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Rubber & Tire industry in Numbers

Added: 3 Jul 2026

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

EU chemicals industry shows 'fragile improvement' amid high costs

Added: 3 Jul 2026

Cefic reports business confidence improving but weak demand, high energy costs persist

Top Glove reports 64% rise in earnings on higher sales, ‘supply resilience’

Added: 3 Jul 2026

Gloves major says raw material sourcing and higher volumes supported third-quarter performance

Teknor Apex buys German compounder PTS

Chinese group plans rubber chemicals expansion

Added: 3 Jul 2026

Shandong project to substantially increase capacity for rubber additives

ACEA issues position on the Industrial Accelerator Act

Added: 3 Jul 2026

Supports measures, but automotive body warns about continuing “risk of hollowing out the EU industr…

Toyoda Gosei diversifies into space tech with investment in Japanese startup

Added: 3 Jul 2026

Japanese group backs ElevationSpace developing round-trip space transportation systems

India moves to raise duties on South Korean synthetic rubber 

India recommends anti-dumping duties on 6PPD rubber additive imports

Added: 2 Jul 2026

Producers from China, EU, South Korea and Thailand face duties of up to $930/tonne under five-year …

Solvay starts waste sand silica production in Asia

Added: 2 Jul 2026

Belgian supplier reports lower 2025 silica sales on weaker tire demand

Freudenberg buys Australian sealing solutions distributor

Freudenberg Sealing names new CEO

Added: 2 Jul 2026

Alexander Rozman succeeds Matthias Sckuhr, who joins Freudenberg group management board

Court approves Enviro's three-month reorganisation extension

Added: 2 Jul 2026

Waste tire pyrolysis company targets August restructuring plan with debt write-down proposal

Pirelli starts headhunting for new leader

Pirelli confirms $1bn US investment plan as Tronchetti claims leadership

Added: 1 Jul 2026

Initiative to expand production capacity in US, support growth in ‘high value’ and advance ‘Cyber T…

German tire industry rejects proposed CBAM extension to steel intermediates

Added: 1 Jul 2026

ReifenDeutschland warns proposal would raise production costs without preventing carbon leakage

SRI set to launch Dunlop tires in Europe as it targets early delivery of 2030 goals

Added: 1 Jul 2026

Japanese group highlights manufacturing upgrades, digitalisation and intellectual property as key g…

Pyrum's second German project regains momentum following early delays

Added: 1 Jul 2026

CEO says stable rCB production clears key hurdle as company advances expansion projects

Covestro plans new China MDI unit, studies second plant in UAE

Added: 1 Jul 2026

Chemical producer targets two 'world-scale' facilities as global demand outpaces capacity growth

IOM3 to hold conference on constitutive models for rubber

Added: 1 Jul 2026

Event to bring researchers and industry specialists to Oxford in September

China opens natural rubber R&D centre

Rubber futures register ‘sharpest weekly decline’ on strong supply, lower crude

Added: 30 Jun 2026

Bearish sentiment was further reinforced by broad sell-off in global equity markets

Zeon launches subscription-based R&D data platform for elastomers

Added: 30 Jun 2026

Initially launched in Japan, system intended to help rubber manufacturers centralise, use developme…

Genan expands in Germany with tire recycling acquisition

Added: 30 Jun 2026

Deal gives recycler access to Central and Eastern European markets

Michelin adds AI assistant to Connected Fleet platform

Added: 30 Jun 2026

New tool provides instant operational insights from fleet data and is available in UK, US and certa…