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European Rubber Journal is hosting the Tire Rubber Recycling Forum to be held in Brussels from November 19-20, 2013. The conference will...

On September 23, Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi (YTMM, which was established by Yokohama Tire Corporation, a subsidiary of...

On September 18, Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. broke ground on its new $500 million tire plant factory in Cankiri Province, Turkey....

UKIP’s Transportation Weight Loss Diet Conference will be held next month in Stuttgart. The two-day conference focuses on reducing...

ICIS, a chemical consulting firm, has announced the 2nd ICIS Butadiene and Derivatives Conference, a two-day conference focussing on the...

LANXESS reported lower-than-expected earnings in its first quarter due to a weak market environment, particularly in the tire and...

Bridgestone Europe NV/SA (Brussels, Belgium) today announced its decision to close down its passenger car tire production facility in...

NPR has the latest on an escalating war of words between Maurice Taylor, CEO of Illinois-based Titan tire company, and Arnaud Montebourg,...

Rubber and Plastics News reports that Michelin North America Inc. will spend $200 million through 2014 to increase rubber compounding...

Rubber News has rounded up industry reaction to the Environmental Protection Agency’s new national air quality standard for fine...

On December 17, Nokian Tyres announced temporary and permanent layoffs for its Finnish factory after concluding statutory negotiations at...

Yesterday, the Rubber Manufacturers Association announced that it expects tire shipments in the United States to remain unchanged in 2012...

Myanmar’s government is sponsoring a two-day conference designed to attract new investment to its emerging telecom, construction,...

Tyrepress.com reports that Bridgestone’s recently appointed CEO Maasaki Tsuya indicated in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that...

From European Rubber Journal comes word that China’s tire production rose 2.8% in May, based on data published by China’s National Bureau...

Car sales in India rose an annual 2.8% in May, according to data released by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) on...

On May 5, a fatal fire broke out at the BST Elastomers facility in Maptaphut Industrial Estate in Rayong, Thailand. The fire, which broke...

On May 17, Mitsui Chemicals published its annual results, which included a statement on the fatal explosion that occurred at its...

One of the best tire conferences around is Clemson’s Global Tire Industry Conference, held every April on Hilton Head in South Carolina....

On Monday, four major auto companies signed Memorandums of Understanding with the government of Tamil Nadu state to invest at least Rs...