Global Tire Report – 2024 | Rubber News
Rubber News presents the 39th annual Global Tire Report.. This report includes: the Top 75 tire makers in the world for 2024 based on 2023 global tire sales; charts on fiscal 2023 sales and earnings comparisons, sales per employee, and capital and R&D spending trends; and a listing of world tire production facilities.
Curiosity driving growth, transition for NRP-Jones
Oct 10, 2024 · Curiosity, as a precursor to knowledge of any industry, leads to better processes and market forecasts, according to NRP-Jones L.L.C. CEO Joe Kochan.
Trelleborg signs agreement to acquire CRC Distribution | Rubber …
Oct 23, 2024 · The Trelleborg Group and Trelleborg Sealing Solutions have signed an agreement to acquire CRC Distribution. The deal is likely to go into effect in Q1 2025.
Sumitomo to cut over 1,500 jobs with New York plant closure
Nov 7, 2024 · TONAWANDA, N.Y.—Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. is terminating all production activities at its New York tire factory and is dissolving its consolidated subsidiary, Sumitomo Rubber USA L.L.C. (SRUSA), resulting in the loss of 1,555 jobs. All production at the 102-year-old Tonawanda facility will cease immediately, the tire maker said, with related wind down activities expected to be complete ...
Small firms making big impacts on rubber industry | Rubber News
Jan 3, 2025 · AFC Materials Group is a turnkey company of about 200 people that remains a design-for-purpose firm with about 85 percent of its sales coming via PTFE- and silicone-coated products for high-temperature, non-stick applications.. And while the Lake in the Hills, Ill.-based firm has become a leaner operation, it's also looking to grow into new markets.
ADVANCES IN ADHESIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR BONDING LIQUID SILICONE RUBBERS TO PLASTICS AND METALS Paul A. Wheeler, Tarek A. Agag, Brian P. Carney, Rebecca S. Cowles, and Douglas H. Mowrey
Carlisle Fluid Technologies acquires Reinhardt-Technik
Dec 12, 2024 · KIERSPE, Germany—Carlisle Fluid Technologies Group has acquired German silicone rubber supplier Reinhardt-Technik GmbH in a deal to heavily enhance its selection of adhesives and sealants.
International Tire Exhibition & Conference (ITEC) | Rubber News
The 16th edition of ITEC will take place May 14-16, 2024 at the John S. Knight Center in Akron, Ohio. Organized by Rubber News, the International Tire Exhibition & Conference (ITEC) is the largest tire manufacturing trade show and conference in North America. It is dedicated exclusively to tire makers and those that serve the industry.
Michelin closing 2 factories, cutting over 1,200 jobs in France ...
Nov 6, 2024 · Another trade union, the CFDT, called on Michelin to consider alternatives to closing the plants, noting the closures "will also impact subcontracting companies, and more broadly the local industrial fabric of Vannes and Cholet." "The CFDT and its representatives have been warning for years about the industrial situation of the group, questioning the strategy that is now leading to these ...
Flexsys transition on track in 'turbulent world' | Rubber News
Oct 21, 2022 · AKRON—Flexsys America L.P. is on track with a transition into its own system amid raw materials and inflationary headwinds, according to Sandip Tyagi, CEO of the tire additives business. "Since the completion of the carve-out transaction late last year, we have hired over 150 new employees," Tyagi said, "… and we are in the final phase of transition over onto our own business systems."