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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…

Dunlop opens new South African facility
Added: 7 Jun 2016
Durban, South Africa – Dunlop South Africa, part of Sumitomo Rubber South Africa (Pty) Ltd (SRSA), …

Trelleborg names new boss for Brazil offshore operation
Added: 7 Jun 2016
Macae, Brazil – Trelleborg offshore operation has appointed Sebastian Araujo as managing director o…

Orgkhim awards Malaysian plant construction
Added: 7 Jun 2016
Kuala Lumpur – KNM Process Systems Snd Bhd has been awarded a contract to build Orgkhim’s rubber pr…
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EU production not so impacted by US anti-dumping duties – expert
Added: 7 Jun 2016
Essen, Germany – The EU tire production has not been significantly affected by the new round of US …

DuPont teams up for new material partnership
Added: 7 Jun 2016
Croydon, UK – DuPont has agreed a long term strategic partnership with D3O, the Croydon-based impac…