The second new Westlake tire flagship store of ZC Rubber in Mexico opens after months of preparation. Vice president of ZC Rubber Guorong Ge attends the opening ceremony and hosts the dealer meeting with the local Westlake dealer in the…
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Trinseo CFO to leave company
Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex and rubber, announced via an 8-K filing today that John A. Feenan, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has elected to leave the Company to pursue other opportunities, effective…
Trelleborg acquires Brazilian tyre manufacturer
Trelleborg Wheel Systems recently acquired Standard Tyres Group, a Brazil-based privately owned industrial tyre manufacturer. The company is the market leader in industrial tyres in Brazil and the main supplier to locally based, global original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of materials…
ZC Rubber opens new subsidiary in Brazil
Chinese tyre manufacturer ZC Rubber Group Co. Ltd. announced the establishment of its Brazil Company, ZC Rubber Brazil Importation and Exportation (ZC Brazil). The new company is located in San Paulo, the largest city and the economic center of Brazil.…
Goodyear names new president of EU, Middle East and Africa business
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced that Jean-Claude Kihn will be president of its Europe, Middle East and Africa business. Currently the president of Goodyear’s Latin America business, Kihn will fully assume his new role on January 1, 2016. …
Goodyear to combine North America and Latin America business
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced that it will combine its North America and Latin America businesses into one Americas business unit, effective January 1, 2016. “While the two former regions approach their markets differently, there also are many…
Scientists develop new stretchable rubber keyboard
Scientists have developed a soft, flexible and stretchable keyboard using a type of rubber known as a dielectric elastomer that can be wrapped around any object. “Imagine a world where you drop something, and it bounces back without any damage.…
Racing tyre study reports ‘undetectable’ treatments the chequered flag
Researchers in the US have punctured the appeal of prohibited tyre softening agents, marketed to racing teams as ‘undetectable’, by releasing a method for identifying them. The technique has already detected banned substances in 10 of 71 real tyre samples…
Goodyear aims to widen Gadsden tyre plant
Goodyear plans to hire 87 new workers as part of an expansion to its east Gadsden tire plant. The Gadsden city council this week approved tax abatements on more than $30 million the company plans to invest in the project.…
LyondellBasell reports to gain PP compounding assets of Zylog
LyondellBasell announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the polypropylene (PP) compounding assets of Zylog Plastalloys Pvt. Ltd. (Zylog) of India. Upon completion of the acquisition, LyondellBasell will double its automotive customer base in India and…