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Toyo targets double-digit profit growth in mid-term plan

Toyo targets double-digit profit growth in mid-term plan

Added: 10 Mar 2021

Strategy focuses on advanced position in North American market by 2025

Fenner Precision adds rubber compound testing unit

Fenner Precision adds rubber compound testing unit

Added: 10 Mar 2021

Project part of investment programme following the UK-based company’s acquisition by Michelin

Top Glove reports four-digit rise in profits as demand soars

Top Glove reports four-digit rise in profits as demand soars

Added: 9 Mar 2021

Malaysian rubber gloves maker reports record quarter with 2,400% increase in profits 

Kraton raises global prices for HSBC products again

Kraton raises global prices for HSBC products again

Added: 9 Mar 2021

Move follows an earlier round of price-hikes introduced in January this year

Conti rubber business reports double-digit declines, expects recovery in ‘21

Conti rubber business reports double-digit declines, expects recovery in ‘21

Added: 9 Mar 2021

German group expects global light vehicle production to increase by up to 12% this year 

Nynas appoints Askvik as president, CEO 

Nynas appoints Askvik as president, CEO 

Added: 9 Mar 2021

Askvik led Swedish processing oil manufacturer through major reorganisation in 2020

EU plastics sector facing ‘serious’ raw material shortages

EU plastics sector facing ‘serious’ raw material shortages

Added: 9 Mar 2021

EuPC: “If the situation continues like this, more and more companies will have to reduce production…

China’s Xingda expands tire cord capacity

China’s Xingda expands tire cord capacity

Added: 9 Mar 2021

Company’s total annual tire cord capacity on track to exceed 1 million tonnes

Pirelli F1 supply contract extended to 2024 

Pirelli F1 supply contract extended to 2024 

Added: 8 Mar 2021

Italian tire maker to carry out development tests on 18-inch tires for roll-out in 2022 season

Goodyear names Patterson to lead Cooper integration

Goodyear names Patterson to lead Cooper integration

Added: 8 Mar 2021

Former Asia Pacific president is a “market-back leader with broad, global perspective” 

MRB: Natural rubber prices set to hold recent gains

MRB: Natural rubber prices set to hold recent gains

Added: 8 Mar 2021

Malaysia Rubber Board links increases to tighter supply, Covid vaccination progress, optimism on US…

Yokohama enhances ice-surface testing capabilities

Yokohama enhances ice-surface testing capabilities

Added: 7 Mar 2021

Adds “massive” new cooling unit at Japanese tire test centre

Forbo taps Saint-Gobain exec for top role

Forbo taps Saint-Gobain exec for top role

Added: 7 Mar 2021

Michael Schumacher to join Swiss group as CEO and chairman of the board 
 

Trelleborg acquires Dutch composite hose supplier

Trelleborg acquires Dutch composite hose supplier

Added: 5 Mar 2021

Gutteling supplies hoses for applications in the chemicals industry and for LNG transfer

Conti hose & line unit zeros in on low-emission mobility

Conti hose & line unit zeros in on low-emission mobility

Added: 5 Mar 2021

Products extend range of electric and hybrid vehicles and meet increasingly stringent emission stan…

Cabot expands sustainable rubber operations in Malaysia

Cabot expands sustainable rubber operations in Malaysia

Added: 5 Mar 2021

Expansion of recently started ‘engineered elastomer composites’ (E2C) unit in Port Dickson 

Lanxess links executive pay to sustainability targets

Lanxess links executive pay to sustainability targets

Added: 5 Mar 2021

Board of management compensation tied to environmental and health & safety goals

Top Glove eyes new expansions with HK listing

Top Glove eyes new expansions with HK listing

Added: 4 Mar 2021

Hong Kong shares offering “to increase our production capacity, upgrade our facilities, and invest …

Trelleborg divests UK offshore oil & gas unit

Trelleborg divests UK offshore oil & gas unit

Added: 4 Mar 2021

Buyers are “individuals holding senior positions” in the business being sold

Forbo targeting growth-markets, innovation after Covid-hit year

Forbo targeting growth-markets, innovation after Covid-hit year

Added: 4 Mar 2021

Scaled-back and optimised operating structures improved productivity at Swiss group during the pand…