The Production of Jeep Cherokee by Fiat will be moved out of Toledo, Ohio. Toledo will now serve as the plant where Fiat’s Jeep Wrangler will be made. Fiat Chrysler had said in October last year that it was planning…
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Police probes into death at Goodyear Tire & Rubber plant
Police is probing into the death of a person at Goodyear Tire & Rubber plant in Danville, VA. No word on the circumstances surrounding the incident. Investigators are still trying to figure out what caused the industrial accident. According to…
Continental Corporation welcomes future employees at Careers Week
Continental Corporation is joining the IAA 2015 Careers Week at Frankfurt, Germany on September 21 to 25. Continental’s executive members will be giving talks about different topics. Some focus on the achieving zero road accidents and clean air through fewer…
Nexen Tyres named Volkswagen Caddy OE
Volkswagen named Nexen Tire’s N’blue Premium tyres as original equipment (OE) for the Volkswagen Caddy. The Korean tyre company sees this as an opportunity to widen their reach to American and European markets. Nexen says the N’blue is fuel-efficient and…
Pirelli dominates European Hillclimb Championship
Pirelli’s Simone Faggioli won his 8th title at the FIA European Hillclimb Championship in Ilirska Bistrica, Slovenia. Faggioli now leads Category 2 with 175 points. Milos Benes trails at second place with 142 points. Pirelli’s product manager Terenzio Testoni said:…
Michelin releases new farm truck tyres
Michelin Agricultural released six new tyres designed to fit tractors, sprayers, harvesting equipment and other farm trucks. All new tyre models feature Michelin’s Ultraflex Technology, which allows tires to operate at up to 40% less air pressure than standard radial…
Cooper Tire rolls out new Roadmaster tyre
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company adds to its line of Roadmaster tyres with the new RM230 WH for waste-haul trucks. The new tyre has 20% larger footprint than all the Roadmaster tyres before it. A large footprint distributes the weight…
Toyo Tires announce management changes
Toyo Tire and Rubber Co, Ltd announced changes in their managerial and personnel lineup. Most changes were promotions and transfers within the company. Sadao Ichihara is no longer Group Executive Officer for DT Business. He remains as Director Senior Corporate…
Philippine rubber industry gets financial boost
Around 200 farmers in Davao Oriental, Philippines will benefit from a Php2.3 mn project funded by the Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Office of the Presidential Adviser Peace Process (Opapp) The funds are under a project called the Pamana…
Legal firm investigates health risks of crumb rubber in artificial turfs
Milberg LLP is currently investigating an unlikely suspect: crumb rubber. The US –based Law firm is now looking into the health risks of crumb rubber infills in artificial turf. Crumb rubber is made of recycled car tyres and is commonly…