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Carbon black shortfall rocks India's rubber industry

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

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

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

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

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%

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

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

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

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…

 Orawan Limpichotipong and Ekachai Limpichotipong, marketing/sales director and managing director, respectively, at Otani Tire, discussed plans for their brand's growth in the US at the 2017 SEMA Show. Tire Business photo by Bruce Davis

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

Brussels – New national collection schemes and increased production of rubber granulate have driven up the recycling of end of life tires (ELTs) in Europe, according to the European Tire and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA).

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

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

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…