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Technology: Moving forward with 3D printing of LSR
Added: 16 Aug 2018
Detroit, Michigan - Among the latest materials-related business developments in liquid silicone rub…
Magna Tyres expanding capacity at new Dutch plant
Added: 16 Aug 2018
Hardenberg, The Netherlands – Magna Tyres Group has almost doubled production capacity at its recen…
Cooper Tire Q2s show Americas/overseas divide
Added: 15 Aug 2018
Findlay, Ohio – Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.'s second quarter results show a sharp divide between the b…
Trelleborg breaks ground on new UK testing facility
Added: 15 Aug 2018
Skelmersdale, UK – Trelleborg Offshore UK has broken ground on a new “state-of-the-art” testing fac…
Linglong ups H1 earnings on rubber-price dip
Added: 15 Aug 2018
Yantai, China – Linglong Tyre reported a 21% jump in net profit to €67 million (524 million yuan) d…
Orion rides high on tire-market growth, Chinese regs
Added: 15 Aug 2018
Luxembourg – Orion Engineered Carbons SA has reported a 20.1% year-on-year rise in rubber black rev…
Marangoni GRP rolls out 'franchisee first' in India
Added: 15 Aug 2018
Cochin, India – Marangoni GRP Private Ltd (MGPL) has announced its first full service Ringtread fra…
Sri Lanka tire project back on track with bigger scope
Added: 14 Aug 2018
Horana, Sri Lanka – Rigid Tyre Corp (Pvt) Ltd, part of the UAE-based Onyx Group has restarted build…
Bridgestone expects to build on H1 sales gains
Added: 14 Aug 2018
Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp. has reported a 1% drop in operating income, to Yen199.4 billion (€1,572 m…
Strong first-half supports Nokian expansion plans
Added: 14 Aug 2018
Nokia, Finland – Nokian Tyres plc reported a 6.4% rise in first-half net sales to €765.2 million – …
Dätwyler seals automotive, healthcare gains
Added: 14 Aug 2018
Altdorf, Switzerland – Datwyler Group increased its first-half net revenue by 7.7% year-on-year to …
Moehlenkamp: Transform to survive in era of new mobility
Added: 13 Aug 2018
Traverse City, Michigan – Suppliers who are not prepared to embrace new mobility options may not su…
China’s Jinneng to build carbon black facilities
Added: 13 Aug 2018
Qingdao, China – Coal chemical firm Jingneng Science and Technology is planning to set up a new sit…
Will automated tire plants employ fewer people?
Added: 13 Aug 2018
Readers' views sought on issues raised in report published in the July/August edition of European R…
Yokohama posts “highest-ever” sales and operating profit
Added: 13 Aug 2018
Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd has posted a 32.3% year-on-year rise in operating earnings to $242.…
Gates gains with record Q2 sales
Added: 13 Aug 2018
Denver, Colorado – Gates Industrial Corp. PLC reported net sales up with a quarterly record in its …
Conti buying major tire and auto service chain in Australia
Added: 13 Aug 2018
Hanover, Germany – Continental is to acquire Kmart Tyre and Auto Service (KTAS), one of Australia’s…
Bridgestone investing €160m in Poznan tire plant
Added: 10 Aug 2018
Poznan, Poland – Bridgestone Corp. is investing more than €160 million to expand and upgrade its ti…
Prices: Cabot hiking speciality carbon prices
Added: 10 Aug 2018
Boston, Massachusetts – Cabot Corp. is increasing prices by up to 10% globally for speciality carbo…
Vibracoustic expanding vehicle components facility
Added: 10 Aug 2018
Darmstadt, Germany – Automotive vibration-control company Vibracoustic is investing around €4 milli…
