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Euromap forecasts machinery sales downturn of 10% in 2019
Added: 30 Oct 2019
Global plastics and rubber machinery industry sales are projected to drop 10% this year and 5% in 2…
Sales rise at Shin-Etsu silicones unit despite price decline
Added: 30 Oct 2019
Silicones business was affected by the price decline of general-purpose products during the six mon…
Sibur reports dip in sales of elastomers at Q3 stage
Added: 30 Oct 2019
Russian petrochemicals group has seen sales of its elastomer products decline in the third quarter …
Yokohama, electronics firm advancing tire sensor development
Added: 30 Oct 2019
The Japanese tire maker and electronics components company Alps Alpine are researching tire senso…
Cooper to "turn a corner" after relocation to Serbia
Added: 30 Oct 2019
The US tire maker says it has “substantially completed” the transition of its passenger car tire pr…
People: Teknor Apex names new president
Added: 30 Oct 2019
US major compounder has named Suresh Swaminathan as its new president to succeed William Murray, wh…
DRAFT Linglog opens brand shop in Cyprus, eyes European market
Added: 30 Oct 2019
Chinese tire maker has opened a new brand shop in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia, where it also hel…
Trelleborg says it is "prepared" for Brexit
Added: 30 Oct 2019
The Swedish company is cautiously optimistic about the possible uncertainties brought by Brexit.
Technology: Toyoda Gosei, EBM launch medical simulator using e-Rubber
Added: 30 Oct 2019
The Japanese firms have launched SupeR BEAT surgical training simulator based on Toyoda Gosei’s e-R…
JSR's elastomers unit in red amid low demand
Added: 29 Oct 2019
The company's elastomers business has reported a loss of Yen300 million (€2.48 million) in operatin…
Costs, lower volumes drive Goodyear income down
Added: 29 Oct 2019
US tire maker has reported double-digit declines in operating income due in part to lower sales vol…
Job vacancy advert: Key Account Manager
Added: 28 Oct 2019
SPC Group has posted the following vacancy advert for: Key Account Manager
Synthomer lowers business outlook on SBR weakness
Added: 28 Oct 2019
Conditions in styrene-butadiene rubber markets prompt aqueous polymers major to revise down forecas…
Technology: Gates to unveil new smart crimper technology for hoses
Added: 28 Oct 2019
Gates has introduced a new smart crimper technology, which it has named the GC20 with Gates Cortex …
Bridgestone opens OTR plant in Thailand
Added: 28 Oct 2019
Japanese tire major opens off-the-road (OTR) tire facility in Rayong Province four years behind sch…
Lassa raising output from smart tire plant
Added: 28 Oct 2019
Designed to produce 4.2 million units at full capacity, the Aksaray factory is a joint investment b…
Trelleborg profitability down, despite higher sales
Added: 28 Oct 2019
Higher sales, but company posts a 6.4% year-on-year decline in earnings for the third quarter of th…
Michelin revenue up 10% in first nine months despite lower unit sales
Added: 28 Oct 2019
French group reported significant increase in sales, to just under €18 billion, at the third quarte…
Magna drops 'OBO' designation for some European businesses
Added: 28 Oct 2019
Magna Tyres Group said it plans to increase production at its plant in Hardenberg, The Netherlands.…
Turkey's Ozka Tires to increase capacity in early 2020
Added: 25 Oct 2019
Turkey's Özka Lastik ve Kauçuk, a manufacturer of specialty tires and products for the retreading i…
