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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,…
‘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…
