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Rubber & tire industry in numbers

Added: 20 Feb 2026

Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

BASF Antwerp Cracker

Cefic warning over future of EU chemical industry amid rising plant closures

Added: 20 Feb 2026

Report estimates losses at around 9% of production capacity over the last three years

SRI tire earnings rise despite tariff headwinds

Added: 19 Feb 2026

EMEA returns to black in second half as group sees “path to improved performance”

Orion rubber blacks hit by “historically high” cheap tire imports

Added: 19 Feb 2026

Group results 'better than expected' as destocking, production curtailment not as pronounced as ant…

Automotive parts supplier Elastomer Solutions opens new plant in Mexico

Added: 19 Feb 2026

Facility in Zacatecas follows ‘doubling’ of German group’s sales over the past two years

Kumho to relocate, consolidate Nanjing plants

Kumho upgrading Chinese plant with electron accelerator

Added: 19 Feb 2026

The €800k investment targets textile cord modification for NEV tire production

ERJ Business Briefing - February

Added: 19 Feb 2026

Cooper Standard $1.1bn notes offering… Datwyler closes Capsul’in deal… GRI hosts distributor visit……

Sumitomo Rubber moves to boost efficiency with new tire building system

Added: 18 Feb 2026

To be introduced at SRI's Thai plant, new system is part of group-wide cost-reforms initiative Proj…

Nokian Tyres eyes €2bn sales as updated strategy targets Europe, N America

Added: 18 Feb 2026

Tire maker focusing on “premium positioning, improved product mix, disciplined cost and operational…

Zeon, Visolis progress bio-isoprene project with binding agreement

Added: 18 Feb 2026

Deal represents “major milestone” in moving from technology verification to commercialisation