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Fenner UK business hit by Ukraine conflict

Fenner UK business hit by Ukraine conflict

Added: 26 Feb 2015

London – Fenner Dunlop is making every effort to “reinvent” its conveyor belt-manufacturing busines…

Interview: Hexpol executive discusses firm's acquisitions, future

Added: 26 Feb 2015

Hexpol Compounding has come a long way in the past five years. The Eupen, Belgium-based business, p…

Kraton revenue down as speciality polymer demand drops

Kraton revenue down as speciality polymer demand drops

Added: 26 Feb 2015

Houston, Texas – Kraton Performance Polymers has reported a 4.8-percent decline in revenue in its 2…

Mesnac unveils new machinery for giant OTR tires

Mesnac unveils new machinery for giant OTR tires

Added: 25 Feb 2015

Shandong, China - Mesnac has finished the development of a new giant OTR radial tire building machi…

Cooper Standard income drops despite sales rise

Cooper Standard income drops despite sales rise

Added: 25 Feb 2015

Cooper Standard income drops despite sales rise

Novi, Michigan — Cooper Standard Holdings Inc., pare…

Apollo launches recruitment drive in Hungary

Apollo launches recruitment drive in Hungary

Added: 25 Feb 2015

London – Apollo Tyres Ltd has announced a recruitment drive for its Greenfield facility soon to be …

Bayer MaterialScience appoints new chairman of board 

Bayer MaterialScience appoints new chairman of board 

Added: 25 Feb 2015

Leverkusen, Germany - The supervisory board of Bayer AG have agreed to appoint Richard Pott to the …

ContiTech NAFTA appoints head

ContiTech NAFTA appoints head

Added: 24 Feb 2015

Hanover, Germany – ContiTech AG, part of Continental AG, has appointed Charles Seymour as executive…

Omnova reaches settlement with activist investor

Added: 24 Feb 2015

Beachwood, Ohio — Omnova Solutions Inc. has reached a truce in its battle with activist investor Ba…

Toyo, Sentury reach agreement in intellectual property case

Toyo, Sentury reach agreement in intellectual property case

Added: 24 Feb 2015

Cypress, California — Sentury Tires America and Toyo Tire Holdings of Americas Inc. have reached an…

World Bank bid to resurrect Nairit chloroprene rubber plant

World Bank bid to resurrect Nairit chloroprene rubber plant

Added: 24 Feb 2015

Yerevan, Armenia – The World Bank has agreed to engage a “globally-experienced” consulting firm to …

China slowdown impacts Bekaert tire cord business

China slowdown impacts Bekaert tire cord business

Added: 24 Feb 2015

Courtrai, Belgium – Steel wire transformation company Bekaert has published an early analysis of it…

Cooper bounces back from 2013 lows, considering investment in Asia

Cooper bounces back from 2013 lows, considering investment in Asia

Added: 24 Feb 2015

Findlay, Ohio—Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. experienced increased net income for the full year and fourt…

US absent again from global tire standards talks

US absent again from global tire standards talks

Added: 24 Feb 2015

Brussels – US representatives failed to show up at a working committee meeting forthe harmonisation…

New Michelin tires fit for JCB

New Michelin tires fit for JCB

Added: 24 Feb 2015

Stoke-on-Trent, UK –  JCB has agreed an “international deal” with Michelin to fit its new BibLoad H…

Cooper targets “big year” in Europe

Cooper targets “big year” in Europe

Added: 24 Feb 2015

Findlay, Ohio – Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. aims to improve its business performance helped by new pro…

Goodyear to pay $16m to settle SEC bribery charges

Goodyear to pay $16m to settle SEC bribery charges

Added: 24 Feb 2015

Washington — Goodyear has agreed to pay more than $16 million to settle charges from the US Securit…

Bridgestone makes leadership changes

Bridgestone makes leadership changes

Added: 23 Feb 2015

Tokyo – Bridgestone Corporation has announced that its board of directors has approved the appointm…

Automechanika Kiev 2015 cancelled

Added: 23 Feb 2015

Frankfurt, Germany – Event organiser Automechanika has announced that the premier of its show in Ki…

Analyst: Questions over US tariffs on China 

Analyst: Questions over US tariffs on China 

Added: 22 Feb 2015

Cologne, Germany – The recent imposition of tariffs on Chinese tire imports is likely to be of only…