Veyance Closing Canada Belt Plant
February 2, 2012
Veyance Technologies is closing its power transmission belt manufacturing plant in Owen Sound, Ontario, leaving 40 workers out of a job.
The former Goodyear belt facility was closed suddenly on Feb. 1, with workers being called to "...
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Latest Apollo Plant Reaches Milestone
February 2, 2012
Apollo Tyres' Chennai plant, which went on-stream in April 2010, has produced its one millionth radial truck tire. The facility has a production capacity of 4,000 truck tires and 7,500 passenger tires a day.
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Keyuan Launches China SBS Production
February 1, 2012
China's Keyuan Petrochemicals has announced that one of the production lines for styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS) at its new plant in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, has commenced commercial production.
Keyuan conducted tests on the line in...
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Cooper Texarkana Workers Approve New Contract
January 27, 2012
Workers at Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.'s Texarkana, Ark., plant yesterday overwhelmingly approved a new four-year labor agreement.
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Chinese Group Invests in West African Rubber Producer
January 26, 2012
According to Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries estimates, in 2012 China will produce some 750,000 tons of natural rubber, an increase of around 6% from last year. Yet during the same period, the country is expected to consume 3,6...
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Expansion Underway for Korean Tread Black Facility
January 26, 2012
A fifth production unit for producing tire tread blacks is to be added Orion Engineered Carbons' facility in Yeosu, South Korea. The new unit will increase the plant's annual output by 36 tons to a total of 188 tons.
The project is exp...
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Mitas Readies Iowa Ag Tire Plant for Full Production
January 26, 2012
Mitas has cured the first test tire at its new plant in Charles City, Iowa. Serial production is slated to begin in April, and full capacity at the plant will be reached in 2013.
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Titan Plans Operations at Union City Plant
January 25, 2012
Titan Tire will use the former Goodyear plant in Union City, Tenn., which it purchased for $9 million last September, to produce and redistribute materials to other company facilities.
The operations at the plant - squeezing rubber ont...
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Accuride Invests in N.A. Wheel Capacity Expansion
January 25, 2012
Commercial wheel maker Accuride Corp. has announced plans to invest $75 million in 2012 to strengthen product availability, quality and reliability; upgrade its manufacturing processes; and improve customer service.
The announcement, m...
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Fras-le Expands Operations at Ala. Plant
January 25, 2012
Fras-le North America will begin producing heavy-duty brake lining at its friction manufacturing facility in Prattville, Ala., marking the first time the company has produced heavy-duty brake lining in the U.S....
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Toyo's Thailand Operation to Manufacture Office Equipment Parts
January 25, 2012
Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. has established Toyo Rubber Chemical Products (Thailand) Ltd. in Wang Noi City, Ayutthaya Province, Thailand, in order to manufacture and distribute cleaning blades, which are used in office automation equipment, the compan...
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Cooper Pulling Equipment from Findlay; Ark. Contract Vote Thurs.
January 23, 2012
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has begun moving tire production equipment out of its Findlay, Ohio, tire plant to other plants in North America, Europe and Asia.
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Cooper Update: Texarkana Plant Contract Expires Tonight
January 19, 2012
With its Findlay, Ohio, tire plant already running at less than 100% capacity, Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. faces yet another labor issue when its contract with the USW for its plant in Arkansas expires at midnight tonight.
While neith...
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Marangoni Honored for Economic Contributions
January 19, 2012
U.S. Representative Jim Cooper of Tennessee honored Marangoni Tread North America for "outstanding contributions to the economic development of the State of Tennessee." ...
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Deal Done: Cooper Now Owns Plant in Serbia
January 18, 2012
Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has completed its acquisition of the former Trayal tire plant in Krusevac, Serbia.
The deal was a...
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Taiwan Tiremakers See Growth in China
January 18, 2012
According to CENS, growing demand for car tires in China is expected to continue soaring, and Taiwanese tiremakers are ready to take advantage of the opportunity.
For example, Cheng Shin expects to see 10% to 20% revenue growth this ye...
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Bridgestone Tax Break Proposal Presses Ahead
January 18, 2012
The Heartland, Ill., board of trustees approved a five-year property tax break package to assist Bridgestone Americas' expansion efforts at its Bloomington, Ill., OTR tire plant.
Bridgestone Americas, according to local media, was seek...
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Linglong Changes Curing Bladder Design
January 17, 2012
Shandong Linglong Tyre reports the successful implementation of new generation curing bladders in its production process.
The new bladder, type ZB16E, was developed to address the issues of tire cavity shoulder channeling, exposed cord...
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TIA Spreads Word on USW Event, Cooper Reaction
January 16, 2012
With the USW planning "day of action" protests at some 125 Cooper retailers on Jan. 14, TIA sent some information out to its members regarding both the union's and tiremaker's take on the event.
In an e-mail to members, TIA inc...
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Lanxess Adding Plant to Serve Russian Market
January 16, 2012
Russia is currently a growth market for specialty tire and rubber chemicals group Lanxess. ...
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