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EU campaign to back “mostly-unknown” rubber industry
Added: 14 Mar 2016
Belgium: A pan-European campaign has been launched to provide information on the general rubber goo…
Bridgestone run-flats OE fitment on Lexus
Added: 14 Mar 2016
The Potenza S001L was designed by Bridgestone exclusively for the LEXUS LC500h based on the basic d…
Mexico automotive sector buoys CDC, Davis-Standard
Added: 14 Mar 2016
Mexico City — CDS Inc. and Davis-Standard LLC, which often work together on complete extrusion line…
Interview: Versalis touts expansions, innovations
Added: 14 Mar 2016
Cleveland, Ohio – Versalis, the Milan-based chemicals subsidiary of Italian oil and gas giant Eni …
FTC 2016: Kozaburo Nakaseko, senior executive officer, SRI
Added: 14 Mar 2016
Kazaburo Nakaseko, senior executive officer, Sumitomo Rubber Industries will discuss recent advance…
FTC 2016: Jacob Peled, executive chairman of Pelmar Engineering
Added: 11 Mar 2016
Jacob Peled, executive chairman of Pelmar Engineering Ltd., will join a host of high-ranking speake…
Amut advances single-stop TPE extrusion process
Added: 11 Mar 2016
Novara, Italy - Officials of Amut Group of Novara said the company’s single-stop extrusion process …
US on course for record tire shipments
Added: 11 Mar 2016
Washington – Total US tire shipments will exceed 315 million units in 2016, up 0.7 percent from 201…
Bridgestone to develop new Aston Martin tires
Added: 11 Mar 2016
Brussels - Bridgestone has been selected by Aston Martin as an official project partner for the new…
Covestro dreams of elastomers made from CO2
Added: 10 Mar 2016
Leverkusen —The German government, RWTH Aachen and the Technical University of Berlin are working w…
Ravago adds TPE compounding plant in China
Added: 10 Mar 2016
Luxembourg – Ravago has established a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) manufacturing facility in Chin…
Apollo win green award for waste management programme
Added: 10 Mar 2016
Gurgaon, India - Apollo Tyres has been awarded with the Global Green Future Leadership Award 2016 b…
Mesnac estimates 2015 revenue down by 15 percent
Added: 10 Mar 2016
Qingdao, China – Mesnac reported a 15 percent estimated fall in revenue to 2.5 billion yuan (€349 m…
Pirelli upgrades Russian plants
Added: 10 Mar 2016
Voronezh, Russia – Pirelli has upgraded its two plants in Voronezh and Kirov, Russia, the Italian t…
EagleBurgmann appoints new CEO
Added: 10 Mar 2016
Weinheim, Germany – Andreas Raps has been appointed as the new CEO of sealing company EagleBurgmann…
US issues new DOT codes
Added: 10 Mar 2016
Washington – The US Department of Transportation has issued 1,100-plus new DOT plant identification…
Bridgestone breaks ground on €150m expansion at US plant
Added: 10 Mar 2016
Wilson, North Carolina – Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations officially broke ground on the five-y…
TST halves 2015 annual sales and reports loss
Added: 10 Mar 2016
Tianjin, China – Chinese machinery maker TST pegged its 2015 annual sales at 362 million yuan (€50 …
Omnova sells rubber facility in India
Added: 9 Mar 2016
Beachwood, Ohio – Speciality chemicals and polymers maker Omnova Solutions Inc. has shed a non-core…
Bridgestone completes expansion project in China
Added: 9 Mar 2016
Wuxi, China – Bridgestone’s 2.3 million unit/year radial tire expansion project at its plant in Wux…
