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Chinese producers top synthetic rubber rankings

Added: 12 Oct 2026

IISRP ranks SinoChem, PetroChina as world’s two biggest SR makers in 2026

Zeon provides project update on delayed US expansion

Added: 12 Oct 2026

HNBR expansion project in the Texas has not yet commenced commercial operation

DATL taps osapiens to automate EUDR compliance for natural rubber supply

Added: 12 Oct 2026

AI platform to help tire maker ‘build a defensible EUDR due diligence process’

VMI opens service facility in Mexico

Added: 12 Oct 2026

New Leon site to support customers and expand local service capabilities

Momentive settles IP legal action against Qingdao Siltech

Momentive starts silane production in India

Added: 12 Oct 2026

Chennai facility to supply tire manufacturers in India, other IMEA and Asia-Pacific markets

ERJ Tire Tracker - 2026

Added: 12 Oct 2026

Michelin expands Ag tires... Conti / Porsche... Trial for tire-friction sensors… Nexen / Kia... Han…

ERJ Appointments Tracker - 2026

Added: 12 Oct 2026

New Schill+Seilacher CEO... Goodyear board chairman… Nexen Europe reorganises…  Peijnenburg joins T…

Rubber & Tire Industry in Numbers

Added: 9 Oct 2026

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

Sentury 'eyeing two US states' for new tire plant

Sentury unveils Turkish tire project to ‘circumvent’ trade barriers

Added: 9 Oct 2026

Chinese tire maker plans 7m-unit plant with Turkish distributor, targeting local OE supply, Europea…

Yokohama widens raw-material sourcing to cut production costs

Added: 9 Oct 2026

Japanese group targets emerging-market suppliers of rubber chemicals and metals

India’s Viaz targets year-end trials at new tire plant

Added: 9 Oct 2026

Automotive supplier progressing INR500–550m Gujarat investment as it moves into complete tire produ…

Michelin, Yokohama among those set to hike prices

Michelin UK reports higher profit despite lower sales

Added: 9 Oct 2026

Company says pricing, product mix and cost control lifted operating performance in 2025

ERJ Business Briefing - 2026

Added: 9 Oct 2026

TSR20 prices "very firm"... Linglong 'top brand'... Birla conductives... Wallace in Africa... BASF'…

Arlanxeo rolls out TrendMiner software to plants

Technology focus: New rubber filler

Added: 9 Oct 2026

ERJ spotlights leading-edge elastomer/rubber design, materials and manufacturing technologies

Nexen set to break ground on Czech plant

Nexen expands distribution network in Australia

Added: 9 Oct 2026

Fourth distribution centre opens in Western Australia as first-half revenue more than doubles in re…

Europe retains pole position in global tire rankings

Added: 8 Oct 2026

Annual ranking shows resilience of European-based tire makers in the face of growing overseas chall…

Hyosung plans North American advanced materials hub in Mexico

Added: 8 Oct 2026

Investment in San Luis Potosi set to begin in 2027, according to Korean manufacturer

Hose makers Balflex, NRP Jones combine US operations

Added: 8 Oct 2026

Move to create “a stronger hydraulics partner” for American customers

Enviro raises funds to support restructuring

Added: 8 Oct 2026

Waste tire pyrolysis company issuing 10m new shares to investor Alumni Capital 

Continental flags rise in German truck tire defects

Added: 8 Oct 2026

DEKRA data show defects increased 27% between 2020 and 2025