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Carbon black shortfall rocks India's rubber industry
Added: 10 May 2018
New Delhi – Antidumping duties combined with increased demand and capacity constraints is causing a…
Raw materials costs hit Conti Rubber Group
Added: 9 May 2018
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG’s tire sales have slipped 4.4% year-on-year to €2,635.5 million i…
Cimcorp to expand operations at HQ site
Added: 9 May 2018
Ulvila, Finland – Cimcorp is to expand its production and office facilities at its headquarters in …
Kumho's 2017 profits plunge on materials costs, OE decline
Added: 9 May 2018
Seoul – Kumho Tire Co. Inc. suffered an 81.2% drop in pre-tax operating profit for fiscal 2017, on …
EC imposes anti-dumping duties on Chinese TBR tires
Added: 8 May 2018
Brussels – The European Commission on 4 May issued details of the provisional anti-dumping duties t…
Arlanxeo sales, earnings down by more than 20%
Added: 8 May 2018
Cologne, Germany – Arlanxeo has seen significant falls in both sales and earnings in the first thre…
Future Tire: Q&A with Pelmar’s Jacob Peled
Added: 8 May 2018
ERJ: Please identify one significant development in the tire industry in the last 2-3 years, and ex…
Good chemistry in the EU market
Added: 8 May 2018
Brussels – The European chemical sector has continued to perform strongly in 2018, with output up 2…
Carbon black market faced with challenges
Added: 7 May 2018
Hilton Head, South Carolina – Demand for domestic carbon black already is starting to outstrip prod…
Thailand's Otani expanding, eyes US for growth
Added: 4 May 2018
Las Vegas – Thailand's Otani Tire Co. Ltd. is looking to expand its presence in North America as it…
Nexen recruitment drive for Czech tire plant
Added: 4 May 2018
Prague – Nexen Tire has ramped up the recruitment drive for its under-construction tire plant in Za…
ContiTech plans ‘multi-million-euro’ investment in China
Added: 4 May 2018
Hanover, Germany – Continental is earmarking a “high double-digit million Euro” amount to expand it…
Michelin/Sumitomo wholesale joint venture deal approved
Added: 4 May 2018
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida – The joint wholesale business venture involving Michelin North America…
GM honours six tire makers as suppliers of the year
Added: 4 May 2018
Orlando, Florida – Tire makers Bridgestone Corp., Continental Tire the Americas, Goodyear, Hankook …
Sector focus: Rubber moulding machinery
Added: 4 May 2018
Automation technologies are now becoming a significant driver in rubber injection moulding machiner…
US trims import duty rates on three Chinese tire companies
Added: 3 May 2018
Washington – The US Department of Commerce has made minor downward revisions in countervailing duti…
Acquisitions on the radar for buoyant Avon Rubber
Added: 3 May 2018
The Melksham, UK-based group reported an 18.9% year-on-year rise in operating profit from continued…
ETRMA: Used-tire figures improve but concerns remain
Added: 3 May 2018
Figures issued 2 May by ETRMA show that, in 2016, 94% of all used tires were collected and treated …
Conti marks start of new distribution centre project
Added: 2 May 2018
Hanover, Germany – Continental and project developer Bertram Projektmanagement GmbH have held a gro…
Hankook Q1 earnings, sales decline
Added: 2 May 2018
Seoul – Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. reported a 9.8-percent drop in pre-tax operating profit for the quart…
