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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…