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Market “back where it started” a year after tariffs
Added: 24 Jun 2019
Birmingham, UK - Giti Tire was among the manufacturers to be hit by EU tariffs on truck and bus tir…
ContiTech expects “moderate growth” in car market
Added: 24 Jun 2019
London – Continental Corp. expects moderate growth in the automotive market in the second half of 2…
Windspace, Enviro advance tire pyrolysis project
Added: 24 Jun 2019
Nyborg, Denmark – Renewable energy group Windspace and Scandinavian Enviro systems have advanced th…
Railway supplier Huebner acquires bus specialist
Added: 21 Jun 2019
Kassel, Germany - German automotive and industrial parts supplier Huebner Group has acquired Gummi-…
Elkem develops tin-free catalysts for RTV 2 silicones
Added: 21 Jun 2019
Oslo – Elkem Silicones has developed a new tin-free catalyst system for room-temperature-vulcanisin…
Natural rubber price tracker: Mixed picture
Added: 21 Jun 2019
London - Natural rubber prices provided mixed signals in the Far East markets during the past two w…
Nexen rolls out first tire from Czech plant
Added: 21 Jun 2019
London – Nexen Tire Europe has rolled out its first tires in the trial run of its European producti…
Fibre stretches like rubber, is strong as metal
Added: 21 Jun 2019
Raleigh, North Carolina - Researchers have developed a fibre that combines the elasticity of rubber…
Michelin raises stake in Indonesian tire maker
Added: 20 Jun 2019
Clermont-Ferrand, France – Michelin has raised its ownership stake in the Indonesian tire company M…
Nexen advancing tire R&D in Silicone Valley partnership
Added: 20 Jun 2019
Sunnyvale, California — Nexen Tire America Inc. is partnering with Silicon Valley-based innovation …
People: Hexpol appoints chief financial officer
Added: 20 Jun 2019
Malmo, Sweden - Hexpol AB has appointed Peter Rosén as its new chief financial officer (CFO), the c…
China starts anti-dumping probe into EPDM imports
Added: 20 Jun 2019
Beijing – China’s Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has started an anti-dumping investigation into EPDM…
Appeals court settles Nokian-Black Donuts legal case
Added: 20 Jun 2019
Nokia, Finland – A Finnish court of appeals has reduced fines and sentences against former Nokian T…
Nokian expanding heavy tire production by 50%
Added: 19 Jun 2019
Nokia, Finland – Nokian Heavy Tyres is increasing the production of commercial tires by 50% at its …
Organisers announce IRC2019 programme
Added: 19 Jun 2019
London – Speakers from Bridgestone, Pirelli, Continental, Tokyo Institute of Technology and the Uni…
Covestro divesting European Systems Houses business
Added: 19 Jun 2019
Leverkusen, Germany – Covestro AG will sell its European Systems House business to the US private e…
ETRMA launches website on tire wear, particles
Added: 19 Jun 2019
Brussels – The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has launched a new websi…
![“The question [in the tire industry] is, how to transform from a linear production model to something which enables the circular economy,” said Hofmann, during a presentation to Future Tire Conference 2019, held in Cologne, 11-12 June.](/files/img_cache/2183547/160_120_1hofmann-trinseo-265x300.jpg?1644397175)
Future Tire: Tires could give new life to packaging waste
Added: 19 Jun 2019
Cologne, Germany – Recycled styrene from plastic waste streams has the capability to be “upcycled” …
Updated: ExxonMobil unveils new material at Future Tire
Added: 18 Jun 2019
Branded Exxpro 3563, the high para-methyl styrene copolymer* can achieve a 50% improvement in air r…
Lion Elastomers to buy Firestone SR plant in Texas
Added: 18 Jun 2019
Orange, Texas — Lion Elastomers LLC has signed an agreement with Firestone Polymers to purchase Fir…
