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Mexican tread rubber producer relocates European HQ
Added: 16 May 2016
Beverdonk, Belgium – Mexican tread rubber producer Industrias de Hule Galgo SA de CV has relocated …
Amerityre sales hit by soft farm incomes
Added: 16 May 2016
Boulder City, Nevada – Polyurethane tire-maker Amerityre saw sales fall by around 20 percent in the…
Nokian introduces flexible working deal for Finnish plant workers
Added: 16 May 2016
Nokia, Finland – Nokian Tyres has introduced a flexibility agreement for employees of its in Nokia …
UK chemical makers buck negative trend
Added: 16 May 2016
London – Company members of the Chemical Industries Association (CIA) have reported a strong start …
Pirelli-ChemChina merger effective in June
Added: 16 May 2016
Milan, Italy – The merger of Pirelli & C. SpA and China National Chemical Corp. (ChemChina) will ta…
Analysis: Orion hunting better carbon black returns
Added: 13 May 2016
London - A recurring complaint in the current batch of results announcements by materials and addit…
Omsk announces “first” ever carbon black price-rise
Added: 13 May 2016
Omsk, Russia – Omsk Carbon Group (OCG) is increasing prices for its carbon black products with effe…
Michelin sues tire companies for patent infringement
Added: 13 May 2016
Greenville, South Carolina – Michelin North America has filed suit against Atturo Tire Corp. and Sv…
EU new-car demand up 32 months in a row
Added: 13 May 2016
Brussels – The EU passenger car market grew for a 32nd consecutive month, registering a 9.1-percent…
Yokohama posts 42% profit decline in Q1
Added: 13 May 2016
Tokyo— Yokohama Rubber Co. has registered a 42-percent decline in operating profit, to ¥6.9 billion…
Shape of the ‘New Dow’ emerges
Added: 13 May 2016
Midland, Michigan — Following its planned merger with DuPont, the shape of the New Dow and where th…
India mulls Chinese anti-dumping measures
Added: 12 May 2016
Gurgaon, India – The Indian government has reportedly launched an investigation into alleged dumpin…
Apollo posts 3% annual profit despite import pressures
Added: 12 May 2016
Gurgaon, India – Apollo Tyres Ltd has posted a 3-percent rise in operating profit for its 2015-16 f…
Bridgestone sales fall amid improving Japanese economy
Added: 12 May 2016
Tokyo – Bridgestone’s net sales fell 8 percent to ¥825.7 billion (€6.6 billion) in the first quarte…
Earnings gains buoy new-look Lanxess
Added: 11 May 2016
Cologne, Germany – A “good” start to the year for Lanxess has prompted the new-look polymers and c…
Nokian impacted as US, Russia winter tire sales drop
Added: 11 May 2016
Nokia, Finland – Nokian has seen its sales drop by nearly 2 percent in the first quarter of 2016, t…
Asahi Kasei reports “firm” synthetic rubber sales
Added: 11 May 2016
Tokyo - Asahi Kasei has reported a 4.6-percent rise in its operating income for the full fiscal yea…
Germany's VDMA sets sight on Iran market
Added: 11 May 2016
Tehran - A senior member of Germany's VDMA Plastics and Rubber Machinery Association has said that …
ContiTech shuts down conveyor belt plant
Added: 11 May 2016
Volos, Greece – ContiTech Imas SA, the Greek subsidiary ContiTech AG, has stopped production of con…
Safety expert pushes for tire recall system
Added: 11 May 2016
Hilton Head, South Carolina – The tire recall system has failed for 40 years, and a machine-readabl…
