South Korea based chemical and trading company Hyosung is planning to build a $150m facility in Romania to produce auto airbags and tyre components. The company said that the construction work on the new plant is expected to begin in the ...
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Apollo Tyres is planning INR3bn ($54.27m) investment over the next two years in its Kalamassery facility in Kerala, India to turn it into an export-oriented unit to produce industrial tyres. The manufactured tyres will be exported to ...
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Apollo Tyres unveiled a new $35m component preparation facility at its tyre manufacturing plant in Ladysmith, South Africa. The new 6,500ft2 unit is expected to address capacity constraints and further enhance the quality and ...
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Indian tyre manufacturer Apollo Tyres is considering to acquire major stake worth abotu $600-800m in the US-based tyre maker Cooper Tire & Rubber Company. The acquisition is expected to provide Apollo Tyres access the US replacement tyre ...
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Bridgestone Tatabanya Termelo, a subsidiary of Hungary, is planning to invest EUR267m to increase the production capacity of its passenger car radial tires (PSR). With the investment, production capacity at the Tatabánya Plant is ...
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BMW has unveiled two new five door hatchbacks of its new generation 1-series which include 114i, M135i models. The 114i model will be powered by a 75kW/180Nm four-cylinder petrol engine featuring twin power turbo technology with ...
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Bridgestone has begun the construction on a new car tyre plant in the Dinh Vu Industrial Zone in northern Hai Phong City, Vietnam, company’s first facility in the country. The company is investing $575m in the new plant, which ...
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Japanese tire maker Bridgestone in collaboration with Ajinomoto has developed polymerised high-cis polyisoprene (IR), a synthetic rubber produced using bio-based isoprene, a substance produced from biomass raw materials using fermentation ...
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UPM Raflatac has announced plans to invest in new hotmelt manufacturing capability for labelstock converters, at its self-adhesive labelstock factory in Changshu, China. The new in-house hotmelt adhesive mixing and coating technology is ...
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Pricing and specification details of the Infiniti G37 Coupe and Convertible have been released ahead of the rear-wheel-drive two-door models'arrival in Australian showrooms from late next week. Two variants of the Infiniti G37 ...
Italian tyre maker Pirelli is planning to build a new $126m tyre manufacturing plant in Indonesia, following the approval from the country's Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM). Pirelli had signed a deal in 2011 with component maker ...
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Italian tyre manufacturer Pirelli is planning to invest GBP9m to upgrade its Carlisle tyres manufacturing facility in Cumbria, UK. The new investment will add new machinery to improve the productivity, which is expected to secure the ...
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Italian tyre maker Pirelli has opened its first plant in Mexico as part of its plans $300m investment plan in the region by 2015 and an additional $100m by 2017. The new 135,000m2 plant is Pirelli's 22nd tyre plant which will produce ...
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Pirelli has signed an agreement with the Faria da Silva family to acquire 60% of the company equity of Campneus, a Brazil-based tyre distribution network, for BRL54m ($29m), and subject to adjustment on the basis of the asset situation on ...
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US carmaker General Motors (GM) is planning to collaborate with independent researchers to develop a new tyre technology to enhance fuel efficiency of its vehicles. Work on development of new technology is expected to begin in ...