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Bayer MaterialScience appoints new chairman of board
Added: 25 Feb 2015
Leverkusen, Germany - The supervisory board of Bayer AG have agreed to appoint Richard Pott to the …
ContiTech NAFTA appoints head
Added: 24 Feb 2015
Hanover, Germany – ContiTech AG, part of Continental AG, has appointed Charles Seymour as executive…
Omnova reaches settlement with activist investor
Added: 24 Feb 2015
Beachwood, Ohio — Omnova Solutions Inc. has reached a truce in its battle with activist investor Ba…
Toyo, Sentury reach agreement in intellectual property case
Added: 24 Feb 2015
Cypress, California — Sentury Tires America and Toyo Tire Holdings of Americas Inc. have reached an…
World Bank bid to resurrect Nairit chloroprene rubber plant
Added: 24 Feb 2015
Yerevan, Armenia – The World Bank has agreed to engage a “globally-experienced” consulting firm to …
China slowdown impacts Bekaert tire cord business
Added: 24 Feb 2015
Courtrai, Belgium – Steel wire transformation company Bekaert has published an early analysis of it…
Cooper bounces back from 2013 lows, considering investment in Asia
Added: 24 Feb 2015
Findlay, Ohio—Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. experienced increased net income for the full year and fourt…
US absent again from global tire standards talks
Added: 24 Feb 2015
Brussels – US representatives failed to show up at a working committee meeting forthe harmonisation…
New Michelin tires fit for JCB
Added: 24 Feb 2015
Stoke-on-Trent, UK – JCB has agreed an “international deal” with Michelin to fit its new BibLoad H…
Cooper targets “big year” in Europe
Added: 24 Feb 2015
Findlay, Ohio – Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. aims to improve its business performance helped by new pro…
Goodyear to pay $16m to settle SEC bribery charges
Added: 24 Feb 2015
Washington — Goodyear has agreed to pay more than $16 million to settle charges from the US Securit…
Bridgestone makes leadership changes
Added: 23 Feb 2015
Tokyo – Bridgestone Corporation has announced that its board of directors has approved the appointm…
Automechanika Kiev 2015 cancelled
Added: 23 Feb 2015
Frankfurt, Germany – Event organiser Automechanika has announced that the premier of its show in Ki…
Analyst: Questions over US tariffs on China
Added: 22 Feb 2015
Cologne, Germany – The recent imposition of tariffs on Chinese tire imports is likely to be of only…
C black recoverer Pyrolyx expands into US
Added: 20 Feb 2015
Munich, Germany – Pyrolyx AG, which specialises in the recovery of carbon black from scrap tires, …
Tocom rubber futures strengthen
Added: 20 Feb 2015
Tokyo – In the day-session trading, on 20 Feb, February prices for natural rubber closed at Yen220.…
Auto makers rethink spare tire issue
Added: 20 Feb 2015
Detroit, Michigan — The spare tire has been squeezed out of many new vehicles, thanks to run-flat t…
Alliance Tire Group changes business structure, management
Added: 20 Feb 2015
Mumbai, India – Alliance Tire Group (ATG) is putting in place a new business unit structure with No…
Orion appoints new carbon black leader
Added: 20 Feb 2015
Luxembourg – Orion Engineered Carbons SA has appointed Mark Leigh as its senior vice president, rub…
ERJ Survey - Suppliers shut out from vehicle/tire development projects?
Added: 19 Feb 2015
A senior Audi engineer has called for suppliers to major tire makers to be brought into discussions…
