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US, EU traders call for “comprehensive” automotive deal
Added: 3 Feb 2015
Brussels – As the eighth round of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiation…
Chinese-Uzbek deal to build €160m rubber plant
Added: 2 Feb 2015
Tashkent – China’s Poly Technologies and the Uzbek government have signed an agreement for the cons…
Top 10: ERJ Global Tire Industry Reports
Added: 2 Feb 2015
ERJ Daily Newsletter reports trending in the global tire industry this week:
Tariff-hit Chinese tire…
Fire destroys warehouses at Thai tire plant
Added: 2 Feb 2015
Bangkok – A major fire at the LingLong Thailand Co. (LLIT) tire plant in Chonburi province has dest…
Arla extends Bridgestone fleet agreement
Added: 2 Feb 2015
London - Bridgestone has extended a fleet agreement with Arla Foods in the UK to 2018, the tire com…
Kordsa: Improving polyester tire cord adhesion
Added: 1 Feb 2015
In a tire, the adhesive between fibre and the matrix requires resistance to the extreme temperature…
Major China tire exhibition set for May
Added: 30 Jan 2015
Guangrao , China – The sixth China (Guangrao) International Rubber Tire & Auto Accessory Exhibition…
Michelin invests in Ecomobility Ventures
Added: 30 Jan 2015
Clermont-Ferrand, France – Michelin and Air Liquide have joined a host of other companies to invest…
Report: World industrial rubber demand to keep growing
Added: 30 Jan 2015
Cleveland, Ohio — Global demand for industrial rubber products is expected to grow 6.6 percent a ye…
China's trade association to appeal against US tire duties
Added: 30 Jan 2015
Beijing – The China Rubber Industry Association (CRIA) is to organise an appeal by domestic tire ma…
Nexen reports rise in profits, tire production
Added: 30 Jan 2015
Seoul – Nexen Tire Corp. has reported an 18-percent year-on-year rise in its annual operating earni…
Continental concludes Veyance acquisition
Added: 30 Jan 2015
Hanover – ContiTech, part of Continental AG, has concluded its acquisition of the US rubber company…
New surface finishing process for seals
Added: 30 Jan 2015
Stockholm - Seal and equipment manufacturers face unique challenges in high vacuum environments, or…
Hankook sales down in 2014
Added: 30 Jan 2015
Seoul– Hankook Tire Co. Ltd has released its annual results for 2014, registering a 5.5-percent dro…
Continental relocates MENA business unit to Dubai
Added: 30 Jan 2015
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG is relocating some of its business units from Hanover to Dubai, a…
PPG to acquire large stakes in LJF’s sealants businesses
Added: 30 Jan 2015
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Pittsburgh Plate Glass (PPG) Industries has submitted an offer to acquir…
Cooper Tire makes new leadership appointments
Added: 30 Jan 2015
Findlay, Ohio — Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. announced two executive leadership changes as Chris Ostran…
ERJ Archives: Pirelli starts cable manufacture
Added: 29 Jan 2015
London - A report from 8 Nov 1886 revealed that "the tire firm of Pirelli & Co of Milan had now tak…
December sales buoy Lanxess’ earnings
Added: 29 Jan 2015
Cologne - Lanxess AG expects earnings (EBITDA) pre exceptionals to come in higher than previously a…
Synthetic rubber prices set to fall further
Added: 29 Jan 2015
London – Global markets for butadiene rubber (BR) and styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) are set for fu…
