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Marangoni GRP rolls out 'franchisee first' in India
Added: 15 Aug 2018
Cochin, India – Marangoni GRP Private Ltd (MGPL) has announced its first full service Ringtread fra…

Sri Lanka tire project back on track with bigger scope
Added: 14 Aug 2018
Horana, Sri Lanka – Rigid Tyre Corp (Pvt) Ltd, part of the UAE-based Onyx Group has restarted build…

Bridgestone expects to build on H1 sales gains
Added: 14 Aug 2018
Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp. has reported a 1% drop in operating income, to Yen199.4 billion (€1,572 m…

Strong first-half supports Nokian expansion plans
Added: 14 Aug 2018
Nokia, Finland – Nokian Tyres plc reported a 6.4% rise in first-half net sales to €765.2 million – …

Dätwyler seals automotive, healthcare gains
Added: 14 Aug 2018
Altdorf, Switzerland – Datwyler Group increased its first-half net revenue by 7.7% year-on-year to …

Moehlenkamp: Transform to survive in era of new mobility
Added: 13 Aug 2018
Traverse City, Michigan – Suppliers who are not prepared to embrace new mobility options may not su…

China’s Jinneng to build carbon black facilities
Added: 13 Aug 2018
Qingdao, China – Coal chemical firm Jingneng Science and Technology is planning to set up a new sit…

Will automated tire plants employ fewer people?
Added: 13 Aug 2018
Readers' views sought on issues raised in report published in the July/August edition of European R…

Yokohama posts “highest-ever” sales and operating profit
Added: 13 Aug 2018
Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd has posted a 32.3% year-on-year rise in operating earnings to $242.…

Gates gains with record Q2 sales
Added: 13 Aug 2018
Denver, Colorado – Gates Industrial Corp. PLC reported net sales up with a quarterly record in its …

Conti buying major tire and auto service chain in Australia
Added: 13 Aug 2018
Hanover, Germany – Continental is to acquire Kmart Tyre and Auto Service (KTAS), one of Australia’s…

Bridgestone investing €160m in Poznan tire plant
Added: 10 Aug 2018
Poznan, Poland – Bridgestone Corp. is investing more than €160 million to expand and upgrade its ti…

Prices: Cabot hiking speciality carbon prices
Added: 10 Aug 2018
Boston, Massachusetts – Cabot Corp. is increasing prices by up to 10% globally for speciality carbo…

Vibracoustic expanding vehicle components facility
Added: 10 Aug 2018
Darmstadt, Germany – Automotive vibration-control company Vibracoustic is investing around €4 milli…

Sibur elastomers revenues down despite higher volumes
Added: 10 Aug 2018
Moscow – Russian petrochemicals supplier Sibur has posted a 5.5% year-on-year decline in revenue fr…

Sumitomo cuts 2018 forecast despite half-year gains
Added: 10 Aug 2018
Kobe, Japan — Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI) reported a double-digit improvement in operatin…

Thailand looks to cut back on natural rubber output
Added: 10 Aug 2018
Bangkok – Thailand’s government is paying natural rubber growers to stop growing rubber in an effor…

Prices: Denka raising silica filler prices 10%
Added: 9 Aug 2018
Tokyo – Denka Co. Ltd is increasing global sales prices of its fused silica filler by 10%, with eff…

Goodyear OE tires on Peugeot recalled in China
Added: 9 Aug 2018
Beijing – Goodyear’s tires size 215/50R17 installed on nearly 103,000 Peugeot 408 small sedans will…

Earnings up 45% at Cabot rubber blacks unit
Added: 9 Aug 2018
Boston, Massachusetts – Cabot Corp. has reported a 45% year-on-year rise in earnings (EBIT) to $74 …