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Cooper Standard closing two 'significant' plants
Added: 26 Feb 2020
New factory closures in addition to the shut down or mothballing of 10 plants announced last year
Cooper to raise investment in Mexico, Serbia tire factories
Added: 26 Feb 2020
The move follows company decision last year to enhance global manufacturing footprint
Update: Cabot reports lower sales in Europe due to softer market conditions
Added: 24 Feb 2020
New capacity from Russia impacts contract negotiations
Sibur-Reliance JV starts butyl rubber facility
Added: 23 Feb 2020
Start-up of 120ktpa facility to be followed by addition of halobutyl rubber unit by the first quart…
Technology: Longer battery life with Hutchinson’s insulating system
Added: 23 Feb 2020
System protects batteries by keeping them at an ideal temperature between 15-35°C
DuPont shakes up management, Ed Breen back as CEO
Added: 23 Feb 2020
CEO Marc Doyle replaced by chairman Ed Breen, CFO Jeanmarie Desmond out.
Pirelli sales, profitability up in 2019
Added: 23 Feb 2020
Price/mix effect more than offsets higher raw material prices and decline in volumes
Michelin North America raising passenger, light truck tire prices
Added: 23 Feb 2020
Effective as of mid-March, price changes may vary across specific products
Linglong raises funds for fourth China tire plant
Added: 21 Feb 2020
Company to raise up to €265m through public placement on Shanghai Stock Exchange
Pirelli expects €30m sales impact from Covid-19 outbreak
Added: 21 Feb 2020
February sales figures for the region currently down 80%, March sales expected to decline 30%
Birla claims breakthrough in bio-based rubber additives
Added: 21 Feb 2020
Company has developed nanocellulose-rubber masterbatches in partnership with GranBio Technolgies
Hankook drives 'digital transformation' with Amazon link-up
Added: 21 Feb 2020
Cloud platform will enable tire maker to store data and process information more efficiently
Tire shares tracker: Ups & downs
Added: 21 Feb 2020
Stock prices offer a mixed picture in the first weeks of 2020, though most companies registered dec…
Wacker cutting 1,000 jobs as part of restructuring effort
Added: 21 Feb 2020
Restructuring follows German chemicals supplier’s announcement of €630m loss in its preliminary fig…
Kuraray's isoprene unit sees 41% decline in profits
Added: 20 Feb 2020
Sales volume for Septon TPEs declined due to economic deceleration, according to Kuraray
Yokohama reports 9% increase in profits
Added: 20 Feb 2020
Logistics costs and appreciation of yen impact tires segment results
Cimcorp names new leader for US operations
Added: 20 Feb 2020
Company veteran Joel Kuusman to manage US operation and technical services
Pirelli eyes €500m savings through cost-cutting measures
Added: 20 Feb 2020
Programme will see restructuring of manufacturing footprint in Brazil and Italy
China’s Sunsine to expand production of vulcanisation chemical
Added: 19 Feb 2020
Project to become "world’s largest insoluble sulphur facility" when completed, according to chemica…
JSR elastomers business hit by “deteriorating” markets
Added: 19 Feb 2020
Segment posts “substantial decline” in operating profit due to slowdown in automotive, tire demand …
