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Marangoni to upgrade plant for South African company

Added: 30 Sep 2015

Roverto, Italy – Marangoni has been awarded a contract to upgrade a tire retreading plant in South …

Mitsui Chemicals establishes branch in Beijing

Added: 30 Sep 2015

Tokyo – Mitsui Chemicals Inc. has announced that its Chinese subsidiary Mitsui Chemicals (China) Co…

Viewpoint: VMI director on European tire market

Added: 29 Sep 2015

ERJ quizzed Gerry Pol, VMI sales director, Tire Europe on the current state of the EU tire sector, …

Toyo names new leadership team

Added: 29 Sep 2015

Osaka, Japan – Toyo Tire & Rubber Co.’s board of directors, at a meeting on 29 Sept, nominated cand…

Nokian to cut 122 jobs in Finland

Added: 29 Sep 2015

Nokia, Finland – Finnish tire-maker Nokian will cut 122 jobs and capacity to cut costs, the company…

Sumitomo to expand Thai capacity - report

Added: 29 Sep 2015

Bangkok – Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) is set to increase its car tire production capacity at i…

Unvulcanised tire rubber can 'heal' self - study

Added: 29 Sep 2015

Dresden, Germany — Unvulcanised, tire-grade bromobutyl rubber can be made to heal cuts or tears thr…

Michelin tops Dow Jones’ sustainability ranking

Added: 28 Sep 2015

London – The Michelin group has been recognised for its commitment to sustainable development, havi…

Viewpoint: HF executive comments on the EU tire machinery market

Added: 28 Sep 2015

Q&A with Dr. Andreas Limper, a senior manager at HF Mixing Group, for an article on the current sta…

ERJ Survey: European tire sector maintains competitive edge

Added: 28 Sep 2015

Article from the European Tire Report 2015, published as a supplement to the Sept/Oct edition of Eu…

Falken technology can cut tire drive-by and cabin noise

Added: 28 Sep 2015

Offenbach/Main – Falken Tyre, part of Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd (SRI), has developed a tire te…

Interview: Titan gains momentum, targets Turkey

Added: 28 Sep 2015

Quincy, Illinois — Titan International Inc. gained positive momentum in the second quarter and is b…

Sibur in partnership to develop TPE-based road materials

Added: 28 Sep 2015

Moscow, Russion - Russian petrochemicals giant Sibur Holding has recently reached a cooperation agr…

Kraton buying Arizona Chemical for $1.4bn

Added: 28 Sep 2015

Houston, Texas – Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. is to acquire Arizona Chemical Holdings Corp. fr…

Zeon India to target automotive elastomers market on start-up

Added: 28 Sep 2015

Tokyo – Zeon Corp. and group company Zeon Asia Pte. Ltd have jointly established Zeon India Private…

Sibur rubber business makes strong H1 gains

Added: 28 Sep 2015

Moscow, Russia – Sibur’s synthetic rubber (SR) business has turned in a strong performance for the …

Dates set for ITEC conference in US

Added: 25 Sep 2015

Akron, Ohio – The dates have been set for the 2016 International Tire Exhibition & Conference for T…

Editor’s blog: V(ery) W(rong) … but maybe a silver lining

Added: 24 Sep 2015

Engineering failures do lead to serious industrial accidents, but investigations usually end up lin…

Moodys nod for Lanxess-Aramco rubber deal

Added: 24 Sep 2015

London – Credit rating agency Moodys is backing this week’s move by German polymers and chemicals p…

Michelin to halt OTR tire production at US plant

Added: 24 Sep 2015