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Analysis: Retreads plight underscores calls for unity on tire recyling
Added: 10 Jun 2016
Essen, Germany – Leading figures in the European tire sector have called on the industry to unite i…
Bridgestone develops 'AI'-based manufacturing system
Added: 10 Jun 2016
Hikone, Japan – Bridgestone Corp. has developed and started employing a tire-building and moulding …
Freudenberg opens new plant in Turkey
Added: 9 Jun 2016
Weinheim, Germany – Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has opened a new €10-million plant in Bursa, T…
Conti starts HP tire factory in Germany
Added: 9 Jun 2016
Korbach, Germany — Continental AG has started production at the high-performance technology centre …
Update: Goodyear expanding US tire production site
Added: 9 Jun 2016
Lawton, Oklahoma – Goodyear is expanding the footprint of its Lawton plant in a $27.5 million (€24 …
ContiTech seeking bidders for Brazil conveyor belt plant
Added: 9 Jun 2016
Hanover, Germany – ContiTech has engaged the services of Ernst & Young to help the planned sell-off…
Fenner chief executive Hobson steps down
Added: 8 Jun 2016
London – Fenner PLC chief executive Nicholas Hobson, has stepped down from the board and will leav…
Marangoni expanding Blackline retread products
Added: 8 Jun 2016
Rovereto, Italy – Marangoni Tyre SpA is accelerating production of its Blackline ultra-performance …
Toyo wins trademark infringement case
Added: 8 Jun 2016
Cypress, California – Toyo Tire Holdings of Americas Inc. has won a ruling against Singapore-based …
Camso revises tire/track naming system
Added: 8 Jun 2016
Magog, Québec – Off-road/industrial tire maker Camso Ltd has developed a new naming system that it …
Michelin expecting 'above-market' growth
Added: 8 Jun 2016
Ladoux, France – Group Michelin expects to outperform the industry through 2020 by growing tire-rel…
EU ‘failing’ truck tire retreading segment
Added: 8 Jun 2016
Leiden, The Netherlands – The European retread industry’s trade association Bipaver has called EU r…
Engel expects another record year after reaching €1.25bn in sales
Added: 8 Jun 2016
Schwerberg, Austria – Engel Holding GmbH says its sales topped €1.25bn last year. It is investing a…
RubberTech backing new plans for Reifen
Added: 7 Jun 2016
Shanghai, China – RubberTech organiser China United Rubber Corp. (CURC), has backed Messe Essen Gmb…
Hainan Rubber to raise €523m in private placement
Added: 7 Jun 2016
Haikou, China – China’s largest natural rubber maker Hainan Rubber Group is raising up to 3.9 billi…
Cooper Standard invests €50m at two French sites
Added: 7 Jun 2016
Rennes, France – Cooper Standard has launched a project to expand its manufacturing footprint in Fr…
Borealis introduces new plastomers
Added: 7 Jun 2016
Linz, Austria – Borealis has extended its Queo polyolefin plastomers (POP) portfolio with the launc…
Nokian adds strategy development exec
Added: 7 Jun 2016
Nokia, Finland – Nokian Tyres has appointed mergers & acquisitions (M&A) specialist, Timo Tervolin,…
US postpones Indian OTR anti-dumping ruling
Added: 7 Jun 2016
Washington - The US Department of Commerce has postponed for 50 days its preliminary anti-dumping d…
Conti fitted on UEFA football team buses
Added: 7 Jun 2016
Paris – Continental is supplying premium tires for transfer buses of all 24 teams taking part in th…
