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Machinery maker TST posts lower sales, earnings
Added: 7 May 2019
Tianjin, China – Tianjin Saixiang Technology (TST) posted a 49% year-on-year drop in 2018 net profi…
People: Peter Taylor named ETRA vice president
Added: 7 May 2019
London – Secretary general of the UK-based Tyre Recovery Association (TRA), Peter Taylor OBE, has b…
Three dead, one missing in US silicones plant explosion
Added: 7 May 2019
Waukegan, Illinois – Three persons are dead and another one is missing in an explosion at the AB Sp…
Black Bear advances rCB technology rollout
Added: 7 May 2019
Dusseldorf, Germany – German EPC contractor MMEC Mannesmann and Dutch cleantech company Black Bear …
NR/silica technology to lower truck tire rolling resistance
Added: 7 May 2019
Hanover, Germany — Evonik Industries AG has developed a silica/silane technology for use in natural…
People: Marangoni Tread NA names new CEO
Added: 3 May 2019
Madison, Tennessee – Bill Sweatman will end his 16-year tenure as president and CEO of Marangoni Tr…
Orion’s rubber black business posts weak results
Added: 3 May 2019
Houston, Texas – A consolidation programme in South Korea and unfavourable currency rates have impa…
Hankook reports double-digit decline in earnings
Added: 3 May 2019
Seoul – Despite higher sales, Hankook Tire has posted a significant year-on-year decline in operati…
Avon Rubber awarded €33m protection mask orders
Added: 3 May 2019
Melksham, UK – Avon Rubber plc’s protection division has been awarded two separate contracts to sup…
Trinseo acquiring Dow’s latex assets in Germany
Added: 3 May 2019
Berwyn, Pennsylvania - Trinseo SA has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Dow Chemical Co.’s …
World NR production drops in January, February
Added: 2 May 2019
Kuala Lumpur – World production of natural rubber totalled 2.14 million tonnes in the first two mon…
Toyoda Gosei reorganising executive structure
Added: 2 May 2019
Kiyosu, Japan – Japanese automotive supplier Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd is planning to change its executi…
Dayco extends product portfolio for heavy duty vehicles
Added: 2 May 2019
Tory, Michigan – OE manufacturer of engine products and drive systems Dayco has expanded its range …
Tire shares tracker: Gains and losses
Added: 2 May 2019
London – There was a mixed look, last month, to the performance of share prices among tire makers, …
Trelleborg tackling workforce shortage at Czech plant
Added: 2 May 2019
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg Industrial Solutions has adopted a range of measures to tackle an o…
Tristone opens US production plant
Added: 1 May 2019
Mooresville, North Carolina – German hose manufacturer Tristone Flowtech Group has officially opene…
UK additives manufacturer names new chairman
Added: 1 May 2019
Manchester, UK – UK additives supplier Castle Chemicals has appointed Bryan Davies as its new chair…
Michelin commissions major warehouse in South Carolina
Added: 1 May 2019
Woodruff, South Carolina – Michelin North America Inc. has put into operation a 3 million-sq.-ft. d…
Toyo division targets 'digital transformation'
Added: 1 May 2019
Hyogo, Japan – Toyo Tire Corp. has established a new Digital Transformation Division as part of a m…
Goodyear reports Q1 net loss on lower sales, income
Added: 30 Apr 2019
Akron, Ohio – Goodyear has suffered a 32.4% drop in operating income for the first quarter of 2019,…
