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Trelleborg adds to farm tire hikes in Europe
Added: 21 Apr 2015
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg Wheel Systems has joined Italy’s Marangoni and Canada’s Camoplast S…

UK research centre develops halogen-free rubber for matting
Added: 21 Apr 2015
Brickendonbury, UK – The UK-based Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre (TARRC) has developed a “zero hal…

ISSUE: Mesnac boss: All change in China
Added: 21 Apr 2015
In the March/April issue of ERJ magazine, Mesnac VP talks to Patrick Raleigh about his ambitions fo…

Future trends in tire plant automation
Added: 21 Apr 2015
VMI is among the main industry players seeking to transform levels of automation in the tire manufa…

Electric roads offer a new future for tires
Added: 20 Apr 2015
Tokyo – Tire technology is at the heart of an innovative approach to powering electrical vehicles (…

US urged to introduce rolling resistance standards
Added: 20 Apr 2015
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina — Federal performance standards for tire rolling resistance and …

Michelin lands Boeing supplier award
Added: 20 Apr 2015
Clairmont-Ferrand, France – Michelin aircraft tire division has been recognised as ‘supplier of the…

Pirelli, Rosneft appoint Synthos as SR technology partner
Added: 20 Apr 2015
Milan, Italy – Italian tire-maker Pirelli and Russian oil and gas company Rosneft have identified S…

Freudenberg-NOK develops bio-EPDM
Added: 20 Apr 2015
Plymouth, Michigan –Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies has developed an ethylene propylene diene …

Pirelli P Zero OE fitment for Jaguar XE
Added: 20 Apr 2015
Burton upon Trent, UK – Jaguar has chosen the Pirelli P Zero as the sole 20-inch fitment for the ne…

‘Green’ tires could cut fuel consumption by 7% -report
Added: 20 Apr 2015
Cologne, Germany – Lanxess, in co-operation with energy provider RheinEnergie, has conducted a test…

Bluestar Silicones advances fire resistant cables
Added: 20 Apr 2015
Bluestar Silicones has announced its latest technologies for improving fire resistance of safety ca…

Kraiburg TPE to showcase automotive products in Milan
Added: 17 Apr 2015
Waldkraiburg, Germany – Kraiburg TPE will be displaying at this year’s Plast expo in Milan, to be h…

Michelin launches new truck tire sizes, highlights wear resistance
Added: 17 Apr 2015
Birmingham, UK – Michelin launched multiple new sizes in its X Multi range of 17.5” and 19.5” tires…

Brazilian retreader introduces exclusive tread design
Added: 17 Apr 2015
Nova Prata, Brazil — Brazilian retread materials producer Borrachas Vipal SA has introduced an excl…

ERJ Archives: British, Dutch dominance in 1920s NR market
Added: 17 Apr 2015
This cartoon was published on 3 Oct 1925 with an article bemoaning the lack of progress by US compa…

Orgkhim mulls building process oils plant in North America
Added: 17 Apr 2015
Cologne, Germany – Orgkhim Biochemical Holdings, a Russian supplier of rubber processing oil and ot…

Australian start-up offers new tire recycling solution
Added: 17 Apr 2015
Melbourne, Australia – Green Distillation Technologies (GDT), a green technology start‐up based in …

Semperit expands investment in European hose plant
Added: 17 Apr 2015
Vienna – The Semperit Group has announced that it has set aside a capital expenditure fund of €75 m…

CMA to appeal 'unjust' duty on OTR tires
Added: 17 Apr 2015
Washington — The China Manufacturers Alliance LLC (CMA) is branding a US Department of Commerce fin…