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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.

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

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…

ERJ Archives: Footballs for the frontline

ERJ Archives: Footballs for the frontline

Added: 23 Mar 2015

London - During World War I, the football bladder business "received a stimulus through great deman…

India carbon black market to grow 14% to 2020

India carbon black market to grow 14% to 2020

Added: 23 Mar 2015

Dublin, Ireland – The market for carbon black in India is set to show a compound annual growth rate…