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NR demand, production grow amid low prices

ANRPC cuts 2026 natural rubber supply forecast

Added: 1 Oct 2026

Association now expects 0.6% production growth as Indonesian, Malaysian output declines

Top Glove profits dip despite strong Q4

Global rubber glove demand forecast to exceed 400bn units in 2026

Added: 1 Oct 2026

Malaysian exports generate more than RM7bn in first half of year

Synthomer lowers business outlook on SBR weakness

Mutares completes acquisition of Synthomer Czech acrylates business

Added: 1 Oct 2026

Deal transfers Sokolov operation as Synthomer continues shift towards speciality chemicals

Enviro secures further restructuring extension

Added: 1 Oct 2026

Swedish tire recycler given until late November to progress reorganisation plan

Conti selling Australian retail chain to Chinese group

Added: 1 Oct 2026

Tuhu to acquire 280 stores as Continental narrows focus on manufacturing tires

ERJ Business Briefing - 2026

Added: 1 Oct 2026

RAG confirms BASF's Evonik takeover bid... Linglong expands MEA presence... Ineos welcomes PVC prob…

ERJ Sustainability Tracker - 2026

Added: 1 Oct 2026

Dunlop targets NR sustainability... Covestro launches lower-carbon pMDI... YRC NR award... Ineos CO…

Enviro to supply rCB for ‘customer-specific’ Trelleborg rubber compound 

India, China lead as largest EU carbon black suppliers after Russia sanctions

Added: 30 Sep 2026

Tyres Europe report identifies ‘modest risk of harmful interruption' in synthetic rubber supply 

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Italy imposes ‘golden power’ safeguards on Pirelli defence project

Added: 30 Sep 2026

Measures cover ‘cyber tire-linked’ development of remote-controlled rescue vehicles with Abet HTS

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Wanli updates IPO prospectus as Malaysia investment gathers pace

Added: 30 Sep 2026

Chinese tire maker reports double-digit sales volume growth in 2025 amid overseas expansion

Axens selected for US tire pyrolysis oil upgrading project

Added: 30 Sep 2026

Project to produce low-sulphur fuel from end-of-life tire pyrolysis oil

Solvay silica sales decline amid unfavourable regional mix

Added: 30 Sep 2026

First-half revenue decrease mainly attributed to lower tire volumes 

ERJ Tire Tracker - 2026

Added: 30 Sep 2026

Conti / Porsche... Trial for tire-friction sensors… Nexen / Kia... Hankook/Schmitz Cargobull… ZC Ru…

Natural rubber prices fall sharply as oversupply looms

Rubber futures hit ‘multi-year highs’ on Middle East tensions

Added: 29 Sep 2026

Strong physical demand, weather-related supply concerns and high crude prices support markets

Yokohama, Bridgestone to hike truck tire prices in US 

US launches labour review of Yokohama Mexico tire plant

Added: 29 Sep 2026

Authorities "suspend liquidation of all entries of goods from the Yokohama facility until further n…

US postpones Indian OTR anti-dumping ruling

India moves to further raise Chinese insoluble sulphur duties

Added: 29 Sep 2026

DGTR recommends increasing anti-dumping duty following anti-absorption review

Belt-makers eke out growth amid slowing markets

ContiTech taps Bolder rCB for conveyor belt production

Added: 29 Sep 2026

German manufacturer adopts recovered carbon black at “commercial scale” across Americas operations

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Biotech platform opens at Michelin innovation site

Added: 29 Sep 2026

Facility to explore industrial-scale production of bio-based molecules, materials

Automotive market bouncing back "quicker than expected" in US

Tyres Europe highlights ‘critical importance’ of tire industry to EU

Added: 28 Sep 2026

Study by Oxford Economics reveals EU tire production supports €570bn economic footprint

Sinopec synthetic rubber output falls 17% in first half

Added: 28 Sep 2026

Chinese petrochemicals major reports higher selling prices as chemicals business narrows losses