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Mesnac breaks ground on Cambodia tire & rubber machinery plant
Added: 3 Nov 2025
Project part of two Southeast Asian expansion programme announced last year

Cooper Standard raises sales, earnings
Added: 3 Nov 2025
Company expects “outstanding performance” to help it navigate temporary automotive disruptions
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Goodyear consolidates global aviation business
Added: 3 Nov 2025
US tire maker appoints Joe Burke as new VP to lead segment

Kraton streamlining elastomer production at French site
Added: 3 Nov 2025
To end HSBC production in Berre to focus solely on USBC products

IGBCE congress sets course for industrial policy reform
Added: 3 Nov 2025
German union calls for adjustments to EU emissions trading to protect energy-intensive industries

Bridgestone tires record strong results across winter, all-season and summer tests
Added: 3 Nov 2025
Auto Bild names tire maker joint winter tire 'manufacturer of the year'

Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 31 Oct 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

Wacker announces cost-cutting measures after weak third quarter
Added: 31 Oct 2025
German group's silicones business posts 20% decline in year-on-year earnings

Swedish, Norwegian tire recyclers in collection link-up
Added: 31 Oct 2025
Norway’s Norsk Dekkretur becomes ‘co-owner’ of Bon Orbit which will handle a combined volume of 150…

Elastomers for Sustainability Awards 2025
Added: 31 Oct 2025
Vote for the most important sustainability projects in the elastomer/rubber industry

ERJ Tire Tracker - News, developments, fitments
Added: 31 Oct 2025
Nokian smart tire... Toyo recall... Cooper EMEA goal... Pirelli Cyber V2X... Potenza six-pack… Hank…

Essentially Rubber – Innovation
Added: 31 Oct 2025
TG airbags for Honda Prelude... Hutchinson PFAS-free coating... Connected Rolex... Kraiburg TPE lig…

Nokian Tyres boosts earnings on pricing power as Romania ramp-up accelerates
Added: 30 Oct 2025
Finnish tire maker announces job cuts as part of performance-improvement measures
Elkem Silicones lifted by higher volumes, operational efficiencies
Added: 30 Oct 2025
Norwegian supplier expects to close sales process of division by first half of 2026

DESMA reports positive K2025, despite reduced sector presence
Added: 30 Oct 2025
Timely forum for presentation of new elastomer moulding technologies, but dip in number of related …

Trelleborg, Celanese develop CR-free automotive sealing boots
Added: 30 Oct 2025
Product developed in response to shift from chloroprene rubber to thermoplastic elastomers

ZC Rubber targets ‘fleet services’ in European growth strategy
Added: 30 Oct 2025
In 2024, more than 300k Westlake TBR tires were delivered to Europe, with estimated 2.5% market sha…

Toyo recalling 37k tires for potential tread separation defect
Added: 30 Oct 2025
Affected tires manufactured at facility in White, Georgia, earlier this year

Nokian Tyres launches ‘industry-first’ smart tire technology
Added: 30 Oct 2025
Sensor system enables tractor operators to directly track operating conditions, is also relevant to…

European industry warns of ‘deindustrialisation risk’ under current EU climate rules
Added: 30 Oct 2025
Letter follows Oxford Economics report which found sharp contraction in Europe’s chemicals base
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