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Added: 18 Sep 2018
EU investigating BMW, Daimler, VW... Conti fitted on upgraded Honda Acura... Falken on Subaru SUV..…
People: Techsil restructures with M-tec merger
Added: 17 Sep 2018
Bidford on Avon, UK – Adhesives and sealants manufacturer Techsil Ltd. enacted senior management ch…
Pirelli tops Dow Jones automotive sustainability index
Added: 17 Sep 2018
Milan, Italy – Pirelli has been rated world leader in sustainability in the automotive components …
Michelin on-track with '2020 plans'
Added: 17 Sep 2018
Paris – Groupe Michelin has presented an update on a 2016-2020 programme to streamline its operatio…
Goodyear boss highlights radical changes in tire distribution
Added: 17 Sep 2018
Akron, Ohio – Trends around stock-holdings at distribution companies show how tire makers need to a…
Continental's A-Z Formen unit opens mould factory in Czech Republic
Added: 17 Sep 2018
Horsovsky Tyn, Czech Republic — Continental AG's A-Z Formen-und Maschinenbau GmbH subsidiary has op…
Update: Korean consortium acquiring Momentive
Added: 15 Sep 2018
Seoul - A consortium of Korean companies, led by leading Korean construction materials company KCC …
India starts countervailing duty probe on Chinese FKM
Added: 14 Sep 2018
New Delhi – The Indian government has launched a countervailing duty probe into the imports of “cer…
Michelin confirms guidance for FY2018
Added: 14 Sep 2018
Paris – Groupe Michelin has confirmed its guidance for the financial year 2018, after having review…
Hexpol acquires US custom rubber compounder
Added: 14 Sep 2018
Long Beach, California – Hexpol AB is paying $49 million (€42 million) to acquire Kirkhill Inc, a c…
United Steelworkers in Virginia approve contract with Yokohama
Added: 13 Sep 2018
Salem, Virginia – Members of the United Steelworkers Local 1023 in Salem have ratified a four-year …
Dow invests to expand silicones production
Added: 13 Sep 2018
Midland, Michigan — Dow Chemical Co. will invest in both its upstream and downstream silicones busi…
VMI Extrusion relocates to new facility
Added: 13 Sep 2018
Cham, Germany – VMI Extrusion has relocated to a new facility in the city of Cham, Bavaria, in east…
MOL, Thyssenkrupp sign €1.2bn deal to build polyether polyol complex
Added: 13 Sep 2018
Budapest – Hungarian energy company MOL Group has awarded a €1.2-billion engineering, procurement a…
China’s Guilin Rubber to supply machinery to Turkish tire maker
Added: 13 Sep 2018
Guilin, China – ChemChina-owned Guilin Rubber Machinery has announced an order contract with an unn…
Bridgestone, Cooper raising aftermarket tire prices in US
Added: 13 Sep 2018
Akron, Ohio – Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO) and Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. plan to incr…
New sheet-rubber factory opens in China
Added: 12 Sep 2018
Xuancheng, China – Nanjing Bonzer Rubber & Plastic Co. Ltd has opened a new factory for the manufac…
Conti marks Slovakia truck tire plant milestone
Added: 12 Sep 2018
Puchov, Slovakia – Continental AG has celebrated the 20th anniversary of truck tire production at i…
New Trelleborg facility in Mexico to serve automotive industry
Added: 12 Sep 2018
Querétaro, Mexico – Trelleborg’s sealing profiles operation has inaugurated a new manufacturing fac…
Smithers Rapra upgrades US testing facility for larger wheels
Added: 12 Sep 2018
Ravenna, Ohio — Polymer products testing company Smithers Rapra has upgraded the wheel-testing capa…
