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Asahi Kasai names company veteran as new president
Added: 22 Feb 2022
Currently president of performance products business unit, Koshiro Kudo will take over the position…

Carbon black maker Orion names new chief financial officer
Added: 22 Feb 2022
Jeffrey Glajch joining the Texas company from Graham Corp.

Flexitallic UK relocates to new centre as part of expansion plan
Added: 22 Feb 2022
New unit to further increase gasket manufacturing, stockholding, and workshop capabilities

Celanese in $11bn swoop for DuPont engineering polymer units
Added: 21 Feb 2022
Cash deal for majority of DuPont Mobility & Materials business expected to generate $450 million in…

Cooper Standard hopeful of automotive recovery, plans more cost-cutting
Added: 21 Feb 2022
Edwards: ‘OEM production schedules started to stabilise and volumes improved during fourth quarter……

Lingering Omicron to drive global gloves demand short-term
Added: 21 Feb 2022
Selling prices to normalise to pre-Covid levels by second quarter

Michelin anticipates ‘highly unsettled’ environment for 2022
Added: 21 Feb 2022
Tire maker expects growth in “a persistently disrupted environment”

Yokohama Rubber reports record sales, earnings for 2021
Added: 21 Feb 2022
Japanese group expects rising cost of energy, raw materials to 'take its toll' in 2022

Bridgestone steps up plans to chemically recycle waste tires
Added: 18 Feb 2022
Enters two separate projects to produce materials including isoprene, butadiene and naphta from ELT…

Labour emerging as major post-pandemic headache for tire makers
Added: 18 Feb 2022
Reports and feedback indicate manufacturers now “facing a labour shortage with no end in sight”
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Orion rubber black earnings up 30% despite fourth quarter dip
Added: 18 Feb 2022
Segment accounts for 61% of total revenue, 45% of adjusted earnings

Conti expanding Brazilian mining conveyor belt capacities
Added: 18 Feb 2022
Investment of €25m to meet demand for ‘high strength belts’

Natural rubber markets gain as crude oil prices rise
Added: 18 Feb 2022
Intermittent wintering season negatively affecting supply

Semperit marginally lowers earnings outlook as 'challenging environment' continues
Added: 17 Feb 2022
But Austrian group remains confident it will report record earnings for the year

Yokohama Rubber to expand hose production in major restructuring move
Added: 17 Feb 2022
Group reorganising automotive hose operations in North America, consolidating aerospace division

Shin-Etsu announces €600m silicone expansion project
Added: 17 Feb 2022
Investment to meet ‘robustly growing demand’ for advanced functional products
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EU new car sales falls 6% in January
Added: 17 Feb 2022
Historic low in European Union new car registration for first month of year

Linglong extends German football club sponsorship
Added: 17 Feb 2022
Chinese tire maker adds sustainability focus to established partnership with VfL Wolfsburg

Nokian more than doubles operating profit on ‘record high’ sales
Added: 17 Feb 2022
Fourth quarter profits impacted by ‘sharp increases’ in raw material and logistics costs
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Bridgestone’s Webfleet in mobile link-up with TomTom
Added: 17 Feb 2022
Collaboration aims to better guide fleet managers and drivers via mobile devices