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Firestone tyre named OE to new Toyota Tacoma
Bridgestone Americas announced its Firestone-brand Destination LE2 tyre is original equipment on select models of the all-new 2016 Toyota Tacoma. “Firestone is a brand that appeals to the work hard, play hard mantra,” said Mike Martini, president, original equipment, U.S.…
EU tyre industry in the rise
The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers Association recently its Statistics 2015 edition, a report on the region’s rubber and tyre market. The main findings of the report include the following: General Rubber Goods (GRG): After a slow 2013, the GRG…
Vietnam will be joining ITRC
Vietnam will be joining the International Tripartite Rubber Council (ITRC), according to Bachrul Chairi, director general for international trade cooperation at the Trade Ministry in Vietnam. ITRC’s original members (Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia) welcomed Vietnam’s plan to join with the…
PanAridus gains tenth patent for guayule rubber
Arizona guayule producer, PanAridus, LLC was granted their tenth patent. PanAridus already holds nine patents for guayule plants, which yields a polymer nearly identical to tropically grown natural rubber. It’s the only known source of U.S.- grown rubber to be…
Trelleborg acquires marine docking and mooring solutions company
Trelleborg has, through its business area Trelleborg Offshore & Construction, signed an agreement to acquire Marimatech A/S, a company in marine positioning and piloting systems, primarily specializing in the development of software used for docking or mooring ships offshore or…
Accella Performance Materials changes names of business units
Accella Performance Materials, a manufacturer of polyurethanes and recycled rubber products today announced the renaming of several core businesses to Accella Polyurethane Systems including, IPS Polymer Systems, MarChem, Arnco Performance Polymers, Premium Spray Products, Burtin Polymer Laboratories; and its ArncoPathway…
Goodyear will redeem EUR250 mn in senior notes
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced its European subsidiary, Goodyear Dunlop Tires Europe B.V. (GDTE), will redeem all its outstanding EUR250 million aggregate principal amount of 6.75 percent senior notes due 2019 on January 14, 2016. The redemption price…
Dow and Dupont merge to form US$130mn company DowDupont
DuPont and The Dow Chemical Company announced that they will combine to form a company to be named DowDuPont. The parties intend to subsequently pursue a separation of DowDuPont into three independent, publicly traded companies. The companies will include an…
ContiTech plant manufactures 150,000th rubber track
ContiTech’s plant in St. Marys, Ohio manufactured its 150,000th rubber track. The product is used in a variety of construction and agriculture applications to drive high horsepower tractors, harvesters, grain carts, asphalt pavers and other miscellaneous applications. “This is an…