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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
ANRPC reports 8.7% growth in rubber demand in 2021
Added: 16 Feb 2022
Supply increased marginally at 1.7%, as production was hit by floods in the final quarter
Goodyear expects up to $800m additional raw materials costs in first half
Added: 16 Feb 2022
Includes ‘some significant increases’ in feedstock and non-feedstock costs
Safic-Alcan is new distributor for Repsol rubber additives
Added: 16 Feb 2022
Agreement with Spanish group covers extender oils, processing aids and anti-ozone stabilisers
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Hübner developing new bus/tram concept
Added: 16 Feb 2022
German manufacturer working on innovative steering systems for high-capacity buses
BASF extends regulatory support service to polymer additives
Added: 16 Feb 2022
Focus on 'plastics' but service also covers additives for elastomeric materials within group portfo…
Pirelli lifts full-year sales outlook as volumes grow
Added: 15 Feb 2022
Price/mix effect more than offsets increasing raw material costs, foreign currency impact
Bridgestone rebuilding earnings power as advances mid-term plan
Added: 15 Feb 2022
Japanese tire maker back in black in Europe, nearly doubles overall profit
Pyrolysis Hellas to build tire recycling plant in Greece
Added: 15 Feb 2022
Facility in Moulkia to use Klean Industries technology for ELT pyrolysis
Michelin nears 2019 performance with double-digit growth
Added: 15 Feb 2022
Group says faced with €1.2 billion in additional costs of higher raw material prices, shipping cris…
