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Clarios, Natron launch sodium-ion battery collaboration
Sodium-ion batteries offer a number of advantages compared with their lithium-ion counterparts. Natron Energy, Inc. has spent ten years perfecting sodium-ion battery chemistry for mass manufacturing, and in 2021 released the world’s first UL listed sodium-ion battery product. It has now entered into a strategic agreement with Clarios International Inc. that will result in the world’s first mass-produced sodium-ion batteries.
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Four-for-one split for Michelin shares
Shareholders at the Annual Meeting of Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin on 13 May voted in favour of splitting the par value of the Michelin share into four. Michelin explains that this decision is linked to the 66 per cent rise in the share price between 31 December 2018 (€86.70) and 31 December 2021 (€144.15).
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Triangle scraps US tyre factory project
Triangle Tire has scrapped its plans to a build roughly half-a-billion dollar tyre factory in North Carolina, USA. According to the company, the project which had been strongly supported by local government officials in North Carolina was ended amicably with mutual consent.
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Birla Carbon rated Platinum by EcoVadis for sustainable business practices
Birla Carbon has been awarded a Platinum level rating by EcoVadis for sustainability. This recognition confirms Birla Carbon’s position as an industry leader in advanced sustainability practices and reporting and places it in the top 1 per cent of companies rated by EcoVadis. The rating was provided after reviewing Birla Carbon’s sustainability practices in its recently published ninth sustainability report, Driving Circularity.
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Falken presenting e.Ziex at Tire Cologne
Later this month, Falken Tyre Europe will display a range of more than twenty tyre models at The Tire Cologne. This array of products will include several newcomers, such as the Falken e.Ziex electric car tyre, Azenis FK520 UHP tyre and Eurowinter HS02 and HS02Pro winter tyres.
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Apollo Tyres FY 2021-22 financial results
Apollo Tyres reports revenue of Rs 209.48 billion (£2.22 billion) for the financial year ending 31 March 2021, 20 per cent higher than during the prior fiscal year. EBITDA declined 8.0 per cent year-on-year to Rs 25.74 billion (£272.59 million), with the EBITDA margin contracting 379 Bps to 12.3 per cent. Net profit stands at Rs 6.39 billion (£67.67 million).
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Yokohama Rubber: Record sales, lower profit in Q1 2022
Although the sales revenue of 185.6 billion yen (£1.2 billion) earned by the Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. in Q1 2022 was the highest figure it ever achieved in the January-to-March quarter and a 28.4 per cent improvement on the result attained a year earlier, the company nonetheless had little cause for celebration by the time rising costs and other complications were factored in. Profit attributable to owners of parent declined 63.5 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2022 to 10.2 billion yen (£64.9 million). Operating profit was, at 13.7 billion yen (£87.1 million), down 62.7 per cent.
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Roadmap Zero: Iochpe-Maxion sets carbon neutrality target
Iochpe-Maxion, the world’s largest wheel supplier and the leading structural components supplier in the Americas, has set an objective of becoming a carbon neutral supplier by 2040. This target, Roadmap Zero, is the focus of all sustainability developments at the global Tier One.
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Pirelli Q1 EBIT up 35%, but full-year estimates revised down
Pirelli & C. Spa has reported a strong set of first quarter 2022 results which show revenues and pre-tax profits (adjusted EBIT) were up 22.2 per cent and 35.4 per cent respectively despite considerable turmoil related to the war in Ukraine and the resultant sanctions against Russia, where Pirelli runs two tyre factories. However, the tyre manufacturer has also revised down full-year estimates due to the same “geopolitical tensions”.
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Continental: Lower income despite strong tyre business in Q1 2022
Announcing its financial results for the first quarter of 2022, tyre maker and automotive technology firm Continental states that it “performed well” during the period despite “an increasingly turbulent market environment.” It describes its Q1 2022 tyre business as “strong.”
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Goodyear a DAF ‘Master’ supplier
Truck manufacturer DAF recently recognised Goodyear as a ‘Master’ in its 2021 Supplier Performance Management Program. This is the first time that Goodyear has reached this level, and the tyre maker attributes the achievement to the ”work and dedication of its teams who constantly seek to improve the total customer experience year over year.” It particularly praises its teammates for maintaining Goodyear’s “high standards of operational excellence” despite a disruptive macro environment.
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New Michelin MotoE tyre features more Enviro recovered carbon black
Michelin has produced a new version of its motorcycle racing tyre with an even higher share of environmentally sustainable material ahead of the MotoE World Cup motorcycle racing series. This is the fourth season of the MotoE World Cup electric motorcycles racing series.
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MRF: Profits halved thanks to unprecedented material cost rises
Indian tyre maker MRF Limited has reported a standalone income of Rs 193.04 billion (£2.03 billion) for the financial year ending 31 March 2022, a 19.7 per cent increase on the previous year’s result. Exports were slightly up, being valued at Rs 17.79 billion (£186.80 million), compared with Rs 13.33 billion for the prior financial year. Standalone net profit, however, dropped 48.2 per cent year-on-year to Rs 6.47 billion (£67.94 million).
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SBTi validates new Pirelli greenhouse gas reduction targets
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has validated Pirelli’s upgraded targets for reducing greenhouse gases. Four years ahead of schedule, the company reached the previous targets validated for Scopes 1 and 2 by the end of 2021.
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Fast small-batch production: Goodyear opens Luxembourg facility
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has officially opened its new manufacturing facility in Dudelange, Luxembourg, an operation it calls a “first of its kind” for the company. The inauguration on 5 May follows a US$77 million investment in industry 4.0 digital manufacturing processes at the site.
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