Recently, ZC Rubber (Thailand) Company held the rolled-off ceremony of the first bias tire production line. The general manager, Chen Hua and nearly one hundred staff witnessed the moment together. In his speech, Chen Hua expressed that the ...
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Continental has broken ground on $500m expansion of its Sumter facility to double tire production to eight million units by 2021. The Phase 2 expansion will increase the production from four million units planned for 2016. Expanded ...
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Japan-based Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) and Turkish firm Abdulkadir Ozcan Otomotiv have flagged off output at their tire manufacturing unit, set up through joint venture in the Central Anatolian province of ankr, Turkey. Under the ...
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At this year’s Techtextil to be held in Germany, Allma, part of Saurer Group, will focus on the TechnoCorder TC2 with interesting developments in FlexiPly and the new 830 mm spindle gauge at Stand D-02 in Hall 3.0. Allma will ...
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Toyo Tire and Rubber Co. announced personnel changes within the company's team of directors, including the naming of Shinji Nakahara as president of Nitto Japan Co. All of the changes are effective Jan. 1. Takuji Yamamoto, president of ...
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The Open Country A/T II, produced at Toyo's White, Ga., plant, is its first U.S. OE fitment on Ford F-250/F-350 trucks. Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. announced that the company's Open Country A/T II (OPAT II) SUV tire, size LT275/65R20 ...
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The International Trade Commission (ITC) is investigating antidumping and countervailing duty claims made against companies exporting consumer tires from China to the United States. The ITC must reach a preliminary determination on the ...
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The Linde Group and BASF SE intended to cooperate in developing and licensing processes for the on-purpose production of linear butenes and butadiene. BASF has developed process technology and catalysts as well as the extraction ...
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. announced an update to its 2014-2016 capital allocation plan that will allow the company to invest approximately $500 million to build a new consumer tire plant to support demand in North America and Latin ...
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Hankook Tire America Corp. President Byeong Jin Lee (left) meeting with President Obama at the White House for a SelectUSA Roundtable on investing in America. (Photo Credit: Reuters.) Hankook Tire America Corp. today participated in the ...
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Groupe Michelin has begun steps to close its truck tire plant in Budapest, Hungary. According to Michelin, the closing is necessary "in response to the adverse trends and aggressive competition in the European truck tire market, which ...
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Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. reported net sales of $796 million for its first quarter of 2014, a decrease of $65 million compared with the same period a year ago. Operating profit for the quarter was $81 million, which is $16 million lower than ...
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China imported 410,000 mt of natural and synthetic rubber, including latex, in March, up 33.7% from February, data released this week by the General Administration of Customs showed. For the first three months of 2014, China's natural and ...
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Michelin North America (Canada) Inc. has begun reducing the production of passenger and light truck tires at its Pictou County plant in Nova Scotia. The reduction will continue through June 30, 2015. The company sites "declining demand ...
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German autoparts maker Continental is set to invest EUR165m in the expansion of its truck and bus tire cfacilities in Otrokovice, Czech Republic. This five-year expansion program will double the truck and bus tire production capacity at ...
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