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Bridgestone wins VW supplier award

Bridgestone wins VW supplier award

Added: 4 Aug 2015

Neuburg, Germany - Bridgestone has won a VW Group award for best suppliers, the Japanese tire-maker…

Qure Medical acquires UK silicone firm

Qure Medical acquires UK silicone firm

Added: 4 Aug 2015

Twinsburg, Ohio — Q Holding Co.’s Qure Medical business has acquired UK-based Silicone Altimex Ltd,…

Conti expands tire moulding, retreading portfolio

Conti expands tire moulding, retreading portfolio

Added: 4 Aug 2015

Hanover, Germany – Continental AG’s tire segment continued to expand its business in tire moulding …

Evonik earnings rise 40% in first half-year

Evonik earnings rise 40% in first half-year

Added: 4 Aug 2015

Essen – Evonik Industries AG has posted a sales growth of 8 percent to €6.944 billion in its first …

Cooper Standard opens two new facilities in China

Added: 4 Aug 2015

Shanghai, China –Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. has unveiled two new facilities in China, parent c…

Titan considers wheel plant in Turkey

Titan considers wheel plant in Turkey

Added: 4 Aug 2015

Quincy, Illinois —Titan International Inc. is exploring plans to expand a wheel plant in Turkey and…

Dätwyler buying Italian seals manufacturer

Dätwyler buying Italian seals manufacturer

Added: 3 Aug 2015

Altdorf, Switzerland - Datwyler on 31 July signed a contract to acquire Italian-based company Origo…

Safic-Alcan acquires control of ChemSpec Ltd

Safic-Alcan acquires control of ChemSpec Ltd

Added: 3 Aug 2015

Paris – Speciality chemicals distributor Safic-Alcan has acquired a majority holding in ChemSpec Lt…

“We announced in a previous trading statements, that we had begun consultation with the workforce in Marfleet [UK] to significantly restructure the business,” Fenner chief executive Nicholas Hobson told ERJ.

Fenner belting downsizes in UK, China

Added: 31 Jul 2015

London – Fenner PLC has “significantly restructured” its UK and Chinese conveyor belt manufacturing…

US approves new tire registration bill

US approves new tire registration bill

Added: 31 Jul 2015

Washington — The US Senate passed a long-term federal highway bill 30 July, by a 65-34 bipartisan v…

Solvay posts strong half year

Solvay posts strong half year

Added: 31 Jul 2015

Brussels – Solvay has reported a 5.3-percent rise in net sales for the first half of 2015 at €5.3 b…

Michelin to increase tire production in Chennai

Michelin to increase tire production in Chennai

Added: 31 Jul 2015

Chennai, India – French tire-maker Michelin is set to increase its radial tire production by 45 per…

ContiTech eyes growth from NAFTA base

ContiTech eyes growth from NAFTA base

Added: 31 Jul 2015

Fairlawn, Ohio – ContiTech AG officially unveiled its new-look North American headquarters in Fairl…

Court orders Goodyear to pay family €2.4 million

Court orders Goodyear to pay family €2.4 million

Added: 31 Jul 2015

Phoenix, Arizona – Goodyear must pay an Arizona family more than $2.7 million (€2.46 million) in da…

Malaysian firm to set up €17m rubber recycling plant in UK

Malaysian firm to set up €17m rubber recycling plant in UK

Added: 31 Jul 2015

London – Malaysian investor Petra Group will invest £12 million (€17 million) to create a rubber re…

Malaysian Rubber Board appoints new boss

Malaysian Rubber Board appoints new boss

Added: 31 Jul 2015

Kuala Lumpur – Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB) has appointed Dr Mohd Akbar bin Md Said, as the directo…

Vietnam urged to join ITRC

Vietnam urged to join ITRC

Added: 31 Jul 2015

Bangkok – Vietnam has been urged to join the International Tripartite Rubber Council (ITRC) – curre…

Goodyear posts record Q2

Goodyear posts record Q2

Added: 30 Jul 2015

Akron, Ohio – Goodyear’s net income fell 9.9 percent to $192 million (€175 million) for the second …

Negative market factors, such as the US imposition of tariffs on tire imports from China, had it seemed yet to bite. The marked declines in sales at some Chinese machinery companies could, however, be a sign of things to come.

Analysis: Robust showing by Chinese machinery sector

Added: 30 Jul 2015

London – Chinese machinery makers performed better than expected in 2014, ERJ annual survey of mach…

Kraiburg TPE wins customer value award

Kraiburg TPE wins customer value award

Added: 30 Jul 2015

Waldkraiburg, Germany – Market research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan has awarded Kraiburg T…