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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
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…

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
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
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
Added: 6 Jul 2015
Frankfurt, Germany - Germany’s plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers retained their export do…