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EU mandates registration of Chinese tire imports
Added: 26 Jan 2026
Move linked to ongoing anti-subsidy investigation; duties could be applied retroactively
Michelin starts production at Shanghai tire expansion project
Added: 26 Jan 2026
Phase II upgrade lifts capacity and targets high-performance, EV-focused tires
Ceat outlines tire capacity expansion plans at Indian factories
Added: 26 Jan 2026
Capex expected to rise to up to INR12 billion per year as volumes grow
Correction: Zhongding US to build new factory in Mexico
Added: 26 Jan 2026
Move part of global growth strategy of Chinese parent group Anhui Zhongding Group
AirBoss secures $8m Canadian defence order
Added: 26 Jan 2026
Low burden masks to be delivered through to early 2027 under long-running support contract
Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 23 Jan 2026
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide
Dunlop, Cabot in link-up for rCB use in tires
Added: 23 Jan 2026
Partners to evaluate mass-production use of pyrolysis-based material under circular economy push
Nokian launches concept tire with birch bark rubber
Added: 23 Jan 2026
Betula concept tire features 93% sustainable materials in the tread compound
Covestro starts production at new TPU site in China
Added: 23 Jan 2026
Zhuhai facility to produce 30ktpa of TPUs per annum in the first phase
Wevo launches LSR systems for textile coatings, sealing applications
Added: 23 Jan 2026
Materials enable “precise and automated manufacturing processes” using dispensing on textiles, plas…
Conti sees slight decline in full-year sales
Added: 22 Jan 2026
Tires margin expands in Q4, helped by cost-optimisation, positive mix effect
Michelin free cash flow exceeds forecast in 2025
Added: 22 Jan 2026
Group confirms segment operating income within previously announced range of €2.6bn – €3.0bn
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Lummus invests in InnoVent to advance global tire recycling operations
Added: 22 Jan 2026
Two companies previously collaborated on global deployment of InnoVent technology
MARGMA flags technology, high-value products as key to rubber revival
Added: 22 Jan 2026
Malaysian association sets out priorities as rubber sector faces risk of becoming ‘sunset industry’…
ERJ Appointments Tracker
Added: 22 Jan 2026
New Michelin CFO… ErlingKlinger COO… DATL names CCO... Greene Tweed appoints COO... Pirelli Japan P…
IRSG expects significant growth in rubber demand to 2032
Added: 21 Jan 2026
Tire production estimated to increase 1.5% per annum over next six years
Sailun marks commercial production at Indonesia tire plant
Added: 21 Jan 2026
Unit can produce 3.6m units of tires, and 37 kilotonnes of “off-highway products"
Chinese automotive supplier SHAC opens first European plant in Serbia
Added: 21 Jan 2026
Manufacturing facility in Novi Sad to supply to major OEMs including BMW
Chinese court initiates pre-restructuring at tire machinery maker Safe-Run
Added: 20 Jan 2026
Process involves employment of management trustee to take charge of day-to-day operations
Chinese supreme court upholds VMI trade secret ruling against Safe-Run
Added: 20 Jan 2026
Judgment upholds Hefei court ruling on Safe-Run trade secret infringement
