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Covestro emerges from Bayer's shadow
Added: 13 Oct 2015
Friedrichshafen, Germany — It’s all systems go for Covestro – the former Bayer MaterialScience unit…

On-line training ‘first’ for rubber industry
Added: 13 Oct 2015
Brussels – French rubber-industry training body the IFOCA is launching a series of on-line training…

US reviews OTR anti-dumping duties
Added: 13 Oct 2015
Washington – Chinese off-the-road tire manufacturers face anti-dumping duty rates of between 86.78 …

Pirelli backs UK apprenticeship charter
Added: 13 Oct 2015
Carlisle, UK – Pirelli UK is supporting the Apprenticeship Charter, a skills and training initiat…

Triangle eyes globalisation, R&D advances
Added: 13 Oct 2015
Weihai, China – Triangle Tyre is to invest further in global brand-building as well as R&D, accordi…

Bridgestone tires on all-electrical bike
Added: 13 Oct 2015
Isle of Man, UK – Zero-emission all-electrical Sarolea Manx 7 superbike, equipped with Bridgestone …

Toyoda Gosei to close plant in Australia
Added: 13 Oct 2015
Kiyosu, Japan – Toyoda Gosei Co has decided to end production at its Australian subsidiary Toyoda G…

Wasung Cable takes action following misleading UK report
Added: 13 Oct 2015
London – UK industry body the Approved Cables Initiative (ACI) is re-investigating the source of su…

EU chemicals body secures protection for sensitive REACH data
Added: 12 Oct 2015
Brussels – Cefic has welcomed a recent European Court of Justice ruling on transparency and protect…

Viewpoint: New 'mobility trends' to impact EU tire market
Added: 9 Oct 2015
Antal Takacs, director marketing at Hankook Tire Europe comments on the current state of the Europe…

Bright spots buoy tire-machinery makers
Added: 9 Oct 2015
Suppliers note increasing demand for more automated, high-tech equipment amid mixed signals from th…

Versalis to present paper at International Elastomer Conference
Added: 9 Oct 2015
Cleveland, Ohio — Italian firm Versalis SpA is presenting a paper on elastomer behavior during the …

Opinion: May I.4 be with you
Added: 9 Oct 2015
A move to change attitudes to Industry 4.0 in the rubber industry was the focus of the Postscript a…

Viewpoint: Mesnac VP reviews tire machinery market in Europe
Added: 8 Oct 2015
Trevor Xu, EU region vice president at Mesnac, gave his views on the current state of the European …

DRAFT Tire sector to drive US carbon black market
Added: 8 Oct 2015
Burnaby, Canada – The carbon black market in the US is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 4.5 percent du…

Interview: Lehigh on global mission
Added: 8 Oct 2015
Lehigh Technologies is expanding its crumb rubber business outside the US with a plant currently be…

Michelin tires hit record mileage
Added: 8 Oct 2015
Stoke-on-Trent, UK – Eccles, Manchester-based haulier Olivers Transport has hit a new record-high m…

Hankook launches new winter tire
Added: 8 Oct 2015
Neu-Isenburg, Germany – Hankook Tire Europe has introduced its new winter tire – Winter i*cept RS2 …

URP opens machinery plant in China
Added: 8 Oct 2015
Altdorf, Germany/Corbas, France – The United Rubber & Plastic Machinery (URP) has officially opened…

Rubber industry “uncool” for young talent
Added: 8 Oct 2015
Brussels – The European tire and rubber manufacturing sector is facing an increasing challenge in m…