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Michelin tires hit record mileage
Added: 8 Oct 2015
Stoke-on-Trent, UK – Eccles, Manchester-based haulier Olivers Transport has hit a new record-high m…
Hankook launches new winter tire
Added: 8 Oct 2015
Neu-Isenburg, Germany – Hankook Tire Europe has introduced its new winter tire – Winter i*cept RS2 …
URP opens machinery plant in China
Added: 8 Oct 2015
Altdorf, Germany/Corbas, France – The United Rubber & Plastic Machinery (URP) has officially opened…
Rubber industry “uncool” for young talent
Added: 8 Oct 2015
Brussels – The European tire and rubber manufacturing sector is facing an increasing challenge in m…
Dutch reclaim company expands
Added: 7 Oct 2015
Maastricht, The Netherlands – Rubber reclaim producer Rubber Resources BV, based in Maastricht, has…
Cooper launches three new tires
Added: 7 Oct 2015
Melksham, UK – Cooper Tire Europe has launched three new tires, including SUV and off-the-road tire…
Kenda to build second Vietnam plant
Added: 7 Oct 2015
Dong Nai Province, Vietnam – Taiwan’s Kenda Rubber Industrial Co. Ltd. is expanding again, with pla…
US industrial rubber product demand to exceed €22bn
Added: 7 Oct 2015
Cleveland, Ohio - Demand for industrial rubber products in the US is to set expand 3.4 percent a y…
Orgkhim confirms location for Malaysia plant
Added: 7 Oct 2015
Tanjung Langsat, Malaysia – Orgkhim subsidiary – Norman Process Oils Malaysia Plant Sdn. Bhd. – has…
Omsk Carbon set to open US base
Added: 7 Oct 2015
Omsk, Russia – Just over a year after setting up an officein Ontario,Canada Omsk Carbon is planning…
Covestro shares get off to a good start
Added: 7 Oct 2015
Frankfurt, Germany – The share price of Covestro rose by 10 percent soon after listing on the Frank…
Yokohama opens US tire plant
Added: 6 Oct 2015
West Point, Mississippi – Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi (YTMM) opened its $300 million (€…
DuPont chief executive retiring
Added: 6 Oct 2015
Wilmington, Delaware – Ellen Kullman is stepping down as CEO and chairman of DuPont Co. on 16 Oct, …
Conti launches construction tire range
Added: 6 Oct 2015
Hanover, Germany – Making good on a strategic initiative announced three years ago, Continental A.G…
Yokohama winter tire scores highly
Added: 6 Oct 2015
Tokyo – Yokohama’s W.drive V905 winter tire, sold primarily in Europe, achieved “very high” scores …
Feature: Four areas to optimise in automotive plants
Added: 6 Oct 2015
Improving processes, workforce, safety and equipment can help automakers gain efficiencies, boost p…
IISRP publishes Worldwide Rubber Statistics 2015
Added: 6 Oct 2015
Houston, Texas – The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers (IISRP) has published th…
Interview: Fenner mulls restructuring in Americas
Added: 5 Oct 2015
Based on article appeared in September/October issue of European Rubber Journal magazine.
London – F…
Q&A: What next for the European tire manufacturing industry?
Added: 5 Oct 2015
ERJ quizzed Fazilet Cinaralp, secretary general of the ETRMA (European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers’…
Japan SSBR makers in expansion mode
Added: 5 Oct 2015
Tokyo – Japanese chemicals majors Asahi Kasei, JSR Corp. and Zeon Corp. are ramping up production …
