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Higher costs drive down Sumitomo's Q1 earnings
Added: 11 May 2017
Kobe, Japan — Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.'s operating income dropped 12.6% for the quarter ende…
Brexit barriers to trade, skills concern UK chemicals makers
Added: 10 May 2017
London – The UK chemicals manufacturing industry is working hard behind the scenes to ensure that g…
Report: China extends anti-dumping duties on imported chloroprene rubber
Added: 10 May 2017
Beijing – China has extended antidumping duties on rubber imported from Japan, the US and the Europ…
Kraton to open HSBC plant in Taiwan
Added: 10 May 2017
Houston, Texas – Kraton Corp is officially opening a 30 kilotonne per annum (ktpa) hydrogenated sty…
Apollo fiscal operating income unchanged
Added: 10 May 2017
Gurgaon, India - Apollo Tyres Ltd.'s fiscal 2016-17 operating profit was unchanged from a year ago …
Report: Self-driving cars bring uncertain future
Added: 10 May 2017
Hilton Head, South Carolina – Visionaries have dreamed of self-propelled vehicles since Leonardo da…
Top 10 tire makers to attend Tire Cologne 2018
Added: 10 May 2017
Cologne, Germany – The world’s 10 largest tire makers will all take part in the new Tire Cologne tr…
Report: Petronas, Aramco study synthetic rubber production
Added: 9 May 2017
Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia’s Petronas and Saudi Aramco are investigating projects to build more petroc…
Chinese OTR tire makers appeal import duties
Added: 9 May 2017
New York – Four Chinese OTR tire manufacturers have followed through on their promise to appeal the…
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
Added: 9 May 2017
Nokia, Finland – Nokian Tyres plc has registered “steady growth” in the first three months of 2017,…
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
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
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
Added: 8 May 2017
Luxembourg – Orion Engineered Carbons has seen a 4.8% year-on-year decline in its rubber carbon bla…
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
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…
