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Orion rubber segment posts record quarter

Orion rubber segment posts record quarter

Added: 14 Nov 2018

Luxembourg - Orion Engineered Carbons SA has seen its rubber segment sales and profits soar in the …

Apollo posts strong growth amid setbacks

Apollo posts strong growth amid setbacks

Added: 14 Nov 2018

Kochi, India – Apollo Tyres Ltd has seen strong growth in sales and profits for the first half of i…

Conti, Pirelli raise North America tire prices

Conti, Pirelli raise North America tire prices

Added: 14 Nov 2018

Fort Mill, South Carolina – Tire price hikes continue in North America as Continental and Pirelli a…

Magna Tyres to expand Dutch production plant again

Magna Tyres to expand Dutch production plant again

Added: 14 Nov 2018

Hardenberg, The Netherlands – Magna Tyres Group has announced plans to expand its recently opened O…

World-scale facility part of Dow’s silicone expansion plans

World-scale facility part of Dow’s silicone expansion plans

Added: 14 Nov 2018

Friedrichshafen, Germany – Dow Chemical Co. s currently conducting a feasibility study on a “world-…

Imerys announces “substantial” price increase

Imerys announces “substantial” price increase

Added: 13 Nov 2018

Toulouse, France – Imerys Performance Additives Division is introducing a “substantial” price incre…

Toyo suffers drops in sales, earnings

Toyo suffers drops in sales, earnings

Added: 13 Nov 2018

Hyogo, Japan – Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. reported drops in earnings and sales for the first nine …

Semperit completes €27m expansion at Czech plant

Semperit completes €27m expansion at Czech plant

Added: 13 Nov 2018

Vienna – Austrian rubber engineering group has completed a €27-million expansion of its hose produc…

US to impose antidumping duties on steel wheels from China

US to impose antidumping duties on steel wheels from China

Added: 13 Nov 2018

Washington – The US Department of Commerce has determined preliminarily that exporters of steel tru…

Natural rubber prices stabilise at low levels

Added: 13 Nov 2018

London – Average weekly prices for natural rubber were relatively stable in producer countries duri…

Action group launches bid to save Michelin Dundee plant

Action group launches bid to save Michelin Dundee plant

Added: 13 Nov 2018

Edinburgh, UK – Government, business and union officials have instigated joint efforts to avert the…

BKT plans $100m tire production unit in US

BKT plans $100m tire production unit in US

Added: 12 Nov 2018

Milan, Italy - Balkrishna Industries Limited (BKT), India-headquartered manufacturer of off-highway…

Evonik company to build silica production plant in Turkey

Evonik company to build silica production plant in Turkey

Added: 12 Nov 2018

Sakarya, Turkey – The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is lending €15 millio…

Yokohama takes 'asset impairment' charge related to US plant

Yokohama takes 'asset impairment' charge related to US plant

Added: 12 Nov 2018

Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. has taken an asset impairment charge against its third quarter ear…

Bridgestone profits decline, sales remain flat

Bridgestone profits decline, sales remain flat

Added: 12 Nov 2018

Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp. has seen its operating income decline 3% to Yen290.8 billion (€2.25 billi…

Prometeon to invest €100m in Turkish plant

Prometeon to invest €100m in Turkish plant

Added: 9 Nov 2018

Istanbul, Turkey – Prometeon Tyre Group, the former Pirelli industrial tires unit, is investing 580…

Conti rubber results down on slow demand, high costs

Conti rubber results down on slow demand, high costs

Added: 9 Nov 2018

Hanover, Germany – Continental AG’s rubber group generated total sales of around €13.01 billion in …

UK Lords warn against lack of preparation for Brexit

UK Lords warn against lack of preparation for Brexit

Added: 9 Nov 2018

London - The UK House of Lords has warned of “potentially severe consequences for the chemicals sec…

MIG targets new markets for bladder technology

MIG targets new markets for bladder technology

Added: 9 Nov 2018

Anagni, Italy –  Italian company MAE Industria Gomma (MIG) is looking to expand its bladder product…

Brexit a factor in Schaeffler plant closures

Brexit a factor in Schaeffler plant closures

Added: 8 Nov 2018

Herzogenaurach, Germany – Schaeffler is closing two UK plants – at Plymouth (Barden Corp. Ltd) and …