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Goodyear Q1 earnings plummet as raw materials costs rise
Added: 27 Apr 2018
Akron, Ohio — Goodyear's net income plummeted 54.8% to $75 million (€61.6 million) despite a 3.5% i…
TBC acquires rights to Interstate tire brand
Added: 27 Apr 2018
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida – TBC Corp. has acquired global marketing rights to the Interstate tire…
New Trelleborg chairman elected
Added: 27 Apr 2018
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg AB elected Hans Biörck as chairman of the board, at its 2018 annual…
Goodyear enhances OTR tire-monitoring system
Added: 27 Apr 2018
Akron – Goodyear has enhanced its EMTrack OTR tire-monitoring system to enable, it said, faster, mo…
Parker Hannifin to close Ohio factory
Added: 26 Apr 2018
Cleveland, Ohio – Parker Hannifin Corp. plans to close a 28,000-sq.-ft. plant in Kent, Ohio, that i…
China hits halobutyl imports from US, EU, Singapore
Added: 26 Apr 2018
Beijing – China has imposed temporary anti-dumping duties on halogenated butyl rubber (HBR) import…
Wacker starts up new silicones production in South Korea
Added: 26 Apr 2018
Munich, Germany – Wacker Chemie AG has opened a new production site for silicone elastomers in Sout…
Future Tire: Q&A with executive director MisterTyre
Added: 26 Apr 2018
ERJ: Please identify one significant development in the tire industry in the last 2-3 years, and ex…
Trelleborg gain despite “challenging” conditions, harsh winter
Added: 26 Apr 2018
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg AB has reported growth in the first quarter of 2018 with both net s…
Covestro launches online store on Alibaba
Added: 25 Apr 2018
Leverkusen, Germany – As part of its digitalisation strategy, leading German speciality chemicals s…
Higher prices drive Hexpol growth
Added: 25 Apr 2018
Malmo – Swedish rubber group Hexpol AB has posted growth in sales and operating profit in the first…
Michelin sales decline amid market and currency headwinds
Added: 25 Apr 2018
Clermont-Ferrand, France - Michelin Group has experienced a 6.3% year-on-year decline in its first-…
Orion to increase prices for rubber blacks in North America
Added: 25 Apr 2018
Kingwood, Texas – Orion Engineered Carbons is increasing prices for its rubber carbon black materia…
Goodyear adopting sustainable natural rubber procurement policy
Added: 25 Apr 2018
Akron, Ohio — Goodyear is adopting a natural rubber (NR) procurement policy that it said will help …
Marangoni link-up targets graphene-based retreads
Added: 24 Apr 2018
Rovereto, Italy – Marangoni has announced a “strategic collaboration” agreement with Directa Plus p…
Regulations scupper Enviro-Vanlead rCB project in China
Added: 24 Apr 2018
Gothenburg, Sweden – Scandinavian Enviro Systems AB (Enviro) has announced that changes to local re…
Chinese machinery maker supplies to Pakistani tire plant
Added: 24 Apr 2018
Guilin, China – Guilin Rubber Machinery has delivered 65-inch hydraulic vulcanisers and 75-inch mec…
Halcyon Agri acquires four Indonesian NR factories
Added: 24 Apr 2018
Singapore – Natural rubber supply group Halcyon Agri Corp. Ltd has completed the purchase of four I…
ETRMA calls for urgent legislation for in-vehicle data access
Added: 24 Apr 2018
Brussels – The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has joined a coalition c…
Future Tire: Q&A with Mesnac vice president Karol Vanko
Added: 23 Apr 2018
ERJ: Please identify one significant development in the tire industry in the last 2-3 years, and ex…
