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ContiTech doubles hose production capacity in China
Added: 22 Apr 2016
Changshu, China – ContiTech AG’s mobile fluid systems business has opened a second production hall …
Friday Focus: A new era for runflats?
Added: 22 Apr 2016
London - When they were launched well over a decade ago, runflat tires seemed an attractive offeri…
Mitsubishi admits falsifying fuel-economy data
Added: 21 Apr 2016
Tokyo – Mitsubishi Motors said it will probe whether cars exported from Japan have falsified fuel e…
Former Goodyear chairman and CEO Pilliod dies at 97
Added: 21 Apr 2016
Akron, Ohio – Charles Pilliod Jr., former Goodyear chairman and CEO, died 18 April at the age of 97…
Tanzania to “revive” tire plant
Added: 21 Apr 2016
Dar es Salaam - The government of Tanzania is planning to “revive” General Tyre East Africa as of J…
Sentury Thailand starts production
Added: 21 Apr 2016
Bangkok – Qingdao Sentury Tire’s Thai factory has started production, according to the Chinese tire…
US reduces antidumping duties for some Chinese OTR tires
Added: 21 Apr 2016
Washington – The US Department of Commerce has lowered antidumping duties for some off-the-road tir…
Western car tire markets nudge up sales at Michelin
Added: 21 Apr 2016
Paris - Michelin revenues edged up in the first quarter, as a 4.3-percent rise in sales of passen…
Pirelli to invest $200m in Mexican plant
Added: 21 Apr 2016
Mexico City – Pirelli is planning to invest an additional $200 million (€177 million) in a new fact…
Bridgestone resumes production at quake-hit plant
Added: 21 Apr 2016
Kumamoto, Japan – Bridgestone has resumed production at its Kumamoto plant on Kyushu after a series…
FTC 2016: Norbert Majerus, Lean Champion, Goodyear
Added: 21 Apr 2016
Goodyear’s lean champion, Norbert Majerus, will discuss streamlining and automation of tire plants …
Chinese rubber conference urges lean production
Added: 20 Apr 2016
Qingdao, China – At the 2016 China Rubber Conference in Qingdao this March, industry and academic r…
Lam elected IISRP president for 2016-2017
Added: 20 Apr 2016
New Orleans, Louisiana – Wing Keung, (Hendrick Lam), senior vice president of TSRC Corp. has been …
China fines Hankook Tire for pricing monopoly
Added: 20 Apr 2016
Shanghai, China – Hankook Tire Co. Inc.’s sales company in Shanghai was fined nearly $340,000 (€300…
US rubber product deficit climbs in 2015
Added: 19 Apr 2016
Washington - The US rubber product trade deficit increased 3.1 percent overall during 2015, with ov…
Trelleborg to supply pipes, fire protection to Statoil
Added: 19 Apr 2016
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg’s offshore operation in Norway, signed a framework agreement with S…
Wacker studying new silica plant in US
Added: 19 Apr 2016
Munich, Germany – Speciality chemicals company Wacker AG is looking into building a new silica prod…
China to build tire plant in Bangladesh
Added: 19 Apr 2016
Dhaka – Beijing Research & Design Institute of Rubber Industry (BRDIRI) and Bangladeshi industrial …
Maxxis introduces runflat to European replacement tire market
Added: 19 Apr 2016
Leicester, UK – Maxxis is to unveil its first ever runflat tire for the European aftermarket at Rei…
Dow Corning expands to meet beauty demand
Added: 19 Apr 2016
Midland, Michigan – Dow Corning has completed a $6-million (€5.3 million) investment at its silicon…
