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Conti notes slowdown in global car production

Conti notes slowdown in global car production

Added: 16 Nov 2018

Hanover, Germany – Continental AG has noted a slowdown in global production of passenger cars and l…

Bridgestone, Pitstop to collaborate in 'mobility' services

Bridgestone, Pitstop to collaborate in 'mobility' services

Added: 16 Nov 2018

Brussels – Bridgestone Corp. and German automotive service chain Pitstop (pitstop.de GmbH) have ann…

Earnings up, but Pirelli lowers sales forecast on S America slump

Earnings up, but Pirelli lowers sales forecast on S America slump

Added: 16 Nov 2018

Milan, Italy – Decline in South America has prompted Pirelli C. & SpA to revise down its full-year …

Synthomer starts up nitrile latex expansion in Malaysia

Synthomer starts up nitrile latex expansion in Malaysia

Added: 15 Nov 2018

London: Synthomer has opened a 90-kilotonne expansion to its nitrile latex production facility in P…

Update: ContiTech expanding AVS business with €230m acquisition

Added: 15 Nov 2018

Germany: Continental AG is significantly expanding its anti-vibration systems (AVS) business throug…

Michelin to gain €46m a year from Dundee closure

Michelin to gain €46m a year from Dundee closure

Added: 15 Nov 2018

London – Groupe Michelin expects to achieve £40 million (€46 million) annually in productivity gain…

Premium-tire drive impacts Bridgestone sales in China

Premium-tire drive impacts Bridgestone sales in China

Added: 15 Nov 2018

Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp. has noted a decline in replacement passenger car tire sales in China for …

$72.5 million to add 5,000 metric tons of annual production capacity at the 5-year-old Bhuj, Gujarat, factory, in particular for larger sizes, along with a rubber mixing plant and additional warehousing. The investment includes the addition of building equipment for the larger-sized tires.

BKT budgets $200m to upgrade, expand capacities in India

Added: 15 Nov 2018

Mumbai, India — Off-highway tire maker Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (BKT) is budgeting more than $200…

Zeon elastomers unit impacted by raw material costs

Zeon elastomers unit impacted by raw material costs

Added: 14 Nov 2018

Tokyo – Zeon Corp.’s elastomer business has seen operating profit fall 16% year-on-year to Yen9.5 b…

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…