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“Progress” reported on natural rubber bourse
Added: 14 Apr 2015
Bangkok – The International Rubber Consortium (IRCo) has reported that a meeting of major rubber pr…
Opinion: New (type of) tire plant manager wanted
Added: 14 Apr 2015
A multinational tire manufacturing group is looking to recruit a senior manager.
The job requirement…
Cefic: EU chemical output “stagnant”
Added: 14 Apr 2015
Brussels – The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) has published its latest annual report on…
Hankook UHP tires fitted on Porsche Macan
Added: 14 Apr 2015
Neu-Isenburg Germany – Hankook is now supplying ultra-high-performance (UHP) tires as original equi…
Lehigh wins Bloomberg clean energy award
Added: 14 Apr 2015
London - Lehigh Technologies has won the Bloomberg New Energy Pioneer award, which recognises 10 co…
“Record quarter” CV registrations as UK business confidence soars
Added: 14 Apr 2015
London – UK-based Society of Motor Manufacturers & Traders (SMMT) has reported a “record quarter” f…
New rubber standard adds to China tariff woes
Added: 13 Apr 2015
Guangdong, China – The US anti-dumping tire tariffs affecting $3.3 billion (€3 billion) worth of pr…
Insider trading charges in Cooper-Apollo deal
Added: 13 Apr 2015
Washington – The US Securities and Exchange Commission has charged two investors with illegally pro…
Lanxess starts new EPDM plant in China
Added: 13 Apr 2015
Changzhou, China – German speciality chemicals company Lanxess has started its new EPDM rubber plan…
Trelleborg acquires agricultural tire business in Australia
Added: 13 Apr 2015
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg has finalised the acquisition of Australian agricultural tires dist…
Bridgestone breaks ground for new ops base in Australia
Added: 13 Apr 2015
Tokyo –Bridgestone Institute Global Mining Solutions Pty. Limited (BIGS), a subsidiary of the Bridg…
Yokohama Rubber to showcase BluEarth tires in Shanghai
Added: 13 Apr 2015
Tokyo ‒ Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd is to display its Advan Sport V105 tire at the Shanghai Internation…
UK makes TPMS part of safety test
Added: 13 Apr 2015
London - A faulty tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) is now an automatic fail under the UK’s an…
Market pressures drive new thinking at belt makers
Added: 13 Apr 2015
London – With the business outlook remaining tough for suppliers of material handling equipment, th…
Michelin buys 40% stake in online tire retailer
Added: 13 Apr 2015
Clermont-Ferrand, France – Michelin has acquired a 40-percent stake in Allopneus SAS, a French inte…
US lowers tire-dumping duties, delays final decision
Added: 10 Apr 2015
Washington—The US Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration has lowered the preli…
Apollo starts building tire plant in Hungary
Added: 10 Apr 2015
Gyöngyöshalász, Hungary – Apollo Tyres’ has marked the start of construction of its greenfield tire…
ERJ Top 10 of the Week (7 - 10 April)
Added: 9 Apr 2015
China’s rubber sector to see slowed growth in 2015
Assessment from chairman of China Rubber Industr…
DuPont hikes fluoropolymer prices by up to 15%
Added: 9 Apr 2015
Geneva, Switzerland, – DuPont Fluoropolymer Solutions has raised prices for its fluoroplastics and …
China’s rubber sector to see slowed growth in 2015
Added: 9 Apr 2015
Guangdong, China – The growth of main-product output, export volume and export value of China’s rub…
