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Yokohama cuts 2019 forecast as OE tire markets wane
Added: 12 Nov 2019
Japanese group reports lower-than-expected sales of tires in OE markets overseas.
Hankook adds AI analysis to compound development
Added: 12 Nov 2019
New virtual compound design system will predict the characteristics of a tire compound through arti…
Apollo collaboration establishes first tire-test track in India
Added: 12 Nov 2019
Test centre built as the Indian government prepares to introduce a star rating scheme for tires.
PolyOne develops bio-derived TPEs
Added: 11 Nov 2019
US company has launched a new range of overmoulding thermoplastic elastomers with 40-50% bio-renewa…
Trinseo chief sees signs of recovery in China auto industry
Added: 11 Nov 2019
Bozich encouraged by industry purchasing index and measures to increase sales in major cities.
Cabot boss sees no green shoots in China automotive sector
Added: 11 Nov 2019
Sean Keohane sees no improvement in China’s general economic environment
Pyrolyx advances US operation with facility test-run, acquisition
Added: 11 Nov 2019
Waste tire pyrolysis company has completed cold commissioning of major systems at facility in Terre…
Conti, Pyrolyx enter five-year recycled carbon black deal
Added: 11 Nov 2019
Tire pyrolysis company to deliver up to 10kt of rCB a year to German group’s facilities worldwide
US finds no dumping from two Chinese OTR tire makers
Added: 11 Nov 2019
Off-the-road tire makers did not sell products at less than fair value in the US.
Tire makers take action against rubber trader CGTC
Added: 11 Nov 2019
Aeolus and Guizhou Tyre take legal action over rubber supplier’s alleged failure to deliver purchas…
Technology: Bridgestone unveils new rubber/resin polymer
Added: 11 Nov 2019
The Japanese tire & rubber company has presented what it describes as the “world's first” polymer t…
China's Letone starts up rubber hose plant
Added: 11 Nov 2019
Rubber hose maker started up a new plant at its headquarters in Luohe, Henan this October.
Bridgestone switching Indian operation to EMEA region
Added: 8 Nov 2019
The company’s EMEA business unit is being renamed Bridgestone Europe, Russia, Middle East, India an…
Technology: Freudenberg "wedge" simplifies shock absorber sealing
Added: 8 Nov 2019
The wedge-shaped design leads to a highly simplified seal structure since it makes the retaining ri…
Natural rubber leaf disease raises concerns in Thailand
Added: 8 Nov 2019
Major NR producers, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, have expressed concern over the spread of Pes…
Natural rubber price tracker: Signs of recovery
Added: 8 Nov 2019
Natural rubber prices show slight signs of recovery from October lows across all major Far East mar…
NR producers signal 800kt decline in production
Added: 8 Nov 2019
Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia report a double-digit decline in combined natural rubber productio…
Trinseo's synthetic rubber unit posts 53% decline in Q3 earnings
Added: 8 Nov 2019
US supplier links declines to the pass-through of lower raw materials costs as well as lower ESBR s…
Apollo Tyres' first half results down
Added: 7 Nov 2019
Both second quarter and half-year results down, due mainly to a slowdown in the Indian market.
Hexpol US head to resign at end of year
Added: 7 Nov 2019
Tracy Garrison, president of Hexpol Compounding Americas and Hexpol TP Compounding to take up posit…
