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Eastman discussing efficiency in tire production at IEC 2019

Conti's energy-consumption now '22% below tire industry average'

Added: 28 Mar 2024

Figure based on benchmarking against energy-usage across the world’s leading tire manufacturers...

Update: Tariff-hit Chinese tire makers to “intensify” EU trade

EU court annuls sanctions against Belarus tire maker Belshina

Added: 28 Mar 2024

Sanctions imposed on tire maker in 2021 on grounds of ‘generating substantial income’ for Lukashenk…

ECHA details ‘next steps’ in proposed PFAS-restrictions process

Added: 28 Mar 2024

Committees to study fibre & fabric products, food-contact materials & packaging and petroleum & min…

Doublestar sales down; raises funds for smart plants

Doublestar to increase control over Kumho under restructuring plan

Added: 28 Mar 2024

Chinese group acquiring shares of investment fund created to buy 45% control over Kumho Tire

Nokian to increase production in US, Russia ahead of market rebound

Nokian Tyres’ boss Jukka Moisio set to retire

Added: 28 Mar 2024

Finnish tire maker says it has initiated process to find a successor

Asahi Kasei raising prices for styrene-based elastomers

Added: 28 Mar 2024

Japanese supplier cites high maintenance and manufacturing costs for price increases

ERJ: Industry appointments tracker

Added: 28 Mar 2024

Nokian / Moisio... SRI / Masuda... Chemours / Dignam... Giti / Pang... GRI / Samaranayake... GRI / …

Comerio Ercole recognised for ‘workplace health’ programme

Added: 28 Mar 2024

Italian rubber machinery maker shows best-practice in terms of well-being, lifestyle and combating …

Sentury Tire taps Colour Service/Pelmar at Chinese plant

Sentury advances second phase of Moroccan tire plant

Added: 27 Mar 2024

The $190m project obtains relevant overseas approval from local authorities in Qingdao

Italian polymer machinery outlook ‘complicated’, despite record 2023 sales

Added: 27 Mar 2024

Plastics & rubber machinery sales grow 3% to reach €4.8bn in 2023, according to trade body Amaplast…

Pirelli “contains” Covid effects, further cuts sales outlook 

Pirelli signs new €600m credit line to advance sustainability targets

Added: 27 Mar 2024

New line of credit from ‘a select pool of international banks’ to mature in October 2028

Continental opens expansion at US headquarters

Added: 27 Mar 2024

“Significant investment” in Fort Mill, South Carolina to build new three-story facility 

Rubber futures prices dip amid pick-up in trading activity

Added: 26 Mar 2024

Osaka and Singapore trading exchanges register significant week-on-week declines in NR pricing

Bridgestone opens high-capacity logistics centre in Spain

Added: 26 Mar 2024

Group invests over €40m in Tizona facility designed for storage of over 800,000 tires

Cooper Standard posts higher earnings on improved volume/mix

Added: 26 Mar 2024

US automotive supplier reports rise in new business awards, including $115m in EV segment

Climate-tech company Levidian unveils graphene-enhanced tire

Added: 26 Mar 2024

Independent testing by TARRC shows reduction in rolling resistance, potential for reduced compound …

US team develops reactor to produce propylene from natural gas

Added: 26 Mar 2024

Technology offers alternative to crude oil derived feedstock for production of plastic and elastome…

Michelin, Continental looking into Kumho acquisition – report

Kumho "considering" plans for European tire plant

Added: 25 Mar 2024

No decision made as yet, South Korean tire manufacturer to update investors by middle of April

WDK warns German automotive suppliers ‘on edge of abyss’

Update: Union negotiations lessen impact of ContiTech hose unit restructuring

Added: 25 Mar 2024

German job cuts reduced from around 900 initially planned to just over 640 redundancies

Zeon files lawsuit against Chinese battery materials manufacturer

Added: 25 Mar 2024

Case against Shenzhen Haodyne Technology Co. Ltd seeks damages and an injunction against the disclo…