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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,…
‘Soft’ automotive demand impacts Hexpol organic sales
Added: 30 Apr 2019
Malmo, Sweden – Swedish polymer group Hexpol AB has felt the impact of a slowdown in the automotive…
Safic-Alcan distributing Dow flocking adhesives in EMEA
Added: 30 Apr 2019
Paris-La Défense – Safic-Alcan has extended its distribution agreement with Dow to cover flocking a…
Shin-Etsu silicones business registers double-digit growth
Added: 30 Apr 2019
Tokyo – Japanese materials supplier Shin-Etsu has posted double-digit growth within its silicones b…
Parker Hannifin to acquire Lord in €3.3bn deal
Added: 30 Apr 2019
Mayfield Heights, Ohio – Parker Hannifin Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire L…
Yokohama revises expectations at US tire plant
Added: 29 Apr 2019
Tokyo — Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. has scaled back production expectations for its US truck tire fact…
Michelin reports growth, contract-wins at Fenner
Added: 29 Apr 2019
Paris – Groupe Michelin has released performance data for the recently acquired Fenner plc, for the…
Conti earnings decline amid automotive slowdown
Added: 29 Apr 2019
Hanover, Germany — Continental Corp. has registered a 17.1% year-on-year decline in earnings on fla…
Trelleborg boss “not satisfied” as margins decline
Added: 29 Apr 2019
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg AB has seen a reduction in business from automotive-related custome…
Application: TPE compound could be a dog’s best friend
Added: 29 Apr 2019
Waldkraiburg, Germany – Kraiburg TPE has customised its Thermolast K thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) …
DRAFT Stock levels to keep lid on NR prices
Added: 28 Apr 2019
Natural rubber (NR) prices are likely to remain under pressure throughout 2019, despite trends that…
People: Swiss rubber recycler adds account managers
Added: 26 Apr 2019
Baar, Switzerland – Vesper AG has appointed two new European account managers effective 1 March, th…
Adidas develops fully recyclable TPU running shoe
Added: 26 Apr 2019
New York – Adidas has developed a new performance running shoe that it claims is 100% recyclable. T…
Michelin confirms 2019 business targets
Added: 26 Apr 2019
Paris – Michelin has confirmed its 2019 targets of volume growth in line with the global market.
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