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JINING, China — Hixih Rubber Industry Group is planning to add annual capacity for 12 million passenger tires and 2 million truck/bus...

OSAKA — Sumitomo Rubber Industries will increase its Chinese production capacity of passenger vehicle tires by roughly 60% by 2020,...

Shanghai Huayi (Group)’s joint venture in Thailand has initiated trial truck tire production at its new plant in Rayong, Thailand,...

Having only recently inaugurated phase 3 production at its Hefei, China plant, Continental A.G. is moving forward with the phase 4...

Michelin North America (Canada) Inc. announced an additional two years of tire building at its Michelin Pictou County site in Nova Scotia...

Group Michelin is investing roughly $105 million in a pair of plants in Romania, to cover the start of production of new tire models at...

Airless tires are more of a marketing tool than a realistic offering for the passenger car tire market, according to Gerrit Bolz, head of...

Michelin, with the backing of the Scottish government, plans to invest $21 million in its factory in Dundee to upgrade the plant for...

A project to add 30,000 units per year of capacity for engineering tires, including jumbo tires, at Aeolus’ existing site in Jiaozuo,...

“We’ll be building the most modern tire factory in the world,” Nokian’s Tommi Heinonen said about the $360 million facility that will be...

As part of its Movin’On 2017 conference, Michelin has presented Vision, a new concept tire, which is a fusion of a number of cutting-edge...

Hankook Tire America Corp. said tire production continues to ramp up on schedule at its new $580 million plant in Clarksville, Tennessee....

Due to lack of raw materials, Pirelli will shut down production lines at its tire plant in Guacara, Venezuela on June 16. Though the...

China’s tire maker Himaxer has started trial production at its 1.2 million unit-per-year polyurethane tire project in Yunfu, the company...

Guangzhou Vanlead Group Co. Ltd., the China state-owned entity that controls Wanli Tire Group, plans to invest $1 billion in two phases...

Tire Business, among others, is reporting that China’s Wanli Tire Group is considering building a plant in South Carolina. Several South...

The Rubber Manufacturers Association, the national trade association for tire manufacturers that produce tires in the U.S., announced a...

Goodyear is planning to cease tire production at its 50-year-old plant in Philippsburg, Germany, by July 31, five months earlier than had...

As Tire Business reports, about a year after it was due to open, Bridgestone is planning the ceremonial opening May 25 for its first...

In just over a year’s time, from 29 May to 1 June 2018, the tire industry meets at The Tire Cologne. Show organizer Koelnmesse GmbH...