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Toyota to open US autonomous testing facility
Added: 18 May 2018
Detroit, Michigan – The Toyota Research Institute plans to open a closed-course testing facility fo…
Currency impact hits Pirelli sales, earnings still up
Added: 17 May 2018
Milan – Pirelli & C. SpA has seen first-quarter sales hit by an exchange rate impact of -7.3%, alth…
Nokian expands 'SnapSkan' digital tire-check service
Added: 17 May 2018
Nokia, Finland — Nokian Tyres PLC is broadening the scope of its "SnapSkan" digital tire-check serv…
Chinese rubber belt maker Sanwei ups capacity
Added: 17 May 2018
Such projects include a new specialty conveyor belt plant with 5 million square metre annual capaci…
US online automotive aftermarket small, but growing
Added: 17 May 2018
Port Washington, New York — The share of automotive aftermarket business transacted online has doub…
Workers stage 1-day strike at Goodyear Mexico plant
Added: 16 May 2018
San Luis Potosi, Mexico — As many as 600 workers at Goodyear's new tire plant in San Luis Potosi st…
Asahi expects profit-decline in 2018
Added: 16 May 2018
Tokyo – Asahi Kasei’s chemicals segment has grown sales in the full financial year 2017, although t…
Sibur rubber sales down on lower pricing
Added: 16 May 2018
Moscow – Sibur has reported contraction of its elastomer’s business in the first quarter of 2018, c…
Hankook invests in digital prototype company
Added: 16 May 2018
Seoul – Hankook Tire has acquired a 75% stake in digital prototype company Model Solution Ltd for K…
Higher prices push Cabot reinforcement materials up 45%
Added: 16 May 2018
Boston, Massachusetts – Cabot Corp.’s reinforcement materials business segment has reported a 46% i…
Fenner reports growth ahead of Michelin takeover
Added: 15 May 2018
London – Polymer engineering company Fenner PLC has reported a strong half-year performance ahead o…
Freudenberg targets fuel cell, battery technology with acquisitions
Added: 15 May 2018
Weinheim, Germany – Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has announced “strategic investments” in the e…
DuPont to add Kalrez facility in US
Added: 15 May 2018
Wilmington, Delaware – DuPont Transportation and Advanced Polymers has acquired a new facility in D…
Turkey's Elastron investing $10m in TPE plant in US
Added: 15 May 2018
Orlando, Florida - Turkish plastic compounder Elastron Kimya SA thinks it's found a niche in the No…
Cooper Standard buys majority shares in Korean automotive business
Added: 15 May 2018
Novi, Michigan - US-based automotive parts supplier Cooper Standard has acquired 80.1% of the autom…
Yokohama reports gains in first quarter of 2018
Added: 14 May 2018
Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber Co. has reported growth in both sales and operating profit during the first…
Beijing challenges EU anti-dumping duties on TBR tires
Added: 14 May 2018
Beijing – The Chinese government is challenging a decision by the European Commission to impose hea…
Apollo sales up, profits slip for 2018 fiscal year
Added: 14 May 2018
Gurgaon, India – Apollo Tyres Ltd has seen its operating profit decline for its full fiscal year 20…
Pan Stone rubber-machinery sales on the double
Added: 13 May 2018
Wrexham, UK – Pan Stone Europe, a family-run distributor of rubber moulding machinery based in Wrex…
Future Tire: You will be in excellent company
Added: 13 May 2018
Cologne, Germany – Who should attend the Future Tire Conference? Why you, of course! And you’ll hav…
