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EU car demand bounces back to double-digit growth
Added: 15 Dec 2015
Brussels – The EU passenger car market recovered from an October slowdown to register a strong 13.7…
Inovyn to close UK chloromethanes plant
Added: 15 Dec 2015
London – Inovyn, an Ineos-Solvay JV in chlorovinyls, is set to close its chloromethanes plants in R…
Pirelli unveils 2016 calendar, created by Annie Leibovitz
Added: 15 Dec 2015
London—The 43rd edition of the Pirelli calendar, created by celebrated American photographer and po…
Nokian hit by unexpected €87m tax bill
Added: 15 Dec 2015
Nokian, Sweden – Nokian Tyres plc has received a renewed reassessment decision from Sweden's tax ad…
Kumho to relocate, consolidate Nanjing plants
Added: 14 Dec 2015
Nanjing, China – Kumho Tire Co. Inc. is moving its passenger and truck tire plants in Nanjing to a …
Conti making OTR tires at Eurotire plant in Romania
Added: 14 Dec 2015
Hanover, Germany – Continental Commercial Specialty Tires (CST) has started manufacturing two new r…
Kesoram investing over €100m in PCR radial tire plant - report
Added: 14 Dec 2015
Kolkata, India – Kesoram Industries is restructuring its tire business by selling one unit and inve…
Cancarb extends Tokai carbon black presence in North America
Added: 14 Dec 2015
Cleveland, Ohio – Cancarb Ltd. is launching Tokai Carbon Co.'s furnace carbon black in North Americ…
Toyo announces leadership reshuffle
Added: 14 Dec 2015
Osaka, Japan – Toyo Tire & Rubber co. has launched a reshuffle in its management worldwide, promoti…
Canadian agency fines Toyo for alleged bid rigging
Added: 11 Dec 2015
Ottawa – Canada’s Competition Bureau has fined Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. CAD$1.7 million (€1.1 mi…
Michelin expands Hungary logistics centre
Added: 11 Dec 2015
Vac, Hungary – Michelin is expanding and modernising its Vac logistics centre, according to a press…
Sailun to invest €180 million in Vietnam tire project
Added: 11 Dec 2015
Qingdao, China – Sailun Jinyu Group has announced it is to pump up to $200 million (€182 million) i…
Azelis to represent Robinson Brothers in Germany
Added: 11 Dec 2015
Antwerp, Belgium – Azelis has entered a new distribution agreement with Robinson Brothers, a UK-bas…
India makes big cut in tariffs on Chinese moulding machines
Added: 11 Dec 2015
Kolkata, India – India has cut its anti-dumping duty on Chinese-made injection moulding machines to…
DuPont, Dow Chemical agree to merge
Added: 11 Dec 2015
Wilmington, Detroit – DuPont and Dow Chemical Co. are to merge in a mega-deal that will lead to the…
Dow to take full ownership of Dow Corning
Added: 11 Dec 2015
Midland, Michigan – Dow Chemical Co. has agreed to take full ownership of Dow Corning, currently a …
Irish Cement plans to burn tires at Limerick works
Added: 10 Dec 2015
Dublin – Irish Cement envisages the burning of scrap tires as a central part of the next phase of i…
UK using aerial drones to monitor scrap tire sites
Added: 10 Dec 2015
Manchester, UK – The UK Environment Agency (EA) is using flying drones to monitor sites holding was…
Hankook building its first winter test facility in Europe
Added: 10 Dec 2015
Neu-Isenburg, Germany – Hankook Tire has contracted Finnish tire testing company Test World Oy to b…
Avon masks win UK ‘mankind’ award
Added: 10 Dec 2015
London – Avon Rubber has won a UK award for developing “polymers in service of mankind”, according …
