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Cooper Standard reports strong second quarter
Added: 1 Aug 2016
Novi, Michigan = Cooper Standard Holdings Inc. reported a 2.1-percent rise in second quarter sales …

UK manufacturers' confidence slumps after Brexit
Added: 1 Aug 2016
London – Business confidence among UK manufacturers’ has fallen sharply following the European refe…

Dow's sales decline, income increases for second quarter
Added: 1 Aug 2016
Midland, Michigan – Dow Chemical Co. has reported a 7-percent decline in sales for second quarter o…

Analysis: China tire industry getting to grips with market difficulties
Added: 1 Aug 2016
Article from the annual ERJ China Tire Report 2016, published as a supplement in the July/August is…

Price-rally but NR markets remain in the doldrums
Added: 29 Jul 2016
Article published in July/August issue of European Rubber Journal magazine:
London - In natural rubb…

Analysis: Slump hits most, but not all, Chinese tire makers
Added: 29 Jul 2016
Article from the annual ERJ China Tire Report 2016, published as a supplement in the July/August is…

Mesnac takes lead on RFID standards for tires
Added: 29 Jul 2016
Brussels - Chinese tire-manufacturing machinery and technology company Mesnac has led a workgroup …

Kraton posts strong Q2 results, notes challenges ahead
Added: 29 Jul 2016
Houston, Texas – Kraton Performance Polymers Inc. has posted an almost four-fold growth in earnings…

Analysis - Goodyear aims to cut path through Europe’s cheap-imports wave
Added: 29 Jul 2016
London – The Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region is again happy hunting ground for Akron-b…

Cabot carbon black earnings up despite Asian sales dip
Added: 29 Jul 2016
Boston, Massachusetts – Cabot Corp has posted a 9.4-percent, year-on-year rise in third quarter ear…

Taylor: New rules threaten to undermine UK tire recycling sector
Added: 28 Jul 2016
Peter Taylor OBE, secretary general of the Tyre Recovery Association warns that Britain’s tyre recy…

Update: Automotive parts maker Henniges to launch Polish plant
Added: 28 Jul 2016
Auburn Hills, Michigan – Global auto component manufacturer Henniges Automotive Holdings Inc has an…

ContiTech purchases Australian air springs producer
Added: 28 Jul 2016
Sydney, Australia—ContiTech AG has acquired Vulcanite Pty Ltd. to bolster its air springs business …

Vipal Rubber starts retreading products JV in Europe
Added: 28 Jul 2016
Nova Prata, Brazil – Vipal Rubber has recently formed a joint venture with Mezcla Caucho of Spain, …

Europe shores up Q2 earnings at Goodyear
Added: 28 Jul 2016
Akron, Ohio – Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has posted a 3.5-percent drop in segment operating income …

Sales dip at Shin-Etsu's silicones business
Added: 28 Jul 2016
Tokyo - Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd’s silicones business achieved a marginal rise in earnings on sl…

Future Individual Mobility - Consequences for the Tire Industry
Added: 28 Jul 2016
In his keynote address to the recent Future Tire Conference 2016, Christian Kötz, president of the …

Conti advances truck-driving displays
Added: 27 Jul 2016
Hanover, Germany – At the 66th International Motor Show Commercial Vehicles, 22-29 Sept in Hanover…

Michelin increases stake in natural rubber supplier
Added: 27 Jul 2016
Paris – Michelin has increased its capital share-holding in natural rubber supplier Societe Interna…