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Nokian granted state funding for new US plant
Added: 19 Sep 2017
Nashville, Tennessee — In the US, the Tennessee State Building Board Commission has approved $28.4 …
PMG expands new China compounding facility
Added: 19 Sep 2017
Bergamo, Italy – Rubber and elastomers compounder PMG SpA is set to start up a third production lin…
Cabot opens Asia technology centre in Shanghai
Added: 19 Sep 2017
Shanghai, China – Cabot Corp. officially opened its new ‘Asia technology center’ in Shanghai, China…
Nizhnekamsk advances synthetic rubber plans
Added: 19 Sep 2017
The move is part of a plan by the Tatarstan-based company to expand its synthetic rubber production…
Trelleborg names new chairman ahead of 2018 AGM
Added: 18 Sep 2017
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg’s 2018 annual general meeting in April next year will vote on the e…
Vietnam joining top natural rubber producers group
Added: 18 Sep 2017
Bangkok – Vietnam, currently the world’s third largest producer of natural rubber after Thailand an…
UK tire retreader fined for fatal accident
Added: 18 Sep 2017
London – Lincolnshire-based tire retreader Vacu-Lug Traction Tyres Ltd. has been fined £300,000 and…
Pelmar promotes Guix to EMEA sales director
Added: 18 Sep 2017
Yokneam, Israel – Pelmar Group has appointed Enrique Guix as its new sales director EMEA, the Israe…
China’s environmental inspection raises tire prices
Added: 17 Sep 2017
Beijing – China’s latest round of environmental inspection has been making splashes nation-wide. Sh…
Jaguar Land Rover moves into surfboards from scrap PU
Added: 14 Sep 2017
Whitley, UK – Scrap polyurethane foam used in the design process by Jaguar Land Rover is being recy…
China’s Yiyan machinery group setting up digital factory
Added: 14 Sep 2017
Beijing – China’s Yiyang Rubber & Plastics Machinery Group Co, Ltd. (YRPM) and Germany’s Fraunhofer…
Bridgestone’s Annunziato to become ETRMA president
Added: 14 Sep 2017
Brussels – Bridgestone’s Franco Annunziato is to become the new president of the European Tyre and …
Remaining materials burn at Arkema plant, residents return home
Added: 14 Sep 2017
Crosby, Texas—Residents are returning to their homes in Crosby after officials launched controlled …
Goodyear, Giti, Hankook plants in North America set to come online
Added: 14 Sep 2017
Akron, Ohio – Tire manufacturing in North America is due for a sizable boost over the coming few mo…
Michelin seeking ideas for Ballymena plant
Added: 14 Sep 2017
Ballymena, Northern Ireland – French tire maker Michelin is seeking public ideas for the future use…
Michelin, Maxion debut 'flexible' car wheel
Added: 14 Sep 2017
Frankfurt, Germany — Group Michelin and Maxion Wheels have developed a car wheel, which incorporate…
Momentive seeks to raise $100 million in IPO
Added: 14 Sep 2017
Washington — MPM Holdings Inc., a global producer of specialty silicones and chemicals also known a…
EU posts record car registration figures, UK declines
Added: 14 Sep 2017
Brussels – Passenger car registrations in Europe in the month of August increased by 5.6% totalling…
Cabot increases prices for speciality compounds globally
Added: 14 Sep 2017
Boston, Massachusetts – Cabot Corp. is increasing prices for its Plasblak masterbatches and Cabelec…
Goodyear breaks ground on Luxembourg tire plant
Added: 13 Sep 2017
Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg – Goodyear has broken ground on a passenger tire plant in Colmar-Berg, Luxe…
