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EU sets ‘first entry’ rule for EUDR, delays full rollout by a year
Added: 22 Oct 2025
Simplifies reporting rules, delays enforcement by a year for small operators

Hankook targets 50% sales growth backed by US, Europe capacity expansion
Added: 22 Oct 2025
Tire maker expanding TBR capacity by 40%, PC/LT by 6% over the next three years

Conti delivers ‘better-than-expected’ earnings as margin grows in tires, ContiTech
Added: 22 Oct 2025
Reduces costs, benefits from strong winter tire demand and restructuring gains

Bridgestone breaks ground on waste tire pyrolysis pilot plant
Added: 22 Oct 2025
Set for operation in 2027, facility is being constructed under partnership with Eneos Crop.

US infrastructure firm acquiring Liberty Tire Recycling
Added: 22 Oct 2025
With over 50 facilities in North America, Liberty processes 215m end-of-life tires per annum

Linglong rolls out “world's largest” tire at China plant
Added: 22 Oct 2025
Facility in Changchun produces “independently developed 59/80R63” Linglong-branded all-steel giant …

ContiTech investing $85m in new compounding centre at US hose, blet plant
Added: 21 Oct 2025
New facility will feature two mixing lines integrated with an automated warehouse

Rubber futures weaken on ‘steady supply’, slowing China growth
Added: 21 Oct 2025
Full-scale production across ASEAN weighs on sentiment, according to JPX

Ceat reports double-digit growth in sales, earnings
Added: 21 Oct 2025
Revenue supported by “healthy volume growth”, led by OEMs and international business

Syensqo launches ‘industry-first’ circular content fluoroelastomers
Added: 21 Oct 2025
Products manufactured from “recycled fluorine” at group’s production plant in Piedmont, Italy
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ERJ Business Briefing
Added: 21 Oct 2025
Denka BNNT startup… Cordian making Bosch spark plugs… Kumho Tire ISCC+... Liberty ownership... K202…

VDMA urges EU to renegotiate new US tariffs deal
Added: 21 Oct 2025
Machinery makers say additional 50% tariff on steel and aluminium content of products ‘detrimental’…

Marangoni Meccanica ends debt restructuring efforts, enters liquidation
Added: 21 Oct 2025
Ordinary Court of Rovereto accepts petitions for liquidation filed by Marangoni Meccanica, one of i…

Sumitomo Rubber progresses ‘sensing core’ production capability
Added: 20 Oct 2025
Achieves advanced process capability level within VDA standard for in-vehicle software development
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Novoloop in manufacturing deal with Huide to scale ‘upcycled TPU’ production
Added: 20 Oct 2025
Chemical process converts post-consumer polyethylene waste into “virgin-quality” polyols, PUs
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Mitsuboshi Belting expects electrification to drive business
Added: 20 Oct 2025
Sees higher demand for EPS and power-sports belts to offset ICE decline

Conti recalling 7k tires in US over potential tread defect
Added: 20 Oct 2025
Affected tires produced at Continental's manufacturing site in Sumter, South Carolina, in Oct 2024
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Venator in €60m deal to sell UK titanium dioxide plant to China’s LB Group
Added: 20 Oct 2025
Greatham site is transitioning into an idle state due to challenging market conditions

Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 17 Oct 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

Cenway launches consultation on 70ktpa butyl rubber expansion
Added: 17 Oct 2025
Project, with total investment of Yuan170m, to significantly raise capacity at Jiaxing site...