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ContiTech to expand US industrial hose plant
Added: 12 Jan 2016
Mount Pleasant, Iowa—The ContiTech business unit of Continental A.G. plans to spend $7.2 million (€…
TST makes shares pledge, signs machinery deal
Added: 11 Jan 2016
Tianjin, China – Chinese machinery maker TST on 9 Jan issued a statement disclosing the pledging of…
Titan, USW seek duties on imported OTR tires
Added: 11 Jan 2016
Washington – Titan International Inc. and the United Steelworkers union have filed petitions with t…
Continental posts 14% rise in sales for 2015
Added: 11 Jan 2016
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG has posted a 14 percent rise in sales in the company’s preliminar…
ChemChina in €925m swoop for KraussMaffei
Added: 11 Jan 2016
Munich, Germany – German plastics and rubber machinery maker KraussMaffei Group (KM) has been bough…
Toxic smoke alert in Melbourne tire fire
Added: 11 Jan 2016
Melbourne, Australia – Over 100 fire fighters fought a large fire in the Broadmeadows district of M…
Cefic names new director general
Added: 11 Jan 2016
Brussels – Marco Mensink will take over as the new director general of the European Chemical Indust…
Trelleborg opens oilfield seal inspection facility
Added: 11 Jan 2016
Barendrecht, The Netherlands – Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has opened a climate-controlled swivel …
ZC Rubber adds TBR to Thai plant
Added: 11 Jan 2016
Rayong, Thailand – China’s Zhongce Rubber Group Co. Ltd. has launched radial truck/bus tire product…
Iran set to break ground on €200m tire plant
Added: 11 Jan 2016
London – Iran’s Sabalan Tire Co. plans to break ground soon on a €200-million radial tire plant in …
Hankook recalls 47,000 tires in US
Added: 11 Jan 2016
Washington – Hankook Tire America Corp. is recalling 46,988 Hankook Ventus S1 Noble 2 tires for pos…
Kraiburg gears up to meet new TPE demands
Added: 10 Jan 2016
Waldkraiburg, Germany – Kraiburg TPE has started full-scale production of advanced compounds from i…
PPG to increase US precipitated silica capacity
Added: 8 Jan 2016
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – PPG Industries is increasing precipitated silica production capacity at …
Triangle Tyre passes Chinese IPO review
Added: 8 Jan 2016
Beijing – Triangle Tyre, one of China’s largest tire makers, passed China Securities Regulatory Com…
Lanxess says rubber JV approvals on track
Added: 7 Jan 2016
London – German speciality chemicals company Lanxess is expecting to complete the approvals process…
Versalis to distribute Eni rubber process oils in Asia
Added: 7 Jan 2016
Milan, Italy – Versalis Pacific Trading (Shanghai), a Versalis subsidiary in Asia, has started dist…
Fenner CEO takes leave of absence
Added: 7 Jan 2016
London – Fenner PLC’s chief executive officer Nick Hobsonhas taken a temporary leave of absence due…
Italian rubber equipment exports up in 2015
Added: 6 Jan 2016
Milan, Italy – Assocomaplast, the Italian trade association for plastic and rubber processing equip…
EnPro, Goodyear reach licensing agreement
Added: 6 Jan 2016
Longview, Texas – EnPro Industries’ Stemco Division has reached a trademark licensing agreement reg…
Bridgestone to expand US car tire plant
Added: 6 Jan 2016
Wilson, North Carolina – Bridgestone Americas plans to expand capacity at its Wilson passenger tire…
