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BKT to expand manufacturing footprint in India
Added: 27 Jan 2020
Expansion includes phase 2 of carbon black facility at Bhuj and new production plant in Waluj
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HF TireTech to present splice-measuring device at TTE
Added: 24 Jan 2020
Technology claimed to set "new benchmarks" in precise splice measuring, quality control & traceabil…

Pirelli alerts shareholders to ChemChina/Sinochem restructuring
Added: 24 Jan 2020
Notification comes as Sinochem and ChemChina plan to merge agricultural sector holdings into Sinoch…

Rubber shares tracker: Ups & downs
Added: 24 Jan 2020
While Avon Rubber and Gates Corp. showed price improvements, Daetwyler registered a 5% decline

Hutchinson opens China innovation centre
Added: 24 Jan 2020
French components supplier says China presents a "highly favourable" industrial ecosystem
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Bunting expands UK manufacturing site
Added: 23 Jan 2020
Among others, company supplies metal separators to tire recycling industry

Sumitomo claims breakthrough in tire-rubber analysis
Added: 23 Jan 2020
New process, developed jointly with Ibaraki University, enables observation of cross-linked areas i…

Sensata to close TPMS manufacturing plant in Northern Ireland
Added: 23 Jan 2020
“We are facing a perfect storm of European market conditions,” Yann Etienvre, senior vice president…

Kraiburg TPE targets e-mobility market
Added: 22 Jan 2020
German compounder says its materials more frequently used for automotive applications

ERJ Tire & Rubber Machinery Survey 2020
Added: 22 Jan 2020
ERJ has launched its annual Tire & Rubber Machinery Survey, submission deadline 19 Feb

Natural rubber platform ‘must address shortcomings’ in 2020
Added: 22 Jan 2020
Mighty Earth details a series of shortcomings in way of truly sustainable value-chain for natural r…

Eaton to sell Hydraulics business in €3bn deal
Added: 22 Jan 2020
Dublin-based power management company selling its Hydraulics business to Denmark’s Danfoss A/S

Bridgestone targeting truck segment with airless technology
Added: 22 Jan 2020
Non-pneumatic tire technology to be commercially available soon but not to passenger car segment

Capacity expansion drives up Triangle’s profits
Added: 22 Jan 2020
Triangle estimates its unaudited net profit in 2019 to be €112m, up 76% from 2018.

ETRMA: European tire markets declined in 2019
Added: 22 Jan 2020
Passenger car tire demand weak, OE truck tire segment registers 10% decline

Zhejian starts up first phase of petchem complex
Added: 22 Jan 2020
First phase includes 200ktpa butadiene production plant, according to the local government
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ContiTech official notes changes in hose industry
Added: 21 Jan 2020
Automotive trends, increasing use of plastics and future connectivity to impact industry

Krahn Chemie extends reach with Greek acquisition
Added: 21 Jan 2020
Athens-based InterActive SA operates in European markets as well as in Israel

Pirelli wins second consecutive A rating for climate efforts
Added: 21 Jan 2020
Italian tire maker on the Climate A list prepared by the CDP - former Carbon Disclosure Project

QEW acquires Dutch rubber compounder
Added: 21 Jan 2020
Rubber Compounding Holland BV was previously owned by India-based Elgi Rubber Group