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Asahi Kasei to expand SEBS elastomer production

Added: 10 Jul 2015

Kawasaki, Japan - Asahi Kasei Chemicals will increase annual production capacity for hydrogenated s…

Conti recalls 3,800 replacement passenger tires in US

Conti recalls 3,800 replacement passenger tires in US

Added: 10 Jul 2015

Fort Mill, South Carolina — Continental Tire the Americas LLC is voluntarily recalling approximatel…

ContiTech to expand hose plant in Serbia

ContiTech to expand hose plant in Serbia

Added: 9 Jul 2015

Subotica, Serbia – ContiTech Fluid Serbia is planning to expand its hose assembly plant in Subotica…

Japan’s Kuraray increases elastomer prices

Japan’s Kuraray increases elastomer prices

Added: 9 Jul 2015

Tokyo – Japanese chemicals producer Kuraray will increase the prices of its elastomer-related produ…

In a statement published on the Indian stock exchange BSE Ltd.’s website, Kesoram states it “has no intentions of selling/disposing of Birla Tyres”, its tire business.

Kesoram refutes Birla Tyres sale report

Added: 9 Jul 2015

West Bengal, India – Kesoram Industries Ltd. is rebutting a published report in India that it is tr…

Freudenberg acquires Canadian oil and gas seal company

Freudenberg acquires Canadian oil and gas seal company

Added: 9 Jul 2015

Weinheim, Germany - Freudenberg Oil and Gas Technologies, part of Freudenberg Group, has acquired B…

Automotive industry boosts Mexico rubber production

Automotive industry boosts Mexico rubber production

Added: 8 Jul 2015

Sao Paulo, Brazil – Biggest revenue segments for the Mexican petrochemicals market in 2014 were acr…

When Kabusikiki and Toyomoto failed to reply to Toyo’s brief, Toyo petitioned the court asking for default judgment in the case, along with a permanent injunction against the Chinese tire makers and monetary damages from them.

Toyo wins US trademark case

Added: 8 Jul 2015

Las Vegas, Nevada – Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. is entitled to the default judgment, permanent injunctio…

Chinese tire maker Deruibo declares bankruptcy

Chinese tire maker Deruibo declares bankruptcy

Added: 8 Jul 2015

Shandong, China – Radial tire maker Shandong Deruibo Tire has declared bankruptcy and is now taken …

BFGoodrich launches new all-terrain tire

BFGoodrich launches new all-terrain tire

Added: 8 Jul 2015

London - BFGoodrich Tyres, a Michelin North America brand, is launching its “most advanced” off-roa…

Fiat crossover to fit Bridgestone tires

Fiat crossover to fit Bridgestone tires

Added: 8 Jul 2015

Melfi, Italy - Fiat has chosen tires from Bridgestone for its new Fiat 500X crossover, said a press…

Cimcorp appoints new North America boss

Cimcorp appoints new North America boss

Added: 8 Jul 2015

Grimsby, Canada – CEO of Cimcorp Automation Ltd. and co-founder of the former RMT Robotics, Doug Pi…

Bio-EPDM market "not expected to grow"

Added: 7 Jul 2015

Hürth, Germany - A new report on the global biopolymers market gives a downcast view of the prospec…

Three investment firms — OFI Risk Arbitrages, OFI Risk Arb Absolu and Timber Hill LLC — filed suit against Cooper in January 2014. The plaintiffs claimed that the Findlay, Ohio-based tire maker deliberately withheld from shareholders the opposition of Chengshan Group — co-owners with Cooper of Cooper Chengshan Tire Co Ltd. in China — to the merger with Apollo.

US judge dismisses shareholder suit against Cooper

Added: 7 Jul 2015

Wilmington, Delaware – A judge in the Delaware federal district court has granted Cooper Tire & Rub…

Hankook trials new facilities at China plant

Hankook trials new facilities at China plant

Added: 6 Jul 2015

Chongqing, China – Hankook started a trial run of the phase-two project, including 6 million tire/y…

Michelin JV to build rubber plant in Indonesia

Michelin JV to build rubber plant in Indonesia

Added: 6 Jul 2015

Cilegon, Indonesia – A Michelin-owned joint venture has awarded Toyo Engineering Corp. and PT Inti …

ContiTech opens compounding plant in China

Added: 6 Jul 2015

Changshu, China – ContiTech AG has announced that it started production at tis rubber compounding f…

TyreSafe warns against illegal tires in UK

TyreSafe warns against illegal tires in UK

Added: 6 Jul 2015

London – More than a quarter of all drivers in the UK had an illegal tire on their vehicle, at the …

Bridgestone sets up auto-parts JV in Indonesia

Bridgestone sets up auto-parts JV in Indonesia

Added: 6 Jul 2015

Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp. is to establish a joint venture company for the manufacture of anti-vibra…

Germany predicts buoyant machinery sales

Germany predicts buoyant machinery sales

Added: 6 Jul 2015

Frankfurt, Germany - Germany’s plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers retained their export do…