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Cooper Tire launches first Arabic website
Cooper Tire Europe launched its first full Arabic website, www.coopertire.me. The new site includes product pages, company information and a dealer locator, all designed to ensure that customers have easy access to the most up-to-date product and dealer information. The…
Marangoni appoints new GM for French subsidiary
Marangoni Industrial Tyres appoints Patrick Avril as its new General Manager of the French sales subsidiary, Marangoni industry Manutention based in Louvres, near Paris. This appointment confirms the Marangoni Group’s interest in the French market and further strengthens its presence…
Milacron to acquire Cangen
Milacron Holdings Corp. is to acquire CanGen Holdings, Inc. consisting of subsidiaries Canterbury Engineering Company and Genca. CanGen is a leading supplier of highly engineered aftermarket process control components for extrusion and injection molding applications with approximately US$20 million in…
Lehigh Technologies awarded for sustainable technology
Specialty chemicals company Lehigh Technologies won the iChemE Global Award for Sustainable Technology. The company produces micronized rubber powders (MRP) and was recognized for its submission, “Micronized rubber powder – green for free.” In its submission, the company detailed how…
Kumho appoints new European Marketing Director
Kumho Tyre has appointed Dirk Rockendorf as Marketing Director for the European market. The 46-year-old marketing and tyre expert has been in charge of Kumho’s European marketing team since November 1, 2015. His future responsibilities include price and product management,…
Trelleborg acquires Mitas parent company
Trelleborg acquired ?GS Holding a.s. – a privately-owned company with leading positions in agricultural, industrial and specialty tyres as well as engineered polymer solutions. Trelleborg also acquired ?GS subsidiary Mitas. The acquisition amounts to around SEK 10.9 billion on a…
Michelin Tyre closes Ballymena factory
Michelin Tyre plc (MTPLC) is restructuring its business by closing its Ballymena tyre factory and investing instead on its Dundee and Stoke-on-Trent sites. MTPLC will close its truck tyre factory in Ballymena due to the downturn in demand for truck…
Tyre company CEOs meet for sustainability research
Chief Executive Officers of leading tyre companies announced the latest results of ongoing international research projects studying the potential environmental and health impacts of tyres in their meeting in Chantilly, France. The CEOs, representing tyre companies in Europe, Japan, Korea…
Longest-serving Goodyear employee retires
Ninety-year old Sidney Richardson was working in the Gadsden’s Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. for 72 years until he retired last week. Richardson is the longest-serving employee in Goodyear worldwide. His time clock card—No. 0912—is the only remaining card number…