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Conti raises sales forecast on strong start to 2017

Added: 9 May 2017

Hanover, Germany – Continental AG has increased its sales projections for the year 2017 following a…

Nokian sees growth in all regions despite higher costs

Nokian sees growth in all regions despite higher costs

Added: 9 May 2017

Nokia, Finland – Nokian Tyres plc has registered “steady growth” in the first three months of 2017,…

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Trinseo reports overall growth in first quarter

Added: 8 May 2017

Berwyn, Pennsylvania – Trinseo reported overall growth in its first quarter financial statement, in…

Doublestar’s growth slows down after 2016 sales jump

Added: 8 May 2017

Qingdao, China – Doublestar posted a 65% rise in 2016 revenue to €655 million (4.9 billion yuan) in…

Toyo moves headquarters closer to technology centre

Toyo moves headquarters closer to technology centre

Added: 8 May 2017

Osaka, Japan – Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. is relocating its headquarters to a new six-story buildi…

Marangoni sells solid tire assets to Onyx

Marangoni sells solid tire assets to Onyx

Added: 8 May 2017

Rovereto, Italy – Marangoni Group has completed the sale of its solid tire manufacturing and distri…

Versalis exec to lead IISRP

Added: 8 May 2017

Taipei, Taiwan - Enrico Lucchese, marketing manager for tire, styrenics modification, & latex withi…

Orion posts strong results as rubber black volumes decline

Orion posts strong results as rubber black volumes decline

Added: 8 May 2017

Luxembourg – Orion Engineered Carbons has seen a 4.8% year-on-year decline in its rubber carbon bla…

 Jyrki Anttonen

Future Tire 2017: Q&A with Jyrki Anttonen, Technology Director, Cimcorp Oy

Added: 8 May 2017

Jyrki Anttonen, Technology Director, Cimcorp Oy, will join the line-up of high-ranking speakers at …

Canadian oilseed invention found in new-gen Nokian tires

Canadian oilseed invention found in new-gen Nokian tires

Added: 5 May 2017

Nokia, Finland — A Canadian agricultural invention widely considered a global Cinderella success st…

Natural rubber prices continue to slide

Added: 5 May 2017

London – Natural rubber buyers seemed unswayed by a proposal for new output curbs among the three m…

Michelin commissions new distribution centre in Stoke

Michelin commissions new distribution centre in Stoke

Added: 5 May 2017

London – Michelin has recently signed a contract with LondonMetric Property to build a 137,000 sq f…

UHP sales help Hankook’s first quarter results

UHP sales help Hankook’s first quarter results

Added: 5 May 2017

Seoul, Korea  – Hankook Tire has posted a slight dip, almost 1%, in first quarter operating profit …

Orion rubber blacks deliver strong first quarter

Orion rubber blacks deliver strong first quarter

Added: 5 May 2017

Luxembourg –  Orion Engineered Carbons SA has notched up a 36.6% year-on-year increase in earnings …

HF parent expects rubber-machinery division to recover in 2017

HF parent expects rubber-machinery division to recover in 2017

Added: 4 May 2017

Lübeck, Germany – Possehl group is upbeat about the prospects for recovery at its Elastomer Plant d…

Boto in talks to build tire plant in Malaysia

Boto in talks to build tire plant in Malaysia

Added: 4 May 2017

Jasin, Malaysia – China’s Boto Tyre signed a memorandum in April with Malacca government to build a…

“We have the technological products and we deliver best cost per kilometre in India. So we want to replicate that in Europe,” said the Apollo group head.

Apollo goes digital to meet truck tire goals in Europe

Added: 4 May 2017

Birmingham, UK – Apollo Tyres has launched a new digital selling platform as part of plans to corne…

Apollo to relocate US headquarters to Atlanta

Apollo to relocate US headquarters to Atlanta

Added: 3 May 2017

Atlanta, Georgia – Apollo Tyres Ltd. has taken one of the first major steps to increasing its prese…

Alliance Tire names new CEO

Alliance Tire names new CEO

Added: 3 May 2017

Mumbai, India – Alliance Tire Group has hired Nitin Mantri, an executive with experience in the hea…

Nokian selects US for third tire production plant

Added: 3 May 2017

Nokia, Finland – Nokian Tyres is to build a $360-million (€330 million) production facility in Dayt…