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Apollo advances pan-India retreading plan

Apollo advances pan-India retreading plan

Added: 8 Apr 2015

Mumbai, India - Apollo Tyres has inaugurated its third Apollo Retread Zone (ARZ) in Mumbai - part o…

Marangoni Industrial Tyres raising prices in May

Added: 7 Apr 2015

Rovereto, Italy – Marangoni Industrial Tyres will introduce an 8-percent increase in the selling pr…

REP presses ahead with moulding machine plans

REP presses ahead with moulding machine plans

Added: 7 Apr 2015

Corbas, France – REP is proceeding with a series of development plans on the back of a second succe…

Another 20 miles with new Bridgestone tire

Another 20 miles with new Bridgestone tire

Added: 7 Apr 2015

Nashville, Tennessee – Bridgestone Americas has added a new tire to its fuel-efficient Ecopia range…

Pelmar appoints former Goodyear executive

Pelmar appoints former Goodyear executive

Added: 7 Apr 2015

Ramat-Hasharon, Israel -  Alex Coggi, former general manager of Goodyear Agricultural and Industria…

DRT commissions biomass power plant in France

DRT commissions biomass power plant in France

Added: 7 Apr 2015

Vielle-Saint-Girons, France – DRT, a supplier of rosin and turpentine-based products to the rubber …

ChemChina lays groundwork to control Pirelli

ChemChina lays groundwork to control Pirelli

Added: 7 Apr 2015

Milan, Italy— ChemChina's wholly owned subsidiary China National Tire & Rubber Co. (CNRC) has enter…

Pirelli CEO addresses ChemChina deal

Pirelli CEO addresses ChemChina deal

Added: 7 Apr 2015

New York – China National Chemical Corp.’s bid to take control of Pirelli & C. SpA is first and for…

TPU elastomers market to grow 6% to 2018

TPU elastomers market to grow 6% to 2018

Added: 7 Apr 2015

Albany, New York – The global market for thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) elastomers is set to be w…

Momentive unveils new silicone elastomer products

Momentive unveils new silicone elastomer products

Added: 7 Apr 2015

Orlando, Florida – US-based Momentive Performance Materials (MPM) showcased its new silicone elasto…

Trinseo introduces supplier code of conduct

Trinseo introduces supplier code of conduct

Added: 6 Apr 2015

Berwyn, Pennsylvania –  Trinseo, the manufacturer of plastics, latex and rubber formerly known as S…

Siemens highlights motion control and plant communications technologies

Added: 6 Apr 2015

Atlanta, Georgia — At this year’s National Plastics Exposition (NPE), Siemens presented various aut…

Q&A: Rockwell expert on tire plant automation

Q&A: Rockwell expert on tire plant automation

Added: 6 Apr 2015

European Rubber Journal  gets the inside track on automation of the tire industry from Paolo Butti,…

Dyneon starts 'up-cycling' perfluorinated polymers

Dyneon starts 'up-cycling' perfluorinated polymers

Added: 2 Apr 2015

Burgkirchen, Germany – Dyneon GmbH, a subsidiary of 3M Company, is claiming a breakthrough in the f…

Zeon set to close UK rubber plant

Zeon set to close UK rubber plant

Added: 2 Apr 2015

London – Zeon Chemicals Europe is in the process of shutting down its synthetic rubber plant in Sul…

Report says customers not satisfied with run-flat tires

Report says customers not satisfied with run-flat tires

Added: 2 Apr 2015

Westlake Village, California — Customers with run-flat tires are less satisfied overall and replace…

US moves back countervailing duty decision

US moves back countervailing duty decision

Added: 1 Apr 2015

Washington — The US Department of Commerce (DoC) has pushed back its original date of 6 April for a…

Goodyear returns to bicycle tire market

Goodyear returns to bicycle tire market

Added: 1 Apr 2015

Parsippany, New Jersey — The Goodyear brand bicycle tire is back.

Kent International Inc., which bil…

Federal-Mogul to build plant in China

Federal-Mogul to build plant in China

Added: 1 Apr 2015

Nanchang, China — Federal-Mogul Holdings Corp.’s powertrain division will build a new sealing and g…

Producers win polymer price hikes in March

Producers win polymer price hikes in March

Added: 31 Mar 2015

London - After falling since the middle of last year, European standard thermoplastic prices reboun…