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Green light for new tire project in China

Added: 22 Oct 2018

Lianyungang, China – Jiangsu Chengtai Vehicle’s new two-wheeler and speciality tire project in Lian…

Michelin cuts 2018 forecasts as tire markets slow

Michelin cuts 2018 forecasts as tire markets slow

Added: 22 Oct 2018

Clermont-Ferrand, France – Groupe Michelin has issued a downward revision of its 2018 business fore…

Webinar report: How to sell tires, by eBay

Webinar report: How to sell tires, by eBay

Added: 21 Oct 2018

Akron, Ohio— With about 80% of consumers researching tire purchases online — and a growing percenta…

DRAFT Conti to supply solid tires for JLG telehandlers

DRAFT Conti to supply solid tires for JLG telehandlers

Added: 21 Oct 2018

Fort Mill, South Carolina – JLG Industries Inc. has designated a new solid tire line from Continent…

Bridgestone retains top spot in global tire rankings

Bridgestone retains top spot in global tire rankings

Added: 19 Oct 2018

But change afoot, as Camso deal boosts Michelin; while Sumitomo jumps to fifth slot

After nearly a d…

Technology: Covestro unveils TPUs based on carbon dioxide

Technology: Covestro unveils TPUs based on carbon dioxide

Added: 19 Oct 2018

Labelled Desmopan 37385A, the new materials have a lower carbon footprint and help close the carbon…

Event: UK group meeting on elastomer processing

Event: UK group meeting on elastomer processing

Added: 19 Oct 2018

London – The next Rubber in Engineering Group (RIEG) organised 'afternoon technical discussion meet…

TRWP, data-access top ETRMA board agenda

TRWP, data-access top ETRMA board agenda

Added: 19 Oct 2018

Brussels – EU legislators are being targeted by public debate, which is leading institutions to see…

Tire RFID standard now expected by end of 2019

Tire RFID standard now expected by end of 2019

Added: 19 Oct 2018

Clermont-Ferrand, France – After some recent delays, a universal ISO standard for RFID tire tags is…

New SI Group emerges as SK completes acquisition

New SI Group emerges as SK completes acquisition

Added: 19 Oct 2018

New York – SK Capital Partners has completed its acquisition of global additives and intermediates …

Electrification shaking up rubber auto-parts sector

Added: 18 Oct 2018

Slowly but surely a picture is emerging of the challenges facing suppliers of rubber-based componen…

Kumho ups EPDM prices on higher feedstock costs

Kumho ups EPDM prices on higher feedstock costs

Added: 18 Oct 2018

Akron, Ohio – South Korean EPDM maker Kumho Polychem Co. recently announced a price increase of 7 c…

Evonik starts up US tire-silicas plant

Evonik starts up US tire-silicas plant

Added: 18 Oct 2018

Essen, Germany - Evonik Industries has started up a precipitated silica plant for the tire industry…

EU automotive industry issues Brexit “cliff-edge” warning

EU automotive industry issues Brexit “cliff-edge” warning

Added: 18 Oct 2018

Brussels – European automotive manufacturers and suppliers have jointly issued a stark warning abou…

Domestic decline stymies German rubber industry

Domestic decline stymies German rubber industry

Added: 18 Oct 2018

Frankfurt, Germany – The German tire & rubber goods manufacturing industry experienced a 0.7% dip i…

Bridgestone adds to tire-price rises in North America

Bridgestone adds to tire-price rises in North America

Added: 17 Oct 2018

Nashville, Tennessee – Bridgestone Americas is raising national account, national fleet and nationa…

PolyOne launches TPE production in India

PolyOne launches TPE production in India

Added: 17 Oct 2018

Pune, India – PolyOne has officially opened a new thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) production line at …

Kraiburg TPE boss mulls “unpredictable” market

Kraiburg TPE boss mulls “unpredictable” market

Added: 17 Oct 2018

Friedrichshafen, Germany – Despite having had a good year in 2018, Kraiburg TPE GmbH & Co. KG sees …

Hanover, Germany – Continental AG has started volume production of new ‘high-tech’ summer tires for the replacement market, the company announced 15 Oct.

Conti starts production of ‘high-tech’ summer tire

Added: 16 Oct 2018

The EcoContact 6 tires use the company’s ‘GreenChili’ compound: said to deliver 20% higher mileage …

ETRMA cautions against ‘rescaling’ of EU tire labels

ETRMA cautions against ‘rescaling’ of EU tire labels

Added: 16 Oct 2018

Brussels – Five years of mandatory tire-labelling have done little to increase demand for safer and…