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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…

Orion upgrades fourth quarter guidance

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

 

With a focus on electric, autonomous, shared and connected mobility, DuPont will highlight how its AHEAD (accelerating hybrid-electric autonomous driving) initiative offers a holistic approach to meeting the challenges being created by vehicle electrification.

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…

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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……

Malaysian glove makers hit by government Covid restrictions

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, Bridgestone to hike truck tire prices in US 

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

 

Recycler warns of “massive gap” in Australia’s ELT processing capacity

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…

US 2018 Market Data: Shipments up, production down

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”

 

Orion announces executive management changes

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

 

Analysis: ContiTech moves forward after Veyance acquisition

Conti expanding Brazilian mining conveyor belt capacities

Added: 18 Feb 2022

Investment of €25m to meet demand for ‘high strength belts’ 

 

ANRPC report: Improved fundamentals fail to lift rubber prices

Natural rubber markets gain as crude oil prices rise

Added: 18 Feb 2022

Intermittent wintering season negatively affecting supply

 

Semperit expands investment in European hose plant

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, Bridgestone to hike truck tire prices in US 

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

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Shin-Etsu silicones business reports growth

Shin-Etsu announces €600m silicone expansion project

Added: 17 Feb 2022

Investment to meet ‘robustly growing demand’ for advanced functional products 

 

Record high for UK car exports

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

 

Central Europe slowdown impact Nokian results

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 

 

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