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Rubber & tire industry in numbers

Added: 8 Jan 2026

Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

Trelleborg restarting operations at Chinese facilities

Trelleborg expands silicone tooling expertise with Austrian acquisition

Added: 8 Jan 2026

Finalises deal to buy tooling, automation specialist Nexus Elastomer Molds

Metso to build rubber products plant in China

Added: 8 Jan 2026

New Quzhou facility to supply rubber and Poly-Met wear parts for mining and aggregates customers

Toyoda Gosei combines rubber units in major restructuring

Added: 8 Jan 2026

Process to strengthen collaboration between development, production engineering and automotive busi…

ERJ Business Briefing

Added: 8 Jan 2026

VCI data... Guangxi grows... Prysmian-Versalis recycling... Mutares' Sabic deal… Chemours PFAS webi…

Leading the way: Comerio Ercole

Added: 8 Jan 2026

ERJ's new spotlight on companies shaping the future of the rubber & tire industry

ERJ Sustainability News Tracker 2026

Added: 8 Jan 2026

Regularly updated listing of sustainability data, ratings, certifications and awards in the global …

Michelin 'uncertain' as tariffs, volumes weigh on 2025 results

Added: 8 Jan 2026

French group flags up increasing impact of dip in N American markets, trade barriers at investor ro…

UPM rolls out first commercial product at German biorefinery

Added: 8 Jan 2026

Leuna facility begins industrial sugar output as ramp-up continues

Shandong helps tire companies affected by US anti-dumping probe

China extends duties on EPDM imports from EU, US, South Korea

Added: 8 Jan 2026

Terminates dumping duties on imports of the rubber products from the UK

Cooper Standard closing Ohio automotive parts production plant

Added: 8 Jan 2026

Factory closure, planned for mid-2027, to impact 228 employees

KM trims auto interior process down to 40 seconds

Added: 8 Jan 2026

Robotic assembly operations include fitting rubber sealing clips to composite parts

Korean court cuts prison sentence for Hankook chairman

Added: 8 Jan 2026

Seoul-based tire maker “to take action in accordance with due process”

China’s Haian Group to lead €500m Russia OTR tire project

Added: 7 Jan 2026

Recently listed tire maker sees rising demand in Russia after international brands’ exit

China opens natural rubber R&D centre

Natural rubber futures remain rangebound in subdued trading

Added: 7 Jan 2026

Holiday period weighs on volumes as Chinese exchanges see long liquidation

EU-funded project develops bio-rubber from birch bark

Added: 7 Jan 2026

Project conducted by Reselo can provide ‘scalable alternative’ to fossil-based, plantation-derived …

Michelin grows non-tire operations with two US acquisitions

Added: 7 Jan 2026

French group to introduce dedicated reporting segment as Polymer Composite Solutions reach “materia…

Mutares completes acquisition of rubber parts makers in China

Added: 7 Jan 2026

Two Taicang-based rubber sealing and hose makers to be incorporated in Amaneos China portfolio

ERJ Tire Tracker - News, developments, fitments

Added: 7 Jan 2026

Dunlop fits new RAV4… YRS taxi TMS… YRC / Lexus RZ… Nokian Romania milestone… Bridgestone Americas …

Guizhou Tyre expanding engineering tire capacity

Guizhou unveils plans for $300m Morocco tire factory

Added: 6 Jan 2026

Facility to produce 6m units of passenger car tire per year