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Analysis: Slump hits most, but not all, Chinese tire makers
Added: 29 Jul 2016
Article from the annual ERJ China Tire Report 2016, published as a supplement in the July/August is…
Mesnac takes lead on RFID standards for tires
Added: 29 Jul 2016
Brussels - Chinese tire-manufacturing machinery and technology company Mesnac has led a workgroup …
Kraton posts strong Q2 results, notes challenges ahead
Added: 29 Jul 2016
Houston, Texas – Kraton Performance Polymers Inc. has posted an almost four-fold growth in earnings…
Analysis - Goodyear aims to cut path through Europe’s cheap-imports wave
Added: 29 Jul 2016
London – The Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region is again happy hunting ground for Akron-b…
Cabot carbon black earnings up despite Asian sales dip
Added: 29 Jul 2016
Boston, Massachusetts – Cabot Corp has posted a 9.4-percent, year-on-year rise in third quarter ear…
Taylor: New rules threaten to undermine UK tire recycling sector
Added: 28 Jul 2016
Peter Taylor OBE, secretary general of the Tyre Recovery Association warns that Britain’s tyre recy…
Update: Automotive parts maker Henniges to launch Polish plant
Added: 28 Jul 2016
Auburn Hills, Michigan – Global auto component manufacturer Henniges Automotive Holdings Inc has an…
ContiTech purchases Australian air springs producer
Added: 28 Jul 2016
Sydney, Australia—ContiTech AG has acquired Vulcanite Pty Ltd. to bolster its air springs business …
Vipal Rubber starts retreading products JV in Europe
Added: 28 Jul 2016
Nova Prata, Brazil – Vipal Rubber has recently formed a joint venture with Mezcla Caucho of Spain, …
Europe shores up Q2 earnings at Goodyear
Added: 28 Jul 2016
Akron, Ohio – Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has posted a 3.5-percent drop in segment operating income …
Sales dip at Shin-Etsu's silicones business
Added: 28 Jul 2016
Tokyo - Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd’s silicones business achieved a marginal rise in earnings on sl…
Future Individual Mobility - Consequences for the Tire Industry
Added: 28 Jul 2016
In his keynote address to the recent Future Tire Conference 2016, Christian Kötz, president of the …
Conti advances truck-driving displays
Added: 27 Jul 2016
Hanover, Germany – At the 66th International Motor Show Commercial Vehicles, 22-29 Sept in Hanover…
Michelin increases stake in natural rubber supplier
Added: 27 Jul 2016
Paris – Michelin has increased its capital share-holding in natural rubber supplier Societe Interna…
Sid Richardson still scouting sites for Mexico plant
Added: 27 Jul 2016
London – Sid Richardson Carbon Co. is still evaluating potential locations and feedstock sources fo…
US rubber makers seek anti-dumping duties on ESBR imports
Added: 27 Jul 2016
Port Neches, Texas – Lion Elastomers and East West Copolymer have filed an anti-dumping petition ag…
US reduces duties for Chinese OTR tires
Added: 27 Jul 2016
Washington — The US Commerce Department has revised down anti-dumping duties levied on certain off-…
Turkey: Rubber industry ‘unaffected’ by recent turmoil
Added: 27 Jul 2016
Istanbul – The tire and rubber sector has not been impacted by events surrounding the recent failed…
Huayi to open truck and bus tire plant in Thailand
Added: 26 Jul 2016
Royong, Thailand – Shanghai Huayi (Group), the holding company of Chinese tire maker Double Coin, i…
