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Cooper earnings, sales down slightly
Added: 31 Jul 2019
Findlay, Ohio — Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. reported lower operating income and sales for the quarter …
Pirelli shareholders to maintain structure till 2023
Added: 31 Jul 2019
Milan, Italy – Major shareholders in Pirelli & C. SpA have agreed to maintain the tire company’s ow…
Leoni to spin off wire & cable systems
Added: 31 Jul 2019
Nuremberg, Germany – Leoni AG aims to streamline its structure with a plan to either sell off or li…
Yokohama’s Russian tire plant wins Nissan supplier award
Added: 30 Jul 2019
Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber Co’s Russian subsidiary LLC Yokohama RPZ has been awarded Nissan's best sup…
Birla Carbon raises North America prices
Added: 30 Jul 2019
Marietta, Georgia – Birla Carbon is changing all of its North America contract price formulas, effe…
UK car industry says no-deal Brexit “not an option”
Added: 30 Jul 2019
London – The UK’s Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has advised the new UK prime mi…
Rodolfo high-tech calender line for tire major in India
Added: 30 Jul 2019
Solbiate Olona, Italy – Rodolfo Comerio will supply its latest 1,900mm-wide calendaring line to a “…
Acaplast develops hose to reduce fuel permeation
Added: 30 Jul 2019
Benevent l’Abbaye, France – Acaplast has developed an expandable rubber jumper hose as a solution t…
Trinseo reports reductions in environmental footprint
Added: 30 Jul 2019
Berwyn, Pennsylvania — Trinseo SA has achieved “significant reductions” in its environmental footpr…
Toyo to build €390m tire plant in Serbia
Added: 30 Jul 2019
Hyogo, Japan – Toyo Tire Corp. is investing €390 million to establish a "sophisticated smart tire p…
ANRPC, IRSG issue outlooks on natural rubber
Added: 29 Jul 2019
Singapore – World supplies of natural rubber (NR) fell 5.1% in the first four months of 2019, to 3.…
Biesterfeld expands ExxonMobil EPDM sales
Added: 29 Jul 2019
Hamburg, Germany – Biesterfeld is strengthening its collaboration with ExxonMobil Chemical with the…
Another year of slowdown for China’s rubber industry
Added: 29 Jul 2019
Beijing, China - The number of companies in China’s sizeable rubber sector, including tire makers, …
Goodyear reports drops in H1 sales, operating income
Added: 29 Jul 2019
Akron, Ohio – Goodyear has reported 32.4% year-on-year decline in operating income for the first ha…
Petro Rabigh set to start phase 2 in August
Added: 29 Jul 2019
Rabigh, Saudi Arabia – Rabigh Refining and Petrochemical Co. (Petro Rabigh) has launched creditors …
Scientists develop customised heart valves
Added: 28 Jul 2019
Zurich, Switzerland - Researchers at Swiss science & technology university ETH Zurich are collabora…
Conti targets small cars for new hybrid drive
Added: 27 Jul 2019
Chief among them is a 48-volt drive system that Continental says allows full-electric operation wit…
Toyo launches AI-assisted tire development platform
Added: 26 Jul 2019
Hyogo, Japan – Toyo Tire Corp. has upgraded its conventional automotive tire design base technologi…
Freudenberg supplying seals to "major" tractor maker
Added: 26 Jul 2019
Weinheim, Germany - Freudenberg Sealing Technologies (FST) has been awarded a contract to supply it…
Phillips Carbon Black opens R&D centre
Added: 26 Jul 2019
Kolkata, India – Phillips Carbon Black Ltd (PCBL) has inaugurated a “state-of-the-art” research and…
