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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
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
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
Added: 25 Mar 2015
Beijing - PetroChina Co Ltd. achieved “sound operating results in 2014” amid slow growth of demand …

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 …

ERJ technology tracker
Added: 25 Mar 2015
Kraiburg develops fire-safe rubber compounds
According to the company, the compounds ‘Kraibon’ have …

ERJ People Tracker
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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
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…