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February tire sales flat in places

February tire sales flat in places

Added: 25 Mar 2015

London – OE passenger car tire markets remained more or less flat in both Europe (including Russia …

US lowers anti-dumping duties on Chinese tires

US lowers anti-dumping duties on Chinese tires

Added: 25 Mar 2015

Washington — The US department of commerce’s international trade administration has lowered the pre…

Euro dip forces OTR tire maker to hike prices

Euro dip forces OTR tire maker to hike prices

Added: 25 Mar 2015

Magog, Québec – Camoplast Solideal will implement a price increase of up to 10 percent for its mate…

PetroChina targets ‘new normal’ amid market challenges

PetroChina targets ‘new normal’ amid market challenges

Added: 25 Mar 2015

Beijing - PetroChina Co Ltd. achieved “sound operating results in 2014” amid slow growth of demand …

ERJ Archives: Avon all British

ERJ Archives: Avon all British

Added: 25 Mar 2015

This advert was published 100 years ago, marking the 30th anniversary of Avon Tyres.

The Avon India …

 Gummiwerk Kraiburg, part of the Kraiburg Group, has developed new elastomeric compounds for composite applications with stringent fire-safety requirements.

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Added: 25 Mar 2015

Kraiburg develops fire-safe rubber compounds

According to the company, the compounds ‘Kraibon’ have …

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Added: 24 Mar 2015

Linglong Americas... Lanxess... Carlstar Group... Kumho Tire Europe... Toyo Tire North America... M…

Omsk Carbon boss sets out carbon black ambitions

Added: 24 Mar 2015

London - Russia-based Omsk Carbon is to increase its already large share of the carbon black manufa…

Semperit seals deal to buy German profiles producer

Added: 24 Mar 2015

Vienna  –  Semperit AG Holding is to acquire Leeser GmbH & Co. KG, a Düsseldorf, Germany-based rubb…

ChemChina to expand Pirelli business in Asia

ChemChina to expand Pirelli business in Asia

Added: 24 Mar 2015

Milan, Italy – Further details have emerged about the deal to buy Italian tire-maker Pirelli by the…

Yokohama Rubber changes senior management

Yokohama Rubber changes senior management

Added: 24 Mar 2015

Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber Co Ltd. has announced that the meeting of its board of management decided –…

Linglong appoints new COO for US unit

Added: 24 Mar 2015

Medina, Ohio — Shandong Linglong Tire Co Ltd. has hired John Hagan as chief operating officer (COO)…

Continental Carbon in $98m settlement with EPA

Continental Carbon in $98m settlement with EPA

Added: 24 Mar 2015

Houston, Texas – Continental Carbon Co. has agreed a settlement with the US Environmental Protectio…

Rosneft to reduce its stake in Pirelli?

Rosneft to reduce its stake in Pirelli?

Added: 24 Mar 2015

London - ChemChina's planned €7.1-billion takeover of Pirelli has placed a question mark over the p…

US tariffs 'welcomed' in China

US tariffs 'welcomed' in China

Added: 24 Mar 2015

London - Chinese tire manufacturers are likely to undergo a structural consolidation due to outside…

German rubber producer creates app for cable compounds

German rubber producer creates app for cable compounds

Added: 24 Mar 2015

Melle, Germay – German rubber technology company Melos has produced a 'cable compound finder' app, …

Falken develops ‘sporty’ tire for hybrid vehicles

Falken develops ‘sporty’ tire for hybrid vehicles

Added: 24 Mar 2015

Offenbach/Main, Germany – Falken Tire is to unveil a new concept tire, which it says offers sporty …

Goodyear boss calls for “change” in tire industry

Goodyear boss calls for “change” in tire industry

Added: 24 Mar 2015

Singapore – The CEO of Goodyear Rubber and Tire Co. Richard Kramer delivered a keynote speech at th…

Vibram USA makes five appointments

Vibram USA makes five appointments

Added: 24 Mar 2015

Concord, Massachuset —Vibram USA, a subsidiary of Italy-based Vibram SpA., has appointed a new chie…

Kraiburg develops fire-safe rubber compounds

Added: 24 Mar 2015

Waldkraiburg, Germany – Gummiwerk Kraiburg, part of the Kraiburg Group, has developed new elastomer…