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Natural rubber futures strengthen amid global equity gains
Added: 11 Nov 2024
Commodity prices up across major Far East markets amid equity-surge on US election result...
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High-value tire sales keep Pirelli on-track
Added: 11 Nov 2024
Italy-based group posts "solid operating performance" despite difficult business environment...
Bridgestone investing $85 million in Indian manufacturing sites
Added: 11 Nov 2024
Capex programme to increase passenger car tire production at facilities in Pune, Indore...
Sumitomo Rubber posts big increase in nine-month earnings
Added: 11 Nov 2024
Business profit up 47% but steep decline in operating result linked to planned US factory closure..…
Ansell hybrid gloves offer ‘one-for-all’ chemical protection
Added: 11 Nov 2024
End-users can “rely on a singular product solution, even in the presence of multiple chemical hazar…
ERJ Tire Tracker: September/October
Added: 10 Nov 2024
Nexen fitments, virtual R&D... Brabus / Conti... Bridgestone launch... Pirelli recall... Ferrari /…
Sumitomo Rubber to close US tire manufacturing plant
Added: 8 Nov 2024
Tonowanda, New York-based unit employs 1,555 people, making tires for cars, motorbikes, trucks and …
Union calls for strike against Michelin factory closure plans
Added: 8 Nov 2024
CGT Michelin announces ‘unlimited strike’ and rally outside Cambaude plant
Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 8 Nov 2024
Review of the key figures and data to emerge this week from leading players in the global industrie…
Biesterfeld to distribute Polytek rubber materials in Europe
Added: 8 Nov 2024
Portfolio to include range of mouldable silicones, polyurethanes, latex and thermoplastic elastomer…
Industrial parts maker igus rolls out ocean-waste bike
Added: 8 Nov 2024
Launches world tour with bicycle incorporating 50% plastics recycled from discarded fishing nets
Showa Glove opens "Japan's largest" nitrile gloves plant
Added: 8 Nov 2024
Production facility with 3.6m units per day capacity to cover 6% of domestic consumption
Birla Carbon to build $1bn synthetic graphite plant in US
Added: 8 Nov 2024
Factory in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, to supply ‘anode active materials’ for batteries
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Freudenberg-NOK acquires US seals aftermarket company
Added: 8 Nov 2024
Florida-based Seal Aftermarket Products to be integrated into Corteco division
India imposes dumping duties on Chinese TPUs
Added: 8 Nov 2024
BASF excluded from list of suppliers while others incur injury margins ranging 30% to 70%
Kumho Tires names new European head amid executive reshuffle
Added: 8 Nov 2024
Carries out 14 executive changes, including introduction of two new VPs and two managing directors
Sumitomo Riko upgrades earnings forecast on strong Q2
Added: 8 Nov 2024
Japanese manufacturer raises profit outlook for year but revises down sales forecast
Italy probing ‘possible breach’ of Pirelli governance rules by Sinochem
Added: 7 Nov 2024
Initiates procedure to investigate ‘organisational-functional links’ between Pirelli, CNRC...
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Cabot reports stronger sales, earnings in reinforcement materials business
Added: 7 Nov 2024
Unit, including rubber carbon black production, sees 9% year-on-year increase in earnings
Hankook Tire reports 18% increase in operating profit
Added: 7 Nov 2024
Korean tire maker delivers growth ‘despite economic challenges in Europe’
