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German rubber sales up 3.5% despite lower tire volumes

WDK notes ‘immense pressure’ on German rubber industry

Added: 21 Sep 2023

Industry association reports declining production, capacity utilisation and employment 

India imposes anti-dumping duties against EU, Korea and Thai SBR

Update: Arlanxeo set to close 150ktpa butyl rubber plant

Added: 21 Sep 2023

Zwijndrecht facility victim to ‘cost rises and increased competition from low-cost countries’

Sumitomo Riko building R&D unit for anti-vibration rubber

Anvis moves to new location following Hanh acquisition

Added: 21 Sep 2023

Anvis Holding SAS was created as part of a management buyout from Sumitomo Riko 

Essentially Rubber: Energy efficiency hits the roof

Added: 21 Sep 2023

Leading-edge designs and applications showing how elastomer materials...

Belgian company raises funds for waste tire pyrolysis plant

Added: 21 Sep 2023

End-of-life tire pyrolysis plant in Liege to eventually process nearly 2.5 million tires per year

Tire Tracker: Hankook supplying tires for BYD’s T4K electric truck

Added: 21 Sep 2023

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Pirelli not bidding for WRC tire supply deal

Added: 21 Sep 2023

Italian tire maker concluding partnership as single supplier to World Rally Championship

EU new-car sales fall 22% in June

EU new car market expands 21% as EV demand grows

Added: 21 Sep 2023

New car registrations up 18% for first eight months of the year

Bridgestone on track with rubber-product expansions

Added: 20 Sep 2023

Hose, air springs and tracks projects part of restructuring programme within 'diversified products'…

Huntsman makes splash with liquid TPU 'first' for footwear

Added: 20 Sep 2023

Partners with Germany-based Framas Group for large-scale production of mid-soles

Update: UK's Royal Mail trials ENSO tires on electric vans

UK tire maker Enso a finalist in royal environmental awards

Added: 20 Sep 2023

London-based company shortlisted for ‘clean our air’ category in Earthshot Prize

Tire Tracker: Sailun brand value grows on new liquid mixing tech

Added: 20 Sep 2023

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ETRMA joins ‘urgent call’ to stimulate European auto industry

Added: 19 Sep 2023

Joint letter by automotive groups calls for "robust industrial strategy", scale-up of "zero emissio…

Cabot increases prices for speciality compounds globally

Tokai Carbon raising carbon black prices in North America

Added: 19 Sep 2023

Company cites increasing costs of production in the US for price hike

Mesnac advances internal mixing technologies

Added: 19 Sep 2023

Chinese tire & rubber machinery major rolls out new developments at RubberTech China in Shanghai

Biesterfeld to supply Denka acrylate rubbers

Denka notes 'stagnant demand' for chloroprene rubber

Added: 19 Sep 2023

Says fatal accident at Japanese plant had little impact on supply of CR materials

Tire Tracker: Giti secures first European EV fitment on VW ID. Buzz

Added: 19 Sep 2023

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Kopernik helping rubber farmers to cap lost yields 

Natural rubber futures mixed as prices consolidate

Added: 18 Sep 2023

Optimism in market for a “gradual economic recovery in China”, following recent interest-rate cut 

WDK leader sets out way forward for Germany’s rubber industry

Bridgestone announces first ‘carbon neutral’ tire plant

Added: 18 Sep 2023

Manufacturing site in Pune, India verified by assurance partner LRQA

Freudenberg sealing technology to protect EV electronics

Added: 18 Sep 2023

'Busbar overmould' design can reliably seal and prevent damage in oil-cooled electric motors