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Tires still key to VW emissions targets
Added: 1 Dec 2014
Brussels - Tom De Vleesschauwer, director automotive long-term planning & sustainability at IHS Aut…
Kumho, Bridgestone among BMW OE suppliers
Added: 1 Dec 2014
London – Kumho Tire Co. has announced that it is supplying its high performance tires as original e…
Cooper sells Chinese JV for €210m
Added: 1 Dec 2014
Findlay, Ohio — Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has closed the sale of its 65-percent ownership in Cooper …
Sibur develops new rubbers for premium tires
Added: 28 Nov 2014
London – Russian petrochemical company Sibur has developed new grades of solution-polymerised styre…
Hankook tires to be fitted on Audi TT
Added: 28 Nov 2014
Neu-Isenburg, Germany – Audi has chosen Hankook tires as the original fitment for the third generat…
Titan boss slams French rules over Goodyear plant takeover
Added: 28 Nov 2014
London – A US tire tycoon has criticised French laws and trade unions, which he said had prevented …
Chinese tire suppliers say consumers lose out in US duties decision
Added: 27 Nov 2014
Akron, Ohio — Chinese tire companies and their marketers in the US have expressed dismay at the rec…
Continental opens new R&D building in Singapore
Added: 27 Nov 2014
Singapore – Continental, the German international automotive supplier and tire manufacturer, has op…
Skellerup starts building new production plant
Added: 27 Nov 2014
Christchurch, New Zealand – Dairy rubber-parts producer Skellerup has announced the start of constr…
Hexagonal wheel wins Hankook student design award
Added: 27 Nov 2014
Neu-Isenburg, Germany – Enabling tires to adapt to meet changing and challenging driving condition…
Major shift in Chinese tire-compound rules
Added: 27 Nov 2014
Beijing - China is reportedly preparing to enforce new regulations on compounded rubber that could …
Engel advances LSR moulding technology
Added: 26 Nov 2014
Schwerberg, Austria - Injection moulding machine maker Engel will show off its latest technology fo…
Toyo recalling 175,000 light truck/SUV tires
Added: 26 Nov 2014
Cypress, California — Toyo Tire Holdings of Americas Inc. is voluntarily recalling approximately 17…
European tire body says optimistic over future talks with US
Added: 26 Nov 2014
Brussels – The head of the European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has expresse…
Mazda, JLR, Mini Cooper in recalls over tire issues
Added: 26 Nov 2014
London – A report by the Japanese car maker Mazda suggests that the company is recalling 100,000 of…
Pirelli to expand truck tire plant in Egypt
Added: 26 Nov 2014
Milan, Italy –Pirelli Tyre SpA and the Egyptian minister of investment signed a memorandum of under…
Toyo Tires files lawsuit over trademark infringement
Added: 26 Nov 2014
Cypress, California – Toyo Tire and Rubber Co. Ltd, and its American subsidiaries have filed a trad…
US rubber trade deficit grows
Added: 26 Nov 2014
Washington — The US rubber product trade deficit continued to climb in the first quarter of 2014, w…
Sika opens new R&D unit in UK
Added: 26 Nov 2014
London – Swiss speciality chemical company Sika announced on 27 Nov that it opened a “state-of-the-…
US sets preliminary duties on Chinese tires
Added: 25 Nov 2014
Washington — The US department of commerce has set the preliminary countervailing duty subsidy for …
