Category: Industry News

Giti reports outstanding debut at Euro Bus Expo

Giti Tire has described its Euro Bus Expo debut a success, generating several European-wide sales leads and citing significant interest in both the GT Radial GSR225 Combi Road and GAU861 all-position urban city-bus tyres.Euro Bus Expo 2015 Peter Foulkes, Marketing…

Sumitomo Rubber gains global innovator award

Sumitomo Rubber Industries was included on Thomson Reuters’ 2014 Top 100 Global Innovators list, released on Nov. 6. Reuters noted that its top 100 most innovative companies achieved nearly double the 6.85% annual revenue growth rate of S&P 500 firms…

Hankook wins outstanding supplier award

Hankook Tire has been selected as a recipient of Blue Bird Corp.’s 2014 Outstanding Supplier Award in the polymer category. This is the second year in a row Hankook has received the award, which underscores the company’s commitment to its…

Toyo announces net income increase

Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. reported record sales and earnings for the nine months ended Sept. 30, as profits benefited from the effects of higher revenues, lower raw materials costs and favorable foreign-exchange rates. Operating income for that period…

Sentury introduces new Delinte DX10 A/T tyre

Sentury Tire Americas displayed its new Delinte DX10 A/T tyre at the 2014 SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) Show in Las Vegas. The Sentury booth, located in the Global Tire Expo portion of the Las Vegas Convention Center, featured the…

Apollo announces net profit upsurge in Q2

Apollo Tyres today reported 17.52 per cent increase in consolidated net profit at Rs 257.94 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, 2014-15 driven by higher exports. The company had reported net profit of Rs 219.47 crore in the…

Bridgestone inaugurates new US headquarters

When talk first surfaced that Bridgestone Americas was looking to move its U.S. headquarters into the heart of downtown Nashville, the tyremaker never actually denied it, despite the haste with which some dismissed the notion. This morning, according to The…