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Pirelli sales, profitability up in 2019

Pirelli sales, profitability up in 2019

Added: 23 Feb 2020

Price/mix effect more than offsets higher raw material prices and decline in volumes

Michelin North America raising passenger, light truck tire prices

Michelin North America raising passenger, light truck tire prices

Added: 23 Feb 2020

Effective as of mid-March, price changes may vary across specific products

Linglong raises funds for fourth China tire plant

Linglong raises funds for fourth China tire plant

Added: 21 Feb 2020

Company to raise up to €265m through public placement on Shanghai Stock Exchange

Pirelli expects €30m sales impact from Covid-19 outbreak

Pirelli expects €30m sales impact from Covid-19 outbreak

Added: 21 Feb 2020

February sales figures for the region currently down 80%, March sales expected to decline 30%

Birla claims breakthrough in bio-based rubber additives

Birla claims breakthrough in bio-based rubber additives

Added: 21 Feb 2020

Company has developed nanocellulose-rubber masterbatches in partnership with GranBio Technolgies

Hankook drives 'digital transformation' with Amazon link-up

Hankook drives 'digital transformation' with Amazon link-up

Added: 21 Feb 2020

Cloud platform will enable tire maker to store data and process information more efficiently

Tire shares tracker: Ups & downs

Tire shares tracker: Ups & downs

Added: 21 Feb 2020

Stock prices offer a mixed picture in the first weeks of 2020, though most companies registered dec…

Wacker cutting 1,000 jobs as part of restructuring effort

Wacker cutting 1,000 jobs as part of restructuring effort

Added: 21 Feb 2020

Restructuring follows German chemicals supplier’s announcement of €630m loss in its preliminary fig…

Kuraray's isoprene unit sees 41% decline in profits

Kuraray's isoprene unit sees 41% decline in profits

Added: 20 Feb 2020

Sales volume for Septon TPEs declined due to economic deceleration, according to Kuraray

Yokohama reports 9% increase in profits 

Yokohama reports 9% increase in profits 

Added: 20 Feb 2020

Logistics costs and appreciation of yen impact tires segment results

Cimcorp names new leader for US operations

Cimcorp names new leader for US operations

Added: 20 Feb 2020

Company veteran Joel Kuusman to manage US operation and technical services

Pirelli eyes €500m savings through cost-cutting measures

Pirelli eyes €500m savings through cost-cutting measures

Added: 20 Feb 2020

Programme will see restructuring of manufacturing footprint in Brazil and Italy 

China’s Sunsine to expand production of vulcanisation chemical

China’s Sunsine to expand production of vulcanisation chemical

Added: 19 Feb 2020

Project to become "world’s largest insoluble sulphur facility" when completed, according to chemica…

JSR elastomers business hit by “deteriorating” markets

JSR elastomers business hit by “deteriorating” markets

Added: 19 Feb 2020

Segment posts “substantial decline” in operating profit due to slowdown in automotive, tire demand …

US car tire production falls amid increasing imports 

US car tire production falls amid increasing imports 

Added: 19 Feb 2020

For the first time since the 1990s, China not included among top 10 car tire exporters to US

Michelin suing ex-employee over use of ‘trade secrets’

Michelin suing ex-employee over use of ‘trade secrets’

Added: 19 Feb 2020

Former R&D employee went on to become an executive at US producer of industrial and speciality tires

Tire Cologne to highlight sustainability, future mobility 

Tire Cologne to highlight sustainability, future mobility 

Added: 19 Feb 2020

Around 500 exhibitors from 40 countries to attend the event in Cologne in June

EU passenger car registration declines in January 

EU passenger car registration declines in January 

Added: 18 Feb 2020

Major taxation changes and uncertainties surrounding Brexit impacted sales in first month of 2020

Kumho UK names Keon Park as new managing director

Kumho UK names Keon Park as new managing director

Added: 18 Feb 2020

The 48-year-old succeeds Myong Joong (Tino) Choi, who returns to Kumho’s Korean HQ

Bridgestone posts 19% decline in full-year earnings

Bridgestone posts 19% decline in full-year earnings

Added: 18 Feb 2020

Japanese tire maker reports volume declines in most major markets