed by tire supplier of the year award
Added: 29 Feb 2016
Hanover, Germany – Chinese tire machinery manufacturer has won the ‘tire industry supplier of the y…
Ineos tries to reassure residents about fracking
Added: 26 Feb 2016
London - Ineos has told a group of residents in an area of North West of England there was no reas…
