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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…
Sumitomo Riko upgrades earnings forecast on strong Q2
Added: 8 Nov 2024
Japanese manufacturer raises profit outlook for year but revises down sales forecast
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
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’
Union seeks government intervention in Versalis transformation plan
Added: 7 Nov 2024
Plant closures “an indirect advantage" for Asian and American competition
Yokohama Rubber joins research on new use for rubber tree seeds
Added: 7 Nov 2024
Joint project between Japan and Thailand aims to tap into 'carbon-neutral' resource to enhance farm…
Updated: Michelin closing two plants in France with loss of over 1,200 jobs
Added: 6 Nov 2024
Group says decision 'inevitable due to structural transformation of tire market in Europe...'
WDK: Seals testing issues threaten drinking-water supply in Germany
Added: 6 Nov 2024
German rubber industry body warns that current certification procedures "are completely non-transpa…
Kumho eyes new 'global' tire plant amid solid business growth
Added: 6 Nov 2024
Targets European market expansion as third quarter earnings rise 45% on strong replacement demand
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Wacker silicones unit doubles earnings in third quarter
Added: 6 Nov 2024
German group said "positive earnings performance was primarily due to higher volumes..."
Sailun increasing stake in Mexico tire joint venture
Added: 6 Nov 2024
Chinese group doubles registered capital to raise investment in greenfield tire project
