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Rubber prices rise following oil increments
Added: 18 Feb 2015
London – Rubber prices were reported to be on the rise globally during the last trading week (9-13 …
GM to recall 6,000 cars over Goodyear tire issues
Added: 18 Feb 2015
Detroit, Michigan - General Motors is recalling 5,876 of certain models of its cars produced betwee…
Mitas extends flotation tire range
Added: 17 Feb 2015
Svehlova, Czech republic - Mitas is expanding its range of flotation radial tires range extension w…
Audi: Tire makers must bring suppliers to R&D table
Added: 17 Feb 2015
Cologne, Germany – Tire makers should do more to bring their major suppliers in on development proj…
Sibur advances JV rubber projects in China, India
Added: 17 Feb 2015
London – Russian petrochemical company Sibur and Sinopec are at the design stage of their joint ven…
EU posts record growth in car registrations
Added: 17 Feb 2015
Brussels – European Union passenger car registration posted a “record growth” for the seventeenth c…
Pirelli profits up in 2014
Added: 16 Feb 2015
Milan, Italy – Pirelli has announced its preliminary financial results for the financial year 2014,…
Yokohama Rubber posts “record” sales, earnings
Added: 16 Feb 2015
Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd has reported another “record-level” performance in fiscal year 2014…
Recovered carbon black players to merge
Added: 16 Feb 2015
Munich/Potsdam, Germany – Pyrolyx AG and carbon clean tech AG (cct) plan to merge their activities …
Yokohama to invest over €800m in expansion, upgrades
Added: 16 Feb 2015
Tokyo — Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd is planning to invest 120 billion yen (€886 million) in expanding a…
Toyo posts record sales, earnings
Added: 16 Feb 2015
Osaka, Japan — Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. posted record sales and earnings for fiscal 2014, with t…
China sealing firm buys German injection moulder
Added: 16 Feb 2015
Ningguo, China — China’s Zhongding Sealing Parts Co. Ltd is buying 100 percent of shares in German …
Bekaert says China “tire cord activities” impacted annual results
Added: 14 Feb 2015
Courtrai, Belgium – Steel wire transformation company Bekaert has published an early analysis of it…
DuPont, Trian dispute escalates ahead of annual meeting
Added: 13 Feb 2015
New York, US – Dispute has escalated between the major stockholder Trian Fund Management and DuPont…
Flexitallic Group appoints new CEO
Added: 13 Feb 2015
Houston, Texas – Flexitallic Group has appointed Jon Stokes as chief executive officer, said a grou…
Thai NR up as demand rises, supply tightens
Added: 13 Feb 2015
Bangkok – Futures and physical rubber markets in Asia stayed in an upward trend during the week of …
Lanxess confirms talks to sell stake in rubber unit
Added: 13 Feb 2015
Cologne, Germany - Lanxess AG is in talks with potential partners for its synthetic rubber business…
Future Tire to take place during Reifen 2016
Added: 13 Feb 2015
Essen, Germany – The Future Tire Conference, organised by ERJ publisher Crain Communications, will …
Report: Scrap tire industry promising
Added: 13 Feb 2015
Washington — John Sheerin has been director, end-of-life tires, for the Rubber Manufacturers Associ…
Lanxess presents new ranges of rubber at TTE
Added: 12 Feb 2015
Cologne, Germany - Lanxess has showcased its two new SSBR product developments at the Tire Technolo…
