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Michelin grows earnings in “unstable” first-half trading conditions
Added: 26 Jul 2024
Improvement in product 'mix' offsets negative impacts including high levels of Asian tire imports..…
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ESA leader foresees closer global alliance of sealing trade bodies
Added: 26 Jul 2024
European Sealing Association chairman John Morton addresses challenges facing seals manufacturers i…
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Pirelli to process only FSC-rubber at plants in Europe
Added: 26 Jul 2024
Transition to certified natural rubber has already started and will gradually roll out to all the f…
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Celanese advances bio-based TPE for foamed footwear
Added: 26 Jul 2024
Minimum 20% bio-content material produced using 'physical supercritical fluid' foaming process...
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ERJ Business Briefing: July/Aug
Added: 26 Jul 2024
Michelin downgrades specialities outlook... Goodyear investor call... Moody's rates Michelin at 'A2…
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New Sumitomo all-season tires synch with weather conditions
Added: 25 Jul 2024
Properties of rubber compound tailored to adapt to ensure safer driving on wet or icy roads...
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Datwyler improves earnings in weak market environment
Added: 25 Jul 2024
Gains from passing on cost increases, improved productivity and lower energy costs
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Elkem introducing global price increase for silicones
Added: 25 Jul 2024
Recent efficiencies "not sufficient to offset the negative impact of escalating cost increases..." …
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Essentially Rubber: July/August
Added: 25 Jul 2024
Kraiburg TPE for EV chargers... Trelleborg firefighter AVS... Cooper Standard switch pump... Dow a…
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Goodyear: Workplace safety “not where we want it to be”
Added: 24 Jul 2024
Concern over level of ‘serious injuries' identified in US group's Corporate Responsibility Report
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Natural rubber futures continue on downward track
Added: 24 Jul 2024
“Overall market sentiment remains weak, while production in most producing countries is at full cap…
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Michelin settles tire-technology dispute with Continental
Added: 24 Jul 2024
Ends lawsuit in France concerning technology to increase the performance and service life of tires
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Trelleborg expanding US engineered coated fabrics business
Added: 24 Jul 2024
Investing €26m in adding new technology, capacity at North Carolina facility
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Toyo taps 'supercomputers to accelerate tire design process
Added: 24 Jul 2024
AI-assisted design technology now uses ‘seventh generation of high-performance computing system’
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Kraiburg TPE elastomer 'wired' to meet EV charger requirements
Added: 24 Jul 2024
TPE specially tailored to withstand harsh environmental conditions and provide durability
![Continental Winter Contact TS 850 has come out on top in German magazine Auto Zeitung’s winter tire test, closely followed by Nokian’s WR D4. According to Auto Zeitung, Winter Contact TS 850 especially outperformed other competitors on snowy and wet surfaces with “extremely short braking distances, a high level of grip and excellent driving safety.” The magazine added that the only drawback was a “mediocre” rolling resistance. Nokian’s WRD4 also received an overall strong rating of “very recommendable” by the German magazine, standing out due to “its short braking distances and strong traction”. On dry road tests, it said, Nokian WR D4 outperformed all other tires, while on wet it displayed good deceleration and late aquaplaning. The magazine described the tire as agile at the grip limits with steering behaviour “immediate and direct”.](/files/img_cache/2177512/160_120_1nokian-WRD4-NK.png?1667911913)
Nokian delivers sales growth despite first-half challenges
Added: 23 Jul 2024
Finnish group: "Improved tire availability driving sales growth in a challenging environment..."
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Airbus in hydrogen seals link-up with Trelleborg
Added: 23 Jul 2024
ZEROe project aims to introduce the world’s first hydrogen-powered commercial aircraft by 2035
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Bridgestone details ‘modular’ tire production roll-out
Added: 23 Jul 2024
Japanese group set to advance BCMA approach at four tire manufacturing plants in 2024
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Doublestar narrows loss on stronger PCR tire performance
Added: 23 Jul 2024
Chinese group says first-half profitability impacted by 'insufficient TBR tire demand'...
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Yokohama Rubber buying Goodyear OTR unit for $905m
Added: 22 Jul 2024
Cash transaction expected to close by early 2025 subject to regulatory approvals...