Category: Industry News

Indonesia’s rubber exports to stay stagnant this year

Rubber exports in Indonesia will remain stagnant at 2.5 million tons due to poor weather and weak prices in the international labour market. The association of Indonesian Rubber Producers Association (Gapkindo) expects Indonesia’s natural rubber exports to remain stagnant at…

2014 a successful year for Continental

Continental Corporation has announced that it had €34.5 billion in sales in 2014, a major leap from the year before. “All in all, we systematically continued along our successful path last year despite the weak growth in Europe, Russia, and…

India plants more trees in Tipura; to meet demand

The Indian government is giving a huge impetus for rubber growers by planting more rubber trees in north eastern areas of the country like Tripura, which is the second largest rubber producer in the country after Kerala state. The climate…

TRW Automotive price set at US$99.34

US-based TRW Automotive Holdings Corp has received a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the twelve brokerages that are presently covering the stock, StockRatingsNetwork reports. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and two have given a buy…

Avon Tyres launches the new Trailrider

Avon Tyres has just launched the new Trailrider to it’s line-up of adventure touring motorcycle range. The tyre maker says it applied the very latest know-how in terms of casing construction, compound characteristics and tread pattern development to create a…

Dunlop to continue as tyre supplier for MotoAmerica

Dunlop will continue as the exclusive tyre supplier of the MotoAmerica AMA/FIM North American Road Racing Series. Racers competing in the premiere MotoAmerica Superbike, Superstock 1000 and Supersport classes will use Dunlop’s KR448 and KR449 racing slicks while the Superstock…

China Automotive Systems dips to new 1-year low

Shares of China Automotive Systems (NASDAQ:CAAS) dipped during a 52-week low on Friday. The company traded as low as US$6.12 and last traded at US$6.22, with a volume of 32,311 shares changing hands. The stock had previously closed at US$6.32.…

Yokohama Rubber Russia Plant kick-starts production

The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced today that its Russian passenger car tire production and sales company, LLC Yokohama R.P.Z., began production in November 2014 of original-equipment (OE) tyres for passenger cars. In November, the subsidiary began producing “GEOLANDAR G91”…