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Your new Harmonic Heroes
Added: 5 Dec 2014
In 2014 supply, repair and field service specialist, CP Automation has seen a record level of appli…
New formulation centre for UK industry
Added: 4 Dec 2014
London – The UK manufacturing sector is to have a new £28-million (€37m) National Formulation Centr…
Hainan buys 208k tonnes of Thai rubber
Added: 4 Dec 2014
Shanghai, China - Hainan Rubber Industry Group has agreed to buy 208,000 tonnes of rubber from Thai…
Trailer tires, other speciality tires exempt from US duties
Added: 4 Dec 2014
Washington — The US commerce department’s decision to impose countervailing duties on passenger and…
Bridgestone installs new COO in Europe, president in Brazil
Added: 4 Dec 2014
Tokyo - Bridgestone Corp. has appointed Yves Kerstens as the chief operating officer (COO) of its E…
Chrysler recalls 23k vehicles over faulty TPMS
Added: 4 Dec 2014
London – Chrysler Group LLC is recalling certain model year 2014 of Ram ProMaster vehicles manufact…
Dynasol JV in China to begin production in 2015
Added: 4 Dec 2014
Panjin, China — Dynasol Elastomers SA is preparing to begin production at its Chinese joint venture…
Cooper Tire names new CFO
Added: 3 Dec 2014
Findlay, Ohio – Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. announced on 2 Dec that its board of directors had elected…
US countervailing tire duties effective 1 Dec
Added: 3 Dec 2014
Washington — The US commerce department issued a notice on 1 Dec announcing that importers of passe…
Kiswire continues expansion of plant in South Carolina
Added: 3 Dec 2014
Columbia, SC – Kiswire Inc., a manufacturer of steel cord and bead wire, is commencing the second p…
Ergon in South African market, Orbichem to distribute products
Added: 3 Dec 2014
Waterloo, Belgium — Ergon Europe MEA, Inc., announced on 2 Dec that it has appointed Orbichem Petro…
Bridgestone, TreadWright reaches settlement over patent infringement
Added: 3 Dec 2014
Nashville, Tennessee – Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC has announced that it has reached a…
Beijing rubber factories’ short-lived ‘APEC blue’
Added: 2 Dec 2014
Beijing, China - Factories in Beijing and nearby provinces were temporarily shut down or ordered to…
Indian JK tires to enter US market mid-2015
Added: 2 Dec 2014
Las Vegas, Nevada —JK Tyre Industries Ltd is expecting to enter the American market on a “broad sca…
REP opening production facility in India
Added: 2 Dec 2014
Bangalore, India – Machine maker REP Int. is establishing a production facility in Bangalore to mee…
Hexpol acquires US Portage Precision Polymers
Added: 2 Dec 2014
London – Hexpol SA has acquired the American business of Portage Precision Polymers Inc. from its f…
Scientists develop 'rubber' transparent oxide glass
Added: 2 Dec 2014
Tokyo – Researchers based at Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a new form of ‘rubber-lik…
Chinese body opposes new import standard for rubber compound
Added: 2 Dec 2014
Beijing – The China Rubber Industry Association (CRIA) has expressed strong disapproval of the new …
Expert hopes EU will not impose levy on Chinese tires
Added: 2 Dec 2014
London - A senior figure in the UK tire sector has expressed the hope that the EU would not follow …
Mitas starts sales of VF tires worldwide
Added: 2 Dec 2014
Prague – Mitas has announced that it has started the sales of Very High Flexion (VF) tires in world…
