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Chinese car sales, production growth slows down
Added: 13 Jul 2015
Beijing – Chinese passenger car production and sales growth rates have slowed down by over 6 percen…
Tire registration, performance bill introduced in US Senate
Added: 13 Jul 2015
Washington – A bill requiring independent tire dealers to submit tire registration information elec…
Maplan to start building new plant this year
Added: 13 Jul 2015
Vienna – Rubber injection moulding machinery manufacturer Maplan GmbH will start construction work …
Opinion: Is the polymer industry still fit for heroes?
Added: 13 Jul 2015
ERJ staff report (PR)
London - Stephanie Kwolek, who died last week at the age of 90, is credited wi…
Stagnant growth for the EU chemicals sector - report
Added: 10 Jul 2015
Brussels – European chemical output grew just 0.3 percent during the first four months of 2015 comp…
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
Added: 10 Jul 2015
Fort Mill, South Carolina — Continental Tire the Americas LLC is voluntarily recalling approximatel…
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
Added: 9 Jul 2015
Tokyo – Japanese chemicals producer Kuraray will increase the prices of its elastomer-related produ…
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
Added: 9 Jul 2015
Weinheim, Germany - Freudenberg Oil and Gas Technologies, part of Freudenberg Group, has acquired B…
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…
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
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
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
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
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…
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
Added: 6 Jul 2015
Chongqing, China – Hankook started a trial run of the phase-two project, including 6 million tire/y…
