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Michelin targets Premier LTX at SUVs/CUVs
Added: 7 Jun 2015
Greenville, South Carolina — Michelin North America Inc. has added a second line – the LTX for CUVs…
Sid Richardson to build first plant outside US
Added: 7 Jun 2015
Fort Worth, Texas – Sid Richardson Carbon and Energy Co. is planning to add another carbon black pl…
ERJ Tire Tracker - May-June 2015
Added: 7 Jun 2015
Business, contract and marketing news from the international tire manufacturing and supply sector:
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Michelin, TVS Srichakra to make bias motorcycle tires in India
Added: 6 Jun 2015
Chennai, India - French Group Michelin has signed an agreement with TVS Group company TVS Srichakra…
ERJ Archives: Rubber motorwheel covers 12,000 miles
Added: 6 Jun 2015
This picture was published in our archive edition of 17 Oct 1931 with the caption reading: "The ver…
Auto success drives Freundenberg-NOK expansion in US
Added: 5 Jun 2015
Findlay, Ohio — Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies will invest about $8.6 million (€7.77 million)…
DKT - DuPont to debut highest heat resistant AEM elastomers
Added: 5 Jun 2015
Geneva, Switzerland – At DKT/IRC 2015, DuPont Performance Polymers (DPP) will reveal key properties…
Interview: Orgkhim in expansion mode
Added: 4 Jun 2015
London - Russian company Orgkhim Biochemical Holdings is moving to expand its global market positio…
Work starts on China's largest rubber recycling park
Added: 4 Jun 2015
Hubei, China - The Central China Rubber Resources Recycling Industrial Park broke ground in Xiangya…
Goodyear, SRI agree to end alliance to avoid arbitration
Added: 4 Jun 2015
Akron/Kobe, Japan — Goodyear and Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI) have agreed to dissolve thei…
Zeon develops “next-generation” latex for disposable gloves
Added: 4 Jun 2015
Tokyo, Japan – Zeon Corp. has started sales of Nipol LX561, a “next-generation” grade of NBR latex,…
Cimcorp appoints new CEO following Muratec takeover
Added: 4 Jun 2015
Ulvila, Finland – The board of Cimcorp Oy has appointed Masatoshi Wakabayashi as the company’s CEO …
Conti in €250m expansion of China tire plant
Added: 3 Jun 2015
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG is investing €250 million in new capacity expansions at its Hefei…
Veyance air springs business to be sold to EnPro
Added: 3 Jun 2015
Hanover, Germany - ContiTech is to sell the Veyance Technologies North American air springs busines…
Hankook OE tires for new Mercedes-Benz truck
Added: 3 Jun 2015
Neu-Isenburg, Germany –Hankook Tire has expanded its OE portfolio in the heavy commercial vehicle (…
Mitsubishi elastomers unit for Turkey
Added: 3 Jun 2015
Tokyo – Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC) has established a new performance polymer business network …
Law makers move to update US chemical regulations
Added: 3 Jun 2015
Washington — In the US, the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Wednesday voted unanimously to s…
Press release: Freudenberg-NOK introduces new cold-tolerant FKM for processing industry
Added: 3 Jun 2015
Material expertise is the foundation of made-to-order sealing solutions for the processing industry…
Bayer MaterialScience to convert to Covestro
Added: 2 Jun 2015
Leverkusen, Germany – The new Covestro name will launch in September as Leverkusen, Germany-based B…
Hexpol expanding rubber compounds capacity in Mexico
Added: 2 Jun 2015
Malmo, Sweden - Hexpol is to increase its rubber compounds capacity to meet growing demand from the…
