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Trelleborg acquires cryogenic hose technology from SBM Offshore

Added: 5 Sep 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg says its Industrial Solutions business has a…

Michelin launches online agricultural tire pressure calculator

Added: 5 Sep 2013

ERJ staff report (PRW)

Stoke-on-Trent, UK – Michelin has launched an online tire pressure calculato…

Semperit extends contract of board member Schmidt-Schultes

Added: 5 Sep 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Vienna – The supervisory board of Semperit AG Holding has decided to extend…

ContiTech expands industrial conveyor belts business

Added: 4 Sep 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Hanover, Germany – The conveyor belt group of ContiTech has acquired the He…

Lanxess completes HQ move to Cologne

Added: 4 Sep 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Cologne, Germany – Speciality chemicals company Lanxess says it has successf…

Kumho christens Korean R&D center

Added: 4 Sep 2013

ERJ staff report (TB)

Tire Business report

Yongin City, South Korea — Kumho Tire Co. Inc. has open…

Pirelli fined €24,000 after tire machine injury

Added: 4 Sep 2013

ERJ staff report (PRW)

By PRW Staff

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has successfully brought …

Yokohama tire-equipped car wins endurance race for 3rd year

Added: 4 Sep 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Tokyo - Yokohama Rubber has said that a car equipped with its Advan racing t…

European tire market grows 4% in July, Michelin says

Added: 3 Sep 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Paris – The European original equipment tire market grew by 4% in Ju…

Tokai builds housing complex for vibration testing

Added: 3 Sep 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Komaki, Japan – Tokai Rubber Industries has built a housing complex at its s…

RIEG holds technical meeting on extending life of rubber

Added: 3 Sep 2013

ERJ staff report (RPN)

London – The Rubber in Engineering Group (RIEG) will hold an afternoon techn…

Goodyear adapts tread technology to NASCAR tires

Added: 3 Sep 2013

ERJ staff report (TB)

Tire Business Report

Atlanta — Goodyear has adapted its "multi-zone" tread t…

Cooper buyout vote set for 30 Sept

Added: 3 Sep 2013

ERJ staff report (TB)

Tire Business Report

Findlay, Ohio — Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has called a sp…

Conti aims to reduce interest costs further with new Eurobond

Added: 2 Sep 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Hanover, Germany – Continental is aiming to further reduce its interest cost…

Man arrested following 'huge' UK tire blaze

Added: 2 Sep 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Gravesend, UK – A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson following a “h…

Teknor Apex planning to restructure TPE brands

Added: 2 Sep 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

By European Plastics News staff

The TPE (thermoplastic elastomer) division o…

Tokai launches executive training programme

Added: 2 Sep 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Komaki, Japan – Tokai Rubber Industries has launched a human resources devel…

YH America to begin hose production at Mexican plant

Added: 2 Sep 2013

ERJ staff report (RPN)

By Chris Sweeney, Rubber & Plastics News

Tokyo – YH America Inc., the US su…

HF Mixing restructuring US batch machinery business

Added: 2 Sep 2013

ERJ staff report (RPN)

By Chris Sweeney, Rubber & Plastics News

Topeka, Kansas — HF Mixing Group is…

Hankook chosen as OE supplier for Mercedes S-class

Added: 2 Sep 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Neu-Isenberg, Germany – Tire maker Hankook has been chosen by Daimler as th…