McLaren introduced its track-focused race car P1 GTR at the 2014 Pebble Beach concours d'elegance. It features 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8 and lightweight electric motor that can generate 986bhp horsepower, which can be compared to Bugatti ...
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Goodyear is one of the world's largest tyre companies. It employs approximately 69,000 people and manufactures its products in more than 57 facilities in 23 countries around the world. Its two Innovation Centres in Akron, Ohio and ...
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Indian tyre manufacturer Apollo Tyres has signed a deal to acquire US-based tyre maker Cooper Tire & Rubber Company for about INR145bn ($2.49bn). The agreement has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies and under the ...
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US tyre maker Goodyear is planning to close a plant in northern France after negotiations with the workers failed. The manufactures tires for agricultural machinery and for cars at the facility and has been losing about $82.96m per year ...
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Apollo Tyres is planning INR3bn ($54.27m) investment over the next two years in its Kalamassery facility in Kerala, India to turn it into an export-oriented unit to produce industrial tyres. The manufactured tyres will be exported to ...
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Indian tyre manufacturer Apollo Tyres is considering to acquire major stake worth abotu $600-800m in the US-based tyre maker Cooper Tire & Rubber Company. The acquisition is expected to provide Apollo Tyres access the US replacement tyre ...
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Bridgestone has begun the construction on a new car tyre plant in the Dinh Vu Industrial Zone in northern Hai Phong City, Vietnam, company’s first facility in the country. The company is investing $575m in the new plant, which ...
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Japanese tire maker Bridgestone in collaboration with Ajinomoto has developed polymerised high-cis polyisoprene (IR), a synthetic rubber produced using bio-based isoprene, a substance produced from biomass raw materials using fermentation ...
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Italian tyre maker Pirelli has opened its first plant in Mexico as part of its plans $300m investment plan in the region by 2015 and an additional $100m by 2017. The new 135,000m2 plant is Pirelli's 22nd tyre plant which will produce ...
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