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Semperit downgrades business outlook for 2016

Semperit downgrades business outlook for 2016

Added: 21 Sep 2016

Vienna – Declines in its medical gloves and industrial products markets have forced Semperit Group …

Report: Indonesia to build €88m rubber oil refinery

Report: Indonesia to build €88m rubber oil refinery

Added: 21 Sep 2016

Jakarta – Batam Indonesia Free Zone Authority (BP Batam) in Riau Islands, has signed an agreement w…

Wacker honours Filippou with silicone award

Wacker honours Filippou with silicone award

Added: 21 Sep 2016

Poznan, Poland – The development of silicones with new property profiles may be possible, in part b…

Conti rolls out smart tires from factories

Conti rolls out smart tires from factories

Added: 21 Sep 2016

Hanover, Germany – Continental has launched the iTyre smart tire range, fitted with what it calls a…

Road safety: ETRMA calls for action on “underused” tire labelling

Road safety: ETRMA calls for action on “underused” tire labelling

Added: 21 Sep 2016

Brussels – The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has called for tire-safe…

Feature: Meeting tough new requirements on elastomers in oilfield applications - DRAFT

Feature: Meeting tough new requirements on elastomers in oilfield applications - DRAFT

Added: 20 Sep 2016

Article published in the September/October edition of European Rubber Journal magazine

Collaboration…

Opinion: Showing 4-sight - DRAFT

Opinion: Showing 4-sight - DRAFT

Added: 20 Sep 2016

Article published in the September/October edition of European Rubber Journal magazine

The latest is…

K Show preview: How will Industry 4.0 be received? DRAFT

Added: 20 Sep 2016

Article published in the September/October edition of European Rubber Journal magazine

Industry 4.0 …

Analysis: Trelleborg’s AVS shake-up

Analysis: Trelleborg’s AVS shake-up

Added: 20 Sep 2016

Article published in the September/October edition of European Rubber Journal magazine

Sweden: Trell…

Conti to display dandelion rubber-based truck tires

Conti to display dandelion rubber-based truck tires

Added: 20 Sep 2016

Hanover, Germany – Continental AG is exhibiting truck and bus tires and components made with rubber…

Chinese machinery maker to build new plant

Added: 20 Sep 2016

Qingdao, China – Jiangxing Taida Mechanical is to break ground on a new plant with 1,000 unit annua…

European tire market to cross €44b by 2021

European tire market to cross €44b by 2021

Added: 20 Sep 2016

New York – The European tire market is expected to grow to $49 billion (€44 billion) by 2021, accor…

Located south of Madrid, the centre will span around 300 hectares and will be used mainly for testing summer tires with high speed ratings as well as the characteristics of winter tires.

Nokian to build technology centre in Spain

Added: 20 Sep 2016

Nokia, Finland – Nokian Tyres is opening a new technology centre for summer and winter tires in San…

Brexit 'prompts carmakers to look towards eastern Europe'

Brexit 'prompts carmakers to look towards eastern Europe'

Added: 20 Sep 2016

London - Moves by carmakers to locate operations in eastern Europe have sped up in the wake of June…

China TBR maker General Science goes public

China TBR maker General Science goes public

Added: 20 Sep 2016

Shanghai – China’s tire maker Jiangsu General Science Technology went public on the Shanghai Stock …

Kumho sale process to start – report

Added: 19 Sep 2016

Seoul – Kumho Tire Co.’s creditors are expected to begin a sell-off process for the tire-maker with…

Cooper Standard expands globally

Cooper Standard expands globally

Added: 19 Sep 2016

Novi, Michigan – Cooper Standard Automotive Inc. continues its growth path in Asia-Pacific and is c…

Cooper: Progress on guayule tire applications

Cooper: Progress on guayule tire applications

Added: 19 Sep 2016

Albany, California – Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. scientists have reached a key milestone toward the go…

Goodyear on track with UK plant closure

Goodyear on track with UK plant closure

Added: 19 Sep 2016

Wolverhampton, UK - Goodyear Dunlop Tyres UK Ltd has confirmed to ERJ that the planned closure of i…

RMA: US tire shipments look flat in 2016

RMA: US tire shipments look flat in 2016

Added: 19 Sep 2016

Washington—Total US tire shipments will grow by just 0.2 percent in 2016 over 2015, according to th…