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Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 18 Jul 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide
Union rejects Michelin’s “France 2030” talks
Added: 18 Jul 2025
CGT Michelin voices criticism over planned job cuts, demands transparency
Pirelli launches dealer-focused ESG certification programme
Added: 18 Jul 2025
Initiative to help tire dealers align with Pirelli's environmental, social and governance goals, ob…
Japanese trading group Hanwa invests in Thai tire pyrolysis business
Added: 18 Jul 2025
Pyro Energie has processing capacity of 100ktpa and obtained ISCC+ certification in 2023
EU project Promofer targets bio-PU from farm waste
Added: 18 Jul 2025
Aimplas-led initiative also developing PHBV bioplastics from starch and whey-based feedstocks
Sri Trang signs rubber research and training agreement in Thailand
Added: 18 Jul 2025
Partnership to develop products, reduce waste, and improve skills
Dynasol adds 20ktpa SSBR capacity in Spain
Added: 17 Jul 2025
Investment gives greater production flexibility, enables SSBR or SBS production as market needs evo…
Michelin warns of 'major Symbio impact' as Stellantis quits hydrogen mobility
Added: 17 Jul 2025
Exit will impact 80% of Symbio’s projected output, according to co-owners
German rubber industry calls for ‘first touch principle’ in EUDR
Added: 17 Jul 2025
WDK says documentation obligations risk turning EUDR into “yet another bureaucracy monster”
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Freudenberg develops new seals using “entirely simulation-based” process
Added: 17 Jul 2025
“Milestone” achieved through collaboration between FST, Freudenberg corporate research department
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Sinochem Equipment acquiring Yiyang rubber machinery maker
Added: 17 Jul 2025
Plans share issuance to fund transaction amid slower demand in core industries
Yokohama Rubber holds training for Thai natural rubber farmers
Added: 17 Jul 2025
Event in Surat Thani to improve quality and traceability of rubber
Sailun acquiring Bridgestone’s TBR tire plant in China
Added: 16 Jul 2025
Chinese group enters €30m deal to purchase Shenyang facility, idled since end of 2023
Parker expanding ‘electrification portfolio’ with $1bn purchase of Curtis Instruments
Added: 16 Jul 2025
Deal adds complementary control technologies for electric and hybrid vehicle applications
Can AI revolutionise carbon black manufacturing?
Added: 16 Jul 2025
Article by Birla Carbon president and CEO John Loudermilk exploring potential to enhance efficiency…
IKEA, Hainan Rubber investigate sustainable rubber wood in China
Added: 16 Jul 2025
Initiative, also involving WWF, explores forest conservation, ESG goals, and processing standards
ERJ Appointments Tracker
Added: 16 Jul 2025
New Michelin PCR boss… Forbo executive change… Covestro extends CTO contract... Goodyear IR exec...…
Zeon develops new hydrophilic polymer for winter tires
Added: 16 Jul 2025
Nipol BR1300 is synthesised using polybutadiene rubber as its structural base...
Natural rubber futures hold “firm” amid Southeast Asia flooding
Added: 15 Jul 2025
Stable trading in early July supported by weather concerns and hints of Chinese stimulus
Linglong claims top spot for new energy OE tire sales
Added: 15 Jul 2025
Chinese tire maker also named top passenger car tire seller in China in 2024
