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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

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
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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
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