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Hankook’s Q2 sales, earnings drop
Added: 4 Aug 2015
Seoul, South Korea – Hankook Tire Co. Ltd suffered a 19.9-percent drop in operating income for the …
Michelin buys German wholesaler
Added: 4 Aug 2015
Lissendorf, Germany – Group Michelin has acquired Meyer Lissendorf G.mbH. & Co. KG, a 41-year-old, …
Conti reports strong half-year, expects lower NR prices
Added: 4 Aug 2015
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG has raised its earnings forecast for the full fiscal year 2015 af…
Press release: TPE targets overmoulding of nylon grips
Added: 4 Aug 2015
Avon Lake, Ohio - PolyOne Corp. has developed a thermoplastic elastomer for overmoulding nylon grip…
Bridgestone wins VW supplier award
Added: 4 Aug 2015
Neuburg, Germany - Bridgestone has won a VW Group award for best suppliers, the Japanese tire-maker…
Qure Medical acquires UK silicone firm
Added: 4 Aug 2015
Twinsburg, Ohio — Q Holding Co.’s Qure Medical business has acquired UK-based Silicone Altimex Ltd,…
Conti expands tire moulding, retreading portfolio
Added: 4 Aug 2015
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG’s tire segment continued to expand its business in tire moulding …
Evonik earnings rise 40% in first half-year
Added: 4 Aug 2015
Essen – Evonik Industries AG has posted a sales growth of 8 percent to €6.944 billion in its first …
Cooper Standard opens two new facilities in China
Added: 4 Aug 2015
Shanghai, China –Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. has unveiled two new facilities in China, parent c…
Titan considers wheel plant in Turkey
Added: 4 Aug 2015
Quincy, Illinois —Titan International Inc. is exploring plans to expand a wheel plant in Turkey and…
Dätwyler buying Italian seals manufacturer
Added: 3 Aug 2015
Altdorf, Switzerland - Datwyler on 31 July signed a contract to acquire Italian-based company Origo…
Safic-Alcan acquires control of ChemSpec Ltd
Added: 3 Aug 2015
Paris – Speciality chemicals distributor Safic-Alcan has acquired a majority holding in ChemSpec Lt…
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Fenner belting downsizes in UK, China
Added: 31 Jul 2015
London – Fenner PLC has “significantly restructured” its UK and Chinese conveyor belt manufacturing…
US approves new tire registration bill
Added: 31 Jul 2015
Washington — The US Senate passed a long-term federal highway bill 30 July, by a 65-34 bipartisan v…
Solvay posts strong half year
Added: 31 Jul 2015
Brussels – Solvay has reported a 5.3-percent rise in net sales for the first half of 2015 at €5.3 b…
Michelin to increase tire production in Chennai
Added: 31 Jul 2015
Chennai, India – French tire-maker Michelin is set to increase its radial tire production by 45 per…
ContiTech eyes growth from NAFTA base
Added: 31 Jul 2015
Fairlawn, Ohio – ContiTech AG officially unveiled its new-look North American headquarters in Fairl…
Court orders Goodyear to pay family €2.4 million
Added: 31 Jul 2015
Phoenix, Arizona – Goodyear must pay an Arizona family more than $2.7 million (€2.46 million) in da…
Malaysian firm to set up €17m rubber recycling plant in UK
Added: 31 Jul 2015
London – Malaysian investor Petra Group will invest £12 million (€17 million) to create a rubber re…
Malaysian Rubber Board appoints new boss
Added: 31 Jul 2015
Kuala Lumpur – Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB) has appointed Dr Mohd Akbar bin Md Said, as the directo…
