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Photos: Goodyear tires drive NASCAR tradition
AKRON—The first thing you sense while you tour the Goodyear Innovation Center Manufacturing facility in Akron is the enormous amount of pride, workmanship and know-how that goes into each of the 4,000-plus racing tires.
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Electrification shaking up rubber auto parts sector
Electrification is shaking up the automotive parts supply-chain: forcing rubber product companies to add new capabilities to their established areas of expertise in materials science and technology.
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Long development journey pays off for Tweel, Michelin
AKRON—For the record, Michelin's Steve Cron isn't a big fan of the name given to the product that has defined much of his 30-year career in the tire industry. That product is the Tweel, the tire maker's easily recognizable product that combines a non-pneumatic tire with a polyurethane spoked wheel.
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Evonik opens tire silicas plant in South Carolina
GOOSE CREEK, S.C.—Evonik Industries has inaugurated a precipitated silica plant in South Carolina, aimed at better serving the U.S. tire industry.
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Old Dana taps the fountain of youth
MAUMEE, Ohio—With little fanfare this year, one of the global auto industry's oldest suppliers began repositioning itself for a business of the future.
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Nordson buys Irish medical device company
Oct 18, 2018WESTLAKE, Ohio—Nordson has acquired Irish design and development company Clada Medical Devices for an undisclosed amount.
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Arburg forging own path down road to digital transformation
Oct 18, 2018FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany—At Arburg's 13,350-sq.-ft. split-level booth at the Fakuma trade fair, visitors can experience a bolder commitment to increasingly digital efforts in manufacturing.
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Consumer Reports ranks all-season Michelin, General, Cooper and Goodyear tires among the best
Oct 18, 2018YONKERS, N.Y.—Michelin, General, Cooper and Goodyear brand tires secured the top ratings in Consumer Reports' tests of all-weather tires, according to the magazine.
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New Products: Trinseo unveils new overmolding TPE grades
Oct 18, 2018BERWYN, Pa.—Trinseo introduced four new series of thermoplastic elastomers recently at Detroit's SPE Automotive TPO Conference.
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Russian Mining Chemical expanding magnesium compound production
Oct 18, 2018VYAZMA, Russia—Russian Mining Chemical will expand its range of high-grade magnesium compounds and start the production of high active magnesium oxide.
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ETRMA cautions against major changes to European Union tire labels
Oct 18, 2018BRUSSELS—Five years of mandatory tire labeling have done little to increase demand for safer and more fuel-efficient tires, according to the European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers' Association.
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Continental starts production of EcoContact 6 summer tire
Oct 18, 2018HANOVER, Germany—Continental has started volume production of its EcoContact 6, a new "high-tech" summer tires for the replacement market.
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Eriks appoints new president and CEO
Oct 17, 2018PITTSBURGH—Eriks North America has named Shawn Courtney as its new president and CEO, effective Nov. 1.
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ETRMA welcomes Sumitomo as new member
Oct 17, 2018BRUSSELS — The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers' Association welcomed Sumitomo Rubber Group as a new member at its latest Board of Directors meeting.
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Bridgestone Tower certified LEED Gold
Oct 17, 2018NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Bridgestone Americas, a subsidy of Bridgestone, was awarded LEED Gold certification for Bridgestone Tower, its headquarters office in Nashville.
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