Category: Industry News

Semperit Group announces revenue rise in first half

The publicly listed Semperit Group continued its organic growth in the first half of 2014, showing a good revenue and earnings development. Revenue in the first six months of 2014 rose 2.9 percent year-on-year to EUR 464.3 million from EUR…

GT Radial to display new tyres at IAA

GT Radial will be displaying 18 tyres at IAA Hanover 2014, of which 11 make their show debut including the recently launched GSW226 winter steer axle and GTL925 low platform trailer pattern tyres. The GSW226 is the brand’s first specific…

Semperit AG to build new production plant in Perak

Semperit AG Holding, an Austrian company that develops, produces and sells specialised rubber and plastic products for the medical and industrial sectors, is allocating some RM220 million to expand production capacity at its facilities in Kamunting, Perak. “This is the…

Continental to launch new tyre products at IAA

“Driving the Future” – the motto of the world’s biggest commercial vehicle show, the IAA in Hanover, perfectly matches the new products being launched by Continental at the show this year under its own IAA-motto “The Future in Motion”. The…

NHTSA grants Cooper’s petition on Mickey Thompson tyres

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has granted Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.’s petition for a finding of inconsequential noncompliance in the case of 83,343 Mickey Thompson Baja MTZ brand LT315/70R17 Load Range D tyres. Cooper manufactured the tyres…