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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
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
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
Added: 21 Feb 2020
Company has developed nanocellulose-rubber masterbatches in partnership with GranBio Technolgies

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
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
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
Added: 20 Feb 2020
Sales volume for Septon TPEs declined due to economic deceleration, according to Kuraray

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
Added: 20 Feb 2020
Company veteran Joel Kuusman to manage US operation and technical services

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
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
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
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’
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
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
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
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
Added: 18 Feb 2020
Japanese tire maker reports volume declines in most major markets

Report: India mulls SR plant in southern state
Added: 18 Feb 2020
'€6.5bn project to convert oil refinery in Cuddalore to a petrochemical plant'