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Hankook reports 54% rise in Q2 earnings

Hankook opens ‘field office’ at Nürburgring 

Added: 8 Feb 2022

Move in response to ‘massive growth’ in OE volumes for high performance vehicles

Top glove eyes growth with new set-ups, M&As

Top Glove expects ‘sharp decline’ in raw material costs

Added: 8 Feb 2022

Malaysian manufacturer sees falling trend in prices of nitrile, butadiene, acrylonitrile over the r…

India extends anti-dumping duties on rubber chemicals from EU, China

India’s competition commission fines five tire makers for price-fixing

Added: 7 Feb 2022

Apollo Tyres, MRF, Ceat, JK Tyre, Birla Tyres, as well as tire association ATMA penalised for ‘indu…

Bridgestone recalls over 10k tires in US, Canada

Added: 7 Feb 2022

Voluntary recall of "certain Firestone Transforce tires", fitted on Stellantis models, offered in r…

Frankfurt, Germany – Tristone Flowtech Group GmbH closed out a strong 2017 on a high note with record sales, the launch of a new hose plant in Mexico and completion of construction of another facility in India.

Tristone expects ‘steep sales growth’ for 2022

Added: 7 Feb 2022

German rubber hose-maker reports 9% rise in revenue, helped by battery cooling products

 

This, he said, may fuel the competitiveness in the European tire markets which for Hankook is further motivation to “stand out” for product quality.

Hankook reports growth in 2021 despite ‘bumpy fourth quarter’

Added: 7 Feb 2022

Korean tire maker saw strikes, rise in costs in final quarter of last year

 

Dow launches MobilityScience platform

UK new car market gets ‘electrified boost’ in January

Added: 7 Feb 2022

SMMT expects 2023 market return to pre-pandemic levels 

 

Trelleborg reports double-digit growth in sales, earnings

Added: 4 Feb 2022

Swedish polymer group finishes 2021 strongly to post record year

NR prices remain low despite supply shortfall

Natural rubber markets down ahead of Chinese New Year

Added: 4 Feb 2022

Japanese rubber futures slide to four-week low

 

The Gyöngyöshalász project, he continued, is running on-time with the first passenger car tires set to come out in January 2017. Truck tires output will start afterwards in early 2018.

Apollo mulls cost control measures, pricing actions as inflation grows

Added: 4 Feb 2022

Operating profit drops despite higher sales in third quarter 

Top 10 Elastomers for Sustainability II

Elastomers for Sustainability: Hot on the heels...

Added: 4 Feb 2022

Hot on the heels of the publication of the new E4S rankings, the search is now on for new contender…

Bridgestone to open second Nashville office

Bridgestone unveils €63m expansion plan for four tire plants

Added: 3 Feb 2022

Japan-based facilities to target premium passenger cars products

 

Hankook taps Google Cloud for new digital chief

Added: 3 Feb 2022

Move to help Korean group accelerate digital transformation

 

Denka rubber unit eyes prices, market supply

Denka raising chloroprene rubber prices in Japan

Added: 3 Feb 2022

Price revision made amid a tight global balance of supply and demand

 

Pirelli leader in online meeting with Vladimir Putin

Added: 3 Feb 2022

Talks explored trade, economic and investment opportunities between Russia and Italy

 

Shin-Etsu to expand silicones production in US

Shin-Etsu functional materials segment up 26%

Added: 3 Feb 2022

Unit supplies silicones as well as functional materials such as vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copoly…

Hexpol restructuring UK business amid ‘extremely volatile’ environment

Added: 2 Feb 2022

Compounder looking into combining Berwin operations into one site

 

Kemya, Continental Carbon start Saudi carbon black plant

UK chemical industry slows down as costs increase

Added: 2 Feb 2022

“Rising costs will inevitably put pressure on investment decisions for UK chemical businesses,” war…

Bridgestone opens new wet handling track at European proving ground

Added: 2 Feb 2022

Track designed taking into consideration both traditional car makers and new EV players

 

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Zeon elastomers up despite continued logistics woes

Added: 2 Feb 2022

Synthetic rubber demand steady, but impacted by delayed shipments, especially to Europe, US