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Yokohama Rubber Stages First-Phase Tree-Planting Ceremony at Tire Test Courses in Japan and Thailand
Tokyo – The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced today that it held a first-phase tree-planting ceremony as part of its “Yokohama Forever Forest” project on March 10 (Saturday) at the Tire Test Center of Asia, its extensive...
Bio-isoprene to emerge as new alternative for tyre production
MICHIGAN, USA (Commodity Online): With the rising natural rubber prices due to shortage of availability and increasing use of Synthetic rubber which is hard to decompose, the scientists are trying to find alternative solutions for the tyre...
China’s tyre output up by 6.8% in Q1
Beijing – Tyre production in China in the first three months of 2012 reached 197.5 million units, and increase of 6.8 percent over the same period a year ago.
Of the total, 93.4 million were of radial construction, an increase of 6 percent...
Multinational tire companies in the first quarter performance gains across the board
Recently, some prominent multinational tire companies announced their respective first-quarter sales, the overall rising trend.
Hankook Tire recently announced 2012 first quarter performance report shows that its global sales of a new $ 1.71...
Ceat: Company’s earnings may improve
Higher sales, lower material costs and increased capacity at its new plant helped tyre maker CEAT to post a healthy result for the quarter ending march 2012. However, on a full year basis, due to higher interest costs, its profits for FY12...
Pirelli revenues increase 11 percent
Milan, Italy – Pirelli & C. SpA reported that consolidated revenues on March 31 totaled EUR 1,556.5 million, an increase of 11.1 percent compared with EUR 1,400.9 million in the first quarter of 2011. The consolidated operating result...
Yokohama Rubber: Sales, Earnings Up Solidly in Fiscal First Quarter
Tokyo-The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced today that its sales and earnings increased solidly in the first quarter of the present fiscal year. Net sales in the three months from January 1 to March 31 increased 7.4% over the same period...
Apollo Tyres profit increases 18%
Mumbai – Apollo Tyres reported consolidated annual revenues, across operations in Asia, Africa and Europe, grew 37% to reach Rs 121.5 billion ($2.5 billion or Rs 12,153 crores) for fiscal year 2011-12. Indian Operations’ revenue grew...
Jiangsu the first imports of tire retreading companies accreditation
Recently, Jiangsu Inspection and Quarantine Bureau in accordance with the “Jiangsu imports remanufacturing use old machinery and electronic products inspection and supervision of the implementation details” provisions of the Jiang...
Michelin leaves competition guessing heading to Monterey
Fresh from a pair of convincing victories at the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Michelin and its technical partner teams now head to the American Le Mans Series at Monterey (May 12) and a venue that provides both unique challenges and opportunities.
The...
