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Cooper Tire names new CFO
Added: 3 Dec 2014
Findlay, Ohio – Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. announced on 2 Dec that its board of directors had elected…
US countervailing tire duties effective 1 Dec
Added: 3 Dec 2014
Washington — The US commerce department issued a notice on 1 Dec announcing that importers of passe…
Kiswire continues expansion of plant in South Carolina
Added: 3 Dec 2014
Columbia, SC – Kiswire Inc., a manufacturer of steel cord and bead wire, is commencing the second p…
Ergon in South African market, Orbichem to distribute products
Added: 3 Dec 2014
Waterloo, Belgium — Ergon Europe MEA, Inc., announced on 2 Dec that it has appointed Orbichem Petro…
Bridgestone, TreadWright reaches settlement over patent infringement
Added: 3 Dec 2014
Nashville, Tennessee – Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC has announced that it has reached a…
Beijing rubber factories’ short-lived ‘APEC blue’
Added: 2 Dec 2014
Beijing, China - Factories in Beijing and nearby provinces were temporarily shut down or ordered to…
Indian JK tires to enter US market mid-2015
Added: 2 Dec 2014
Las Vegas, Nevada —JK Tyre Industries Ltd is expecting to enter the American market on a “broad sca…
REP opening production facility in India
Added: 2 Dec 2014
Bangalore, India – Machine maker REP Int. is establishing a production facility in Bangalore to mee…
Hexpol acquires US Portage Precision Polymers
Added: 2 Dec 2014
London – Hexpol SA has acquired the American business of Portage Precision Polymers Inc. from its f…
Scientists develop 'rubber' transparent oxide glass
Added: 2 Dec 2014
Tokyo – Researchers based at Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a new form of ‘rubber-lik…
Chinese body opposes new import standard for rubber compound
Added: 2 Dec 2014
Beijing – The China Rubber Industry Association (CRIA) has expressed strong disapproval of the new …
Expert hopes EU will not impose levy on Chinese tires
Added: 2 Dec 2014
London - A senior figure in the UK tire sector has expressed the hope that the EU would not follow …
Mitas starts sales of VF tires worldwide
Added: 2 Dec 2014
Prague – Mitas has announced that it has started the sales of Very High Flexion (VF) tires in world…
Car makers track tire-sensor R&D
Added: 1 Dec 2014
Brussels - Tire sensor technology is ranking very high on the list of R&D priorities for most vehic…
Tires still key to VW emissions targets
Added: 1 Dec 2014
Brussels - Tom De Vleesschauwer, director automotive long-term planning & sustainability at IHS Aut…
Kumho, Bridgestone among BMW OE suppliers
Added: 1 Dec 2014
London – Kumho Tire Co. has announced that it is supplying its high performance tires as original e…
Cooper sells Chinese JV for €210m
Added: 1 Dec 2014
Findlay, Ohio — Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has closed the sale of its 65-percent ownership in Cooper …
Sibur develops new rubbers for premium tires
Added: 28 Nov 2014
London – Russian petrochemical company Sibur has developed new grades of solution-polymerised styre…
Hankook tires to be fitted on Audi TT
Added: 28 Nov 2014
Neu-Isenburg, Germany – Audi has chosen Hankook tires as the original fitment for the third generat…
Titan boss slams French rules over Goodyear plant takeover
Added: 28 Nov 2014
London – A US tire tycoon has criticised French laws and trade unions, which he said had prevented …
