China helps Italy's Brembo to defy auto industry weakness
MILAN (Reuters) -Italian premium brake maker Brembo on Tuesday posted moderate gains in first-half core earnings and revenue, with its Asian markets and its business helping to maintain older vehicles helping to counter a darker outlook for the automotive sector. As earnings of several major automakers have shown, including Stellantis, Porsche and Mercedes, the automotive market went through a contraction in the first part of the year, while a recovery looks still uncertain for the months ahead. "The market is really struggling, including in its premium segment," Executive Chairman Matteo Tiraboschi said in a post-earnings interview with Reuters.