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Michelin settles patent lawsuit case in US
Added: 17 Aug 2016
Greenville, South Carolina – Michelin North America, Inc., has reached “favourable settlement agree…
Abbott, Kraton sign distribution agreement
Added: 17 Aug 2016
Cerritos, California - RD Abbott Co. Inc. has signed an agreement with Kraton Performance Polymers …
Freudenberg Medical appoints new CEO
Added: 17 Aug 2016
Carpinteria, California – Freudenberg Medical has appointed Max Gisbert Kley as its chief executive…
Press release: Yokohama launches new conveyor belt cover compound “Tuftex α”
Added: 17 Aug 2016
Tokyo – The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced today that its the launch of “Tuftex α”, our newes…
Bridgestone cuts earnings forecast by 13% on Yen, lower sales
Added: 16 Aug 2016
Tokyo – Bridgestone has downgraded its projections for its fiscal year to 31 Dec as a result of rec…
Sri Trang: Buyers beware of under-the-weather rubber tappers!
Added: 16 Aug 2016
Bangkok – The continuing slump in natural rubber (NR) prices could be storing up problems for buyer…
Forbo cautious despite first-half gains
Added: 16 Aug 2016
Baar, Switzerland – Forbo Group – a Swiss-based maker of floor coverings, adhesives, power transmi…
Cooper Standard buying AMI fuel and brake business
Added: 16 Aug 2016
Novi, Michigan – Cooper Standard is acquiring the automotive fuel and brake business of AMI Industr…
USW, Titan lose anti-dumping case against Indian OTR tires
Added: 16 Aug 2016
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – The US Department of Commerce (USDOC) has rejected a petition for anti-…
Fourth fatality at Goodyear Danville plant
Added: 16 Aug 2016
Danville, Virginia — Goodyear has confirmed that another employee has died in an accident at its ti…
Blair focuses on physical, mental growth
Added: 16 Aug 2016
Seville, Ohio – Blair Rubber Co., like most rubber product manufacturers, is constantly evolving.
Th…
Apollo Tyres posts sales gains in India, Europe
Added: 15 Aug 2016
Gurgaon, India – Apollo Tyres Ltd has posted an 8-percent year-on-year rise in first-quarter operat…
Omsk starts up new carbon black line at Volgograd facility
Added: 15 Aug 2016
Volgograd , Russia – Omsk Carbon Group has recently started up a fourth carbon black production lin…
Higher output helps SIPH offset low NR prices
Added: 15 Aug 2016
Paris – Société Internationale de Plantations d’Hévéas (SIPH) achieved first-half sales of €99.1 mi…
DRAFT Metso lands major deal with copper miner Codelco
Added: 15 Aug 2016
Metso, Finland – Metso has won a major contract to support the conversion of the largest open-pit c…
Pirelli posts higher sales and margins
Added: 12 Aug 2016
Milan, Italy –Pirelli & C. SpA has reported a 5.9-percent rise in first-half revenues to €2,968.6 m…
Strong Yen hits sales and earnings at Bridgestone
Added: 12 Aug 2016
Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp. has reported an 8-percent fall in operating income, to Yen218.2 billion, …
DRAFT Analysis – European tire makers leading the way after H1 results
Added: 12 Aug 2016
London – There were some clear winners and losers in the announcements of second quarter and first …
Exports-drive improves sales at Gumotex
Added: 12 Aug 2016
Prague – Gumotex produces automotive plastic parts such as air vents (pictured), head up displays, …
EU to probe Dow/DuPont merger
Added: 12 Aug 2016
Wilmington, Delaware / Midland, Michigan – The European Commission (EC) has initiated a ‘phase II …
