When it comes to tire manufacturing, it pays to keep things rolling—especially during the critical curing process. Unexpected machine failure during this step not only creates unwanted scrap, but it ...

CLEVELAND—Last year at the Rubber Division exhibition Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH wanted to increase its presence on the bladder market. The leadership in North and South America may have changed, but ...

BRUSSELS, Belgium — Bridgestone Corp. is adding a mold-cure option, dubbed "Bandag Hotread," to the portfolio of retreading processes its licensed retread customers in Europe can offer. The ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (March 14, 2012) — A subsidiary of German synthetic rubber producer Lanxess A.G. has purchased Tire Curing Bladders L.L.C. (TCB), a maker of bladders for the tire industry based in ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/cz5plz/china_tire_curing) has announced the addition of the "China Tire ...

Finding still another way to cut costs and improve supply-chain management, Toyota is entering the tire business with a manufacturing process it has co-developed. Speaking informally to reporters at a ...