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Higher margins, China demand drive Cabot growth
Added: 2 May 2017
Boston, Massachusetts - Cabot Corp’s Reinforcement Materials segment has posted a 59% year-on-year …
Hankook earnings slide as UHP sales climb
Added: 2 May 2017
Seoul, South Korea – Hankook Tire Co. Ltd.'s operating profit fell 8% in the quarter ended 31 March…
Dow Elastomers grows
Added: 28 Apr 2017
Midland, Michigan – Dow Chemical Co. has achieved higher sales and volumes in the three months of 2…
Conti reports 12% rise in first quarter sales
Added: 28 Apr 2017
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG has released a brief summary of its financial results for the fir…
Trelleborg reports 37% rise in Q1 earnings
Added: 28 Apr 2017
Trelleborg, Sweden – Polymer engineer Trelleborg AB has posted a 36% rise in first quarter net sale…
Report: Green tire demand prompts silica growth
Added: 28 Apr 2017
As global demand for low rolling-resistance tires continues to grow, silica firms are responding in…
Yokohama motorsports unit coming home
Added: 27 Apr 2017
Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd is dissolving its motorsports subsidiary and transferring its opera…
Waterproof fluorinated elastomer coating heals itself
Added: 27 Apr 2017
Ann Arbor, Michigan – A self-healing, water-repellent, spray-on coating based on a fluorinated poly…
Interview: Orion to focus on "high value-added" products
Added: 27 Apr 2017
Kingwood, Texas – 2016 was a very good year for Orion Engineered Carbons LLC, setting the company o…
Goodyear opens test lab in Luxembourg
Added: 27 Apr 2017
Luxembourg - Goodyear has opened a new tire test laboratory at its innovation centre in Luxembourg,…
Marangoni expands Turkish retreading business
Added: 27 Apr 2017
Istanbul, Turkey – Marangoni Retreading Systems has expanded its business in Turkey in a bid to “si…
Guizhou Tyre to build new plant in Vietnam
Added: 26 Apr 2017
Guiyang, China – Guizhou Tyre is to build a truck and bus tire plant with 1.2 million unit annual c…
ITMA reports “record” membership amid Brexit concerns
Added: 26 Apr 2017
Essex, UK – Membership of UK trade association the Imported Tyre Manufacturers’ Association (ITMA) …
Indian natural rubber output rebounds on higher prices
Added: 26 Apr 2017
Kottayam, India – Higher prices have contributed to a significant pick-up in India’s production and…
European Chemical Agency sees “low level of concern” for recycled rubber
Added: 26 Apr 2017
Helsinki, Finland – The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has recently concluded that there is “at m…
ContiTech advances digital transformation at Hannover Messe
Added: 26 Apr 2017
Hanover, Germany – ContiTech has rolled out a range of intelligent products to support “digital tra…
Updated: Linglong ups annual sales; mulls new overseas sites
Added: 25 Apr 2017
Yantai, China – Linglong posted €1.4 billion (10.5 billion yuan) revenue in 2016, up 20% from 2015 …
German bike tire company develops "new-generation" rubber compound
Added: 25 Apr 2017
Reichshof, Germany – Bicycle tire brand Schwalbe is launching a new generation of compounds for its…
US Supreme Court reverses damage award against Goodyear
Added: 25 Apr 2017
Washington — In an 8-0 decision, the US Supreme Court reversed and remanded a $2.74 million (€2.5 m…
Apollo automation head to give keynote at Future Tire 2017
Added: 25 Apr 2017
London – Head automation & electronics at Apollo Tyres (Hungary) KFT, Shibu George, will give the o…
