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Sailun unveils $285m tire expansion project in Egypt
Added: 21 Apr 2026
Group targets addition of capacity to produce another 7 million units at Suez Canal facility

WDK: German supplier industry warns of “deep structural crisis”
Added: 21 Apr 2026
Pressures driving “new wave of globalisation in the supplier industry,” with companies increasingly…

NR futures slip as synthetic rubber, crude prices fall
Added: 21 Apr 2026
Major Far East markets witness ‘profit-taking and position adjustment trading’

SRI launches rubber seismic damper for compact housing
Added: 21 Apr 2026
New unit uses high-damping rubber and slimmer design to meet new building standards

Technology focus: Invisible air-con
Added: 21 Apr 2026
Toyoda Gosei innovation being used on instrument panels of the Toyota bZ7 model

Rubber hit as Middle East war drives supply chain pressures to three-year high
Added: 20 Apr 2026
GEP index shows shortages, stockpiling and transport costs surging amid energy shock

Pirelli lays out mitigation plan to address Middle East crisis
Added: 20 Apr 2026
Tire maker says tensions causing “great pressure” on energy, raw materials costs

Semperit expects first-quarter earnings to double
Added: 20 Apr 2026
Austrian group maintains full-year earnings forecast amid “increased uncertainties”

Kraiburg, SaarGummi develop automotive seals with recycled-content TPE
Added: 20 Apr 2026
Material based on Thermolast K range combines more than 50% recyclate with “unchanged performance”
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Rubber & Tire industry in numbers
Added: 17 Apr 2026
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

KraussMaffei sees "dynamic" growth in some tire machinery markets
Added: 17 Apr 2026
German group highlights opportunities in emerging markets and rising interest in retrofit solutions

Hexpol eyes rubber-compounds recovery amid automotive, energy transition
Added: 17 Apr 2026
Swedish-based group flags up growth in electrification, infrastructure and outsourcing demand

Doublestar completes acquisition of Kumho Tire
Added: 17 Apr 2026
Chinese tire maker now indirectly owns 45% of Kumho shares, addressing 'horizontal compeition' with…

ERJ Tire Tracker - News, developments, fitments
Added: 17 Apr 2026
Pirelli / Porsche 911... Laufenn / Skoda... YRC / Subaru… Bridgestone / Toyota supplier awards... P…

Will EUDR get off the ground this time?
Added: 17 Apr 2026
European Commission to deliver simplified version of previously unworkable proposals by 30 April
…Shin-Etsu raising silicone prices globally
Added: 17 Apr 2026
Japanese group cites Middle East conflict and impact on crude and naphtha prices

ERJ Sustainability Tracker 2026: Latest news & developments
Added: 16 Apr 2026
Synthos SSBR in 140m 2025 tires... Toyoda Gosei action plan... EcoVadis Platinum for Giti, Teijin A…

India's Nocil starts up rubber chemicals plant, approves €12m expansion
Added: 16 Apr 2026
Chemicals supplier boosts anti-degradants capacity for tires, industrial applications

WDK rejects automotive industry’s demands for price cuts as ‘reckless’
Added: 16 Apr 2026
German rubber industry association says car makers “now acting purely driven by costs”

Dispute continues between Enviro, Infiniteria over waste tire pyrolysis JV
Added: 16 Apr 2026
Infiniteria challenges validity of agreement terminations, signals €84m damages claim
