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Hainan Rubber to build rubber theme park
Added: 3 Jun 2019
Haikou, Hainan – Chinese natural rubber producer Hainan Rubber Group has entered into strategic par…
Future Tire: CASE for sustainability in tire industry
Added: 3 Jun 2019
London – To address the environmental challenges ahead, the tire industry must “significantly adapt…
Kumho fined for alleged safety violations at US tire plant
Added: 3 Jun 2019
Macon, Georgia – The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued fines total…
Apollo opens full-service outlet for farm tires
Added: 3 Jun 2019
Satana, India – Apollo Tyres Ltd has opened a full-service agriculture tire outlet in Satana, in th…
Parker Prädifa develops rubber composite technology
Added: 3 Jun 2019
Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany – Parker Hannifin’s engineered materials group Parker Prädifa has dev…
Michelin inks JV agreement to repurpose Dundee tire site
Added: 3 Jun 2019
Dundee, UK – Michelin has signed a joint venture agreement to build a “flagship innovation centre” …
Application: Trelleborg launches new seals for oil & gas industry
Added: 3 Jun 2019
Houston, Texas – Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has launched XploR S-Seal and XploR FS-Seal, extrusio…
Continental steps up new-compound tire production
Added: 31 May 2019
Weybridge, UK – Continental has started volume production of its new EcoContact 6 tire, making 95 s…
Four tire makers earn GM supplier honours
Added: 31 May 2019
Detroit, Michigan — General Motors Co. has named Bridgestone Americas Inc., Goodyear, Hankook Tire …
Update: GRI targets efficiency with new Comerio Ercole calender
Added: 31 May 2019
Colombo – Global Rubber Industries (GRI) has invested over $40 million (€36 million) in a new Comer…
Kordsa adds new polyester yarn line in Turkey
Added: 31 May 2019
Izmit, Turkey – Kordsa Inc has commissioned a new $18-million (€16 million) polyester yarn line at …
Sumitomo Riko hit by labour shortage, automotive slowdown
Added: 30 May 2019
Tokyo – Sumitomo Riko has registered double-digit declines in profitability for the fiscal year end…
Yokohama tire fitted on new Mazda 3
Added: 30 May 2019
Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber Co. is supplying tires as original equipment for the new Mazda3, which wen…
TRM notes ‘increased interest’ in retreading
Added: 30 May 2019
Bologna, Italy - Tyre Retreading Machinery (TRM), part of Marangoni Meccanica, has reported signs o…
UK car output plummets as Brexit shutdowns strike
Added: 30 May 2019
London – UK car manufacturing output fell by almost 50% in April, marking the 11th consecutive mont…
Tire shares tracker: Downward trend continues
Added: 30 May 2019
London – A downward trend in share prices of major tire makers continued over the past two weeks, a…
DRAFT UK institutes set up polymer research centre
Added: 30 May 2019
London - UK technology research and consulting company TWI and London South Bank University have te…
Natural rubber price tracker: Markets in reverse
Added: 29 May 2019
London – Following signs of strengthening, natural rubber (NR) prices were back in reverse mode acr…
Norma wins “major order” from UK car maker
Added: 29 May 2019
Maintal, Germany – German-based Norma Group has been awarded a “major order” to supply thermal mana…
Hutchinson investing in automotive parts supplier
Added: 29 May 2019
Paris – French parts manufacturer Hutchinson SA is acquiring a 60% stake in Thermal Control Systems…
