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Sumitomo Rubber progresses ‘sensing core’ production capability
Added: 20 Oct 2025
Achieves advanced process capability level within VDA standard for in-vehicle software development
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Novoloop in manufacturing deal with Huide to scale ‘upcycled TPU’ production
Added: 20 Oct 2025
Chemical process converts post-consumer polyethylene waste into “virgin-quality” polyols, PUs
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Mitsuboshi Belting expects electrification to drive business
Added: 20 Oct 2025
Sees higher demand for EPS and power-sports belts to offset ICE decline

Conti recalling 7k tires in US over potential tread defect
Added: 20 Oct 2025
Affected tires produced at Continental's manufacturing site in Sumter, South Carolina, in Oct 2024
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Venator in €60m deal to sell UK titanium dioxide plant to China’s LB Group
Added: 20 Oct 2025
Greatham site is transitioning into an idle state due to challenging market conditions

Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 17 Oct 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

Cenway launches consultation on 70ktpa butyl rubber expansion
Added: 17 Oct 2025
Project, with total investment of Yuan170m, to significantly raise capacity at Jiaxing site...

Pyrum set to break ground on second German tire pyrolysis plant
Added: 17 Oct 2025
New Perl-Besch facility to more than double company’s recycling capacity to 22ktpa

Zeon IoT platform to deliver efficiencies across smart factory sites
Added: 17 Oct 2025
Communication environment “internally accessible yet isolated from external networks”

Toyoda Gosei high-pressure hydrogen tank used on large trucks
Added: 17 Oct 2025
Group contributes polymer expertise and moulding technology in development of tanks

ETRMA set to issue update about association
Added: 16 Oct 2025
Industry body still listed as 'the voice of the tire and rubber goods producers to EU institutions.…

China's Luxi Chemical unveils 100ktpa silicone deep-processing project
Added: 16 Oct 2025
Facility to support 400ktpa organosilicon project which began operation in March

First giant tire rolls off new line at Aeolus plant
Added: 16 Oct 2025
New milestone reached with production of 45/65R45 tire intended for 20-tonne loaders

Parker completes $1bn acquisition of Curtis Instruments
Added: 16 Oct 2025
Deal adds complementary control systems, hydraulic and pneumatic technologies

ERJ Tire Tracker - News, developments, fitments
Added: 16 Oct 2025
Kumho / Auto Bild… Aeolus-Maersk deal… Nexen / Kia... Pirelli / Cinturato Winter 3... Pirelli Scorp…

Triangle Tire to expand business scope, scrap supervisory board
Added: 16 Oct 2025
New business scope to also include machinery & electrical equipment development, auto parts manufac…

Michelin cuts 2025 outlook amid “chaotic business context”
Added: 15 Oct 2025
North American weakness and softer currency weigh on group performance

Taiwan’s Hwa Fong Rubber to acquire ex-Sumitomo Rubber plant in US
Added: 15 Oct 2025
Intends to convert site to industrial park focus on automotive rubber parts, other components

Orion lowers earnings forecast as Western tire markets weigh on results
Added: 15 Oct 2025
New cost-saving measures planned for 2026 amid “lower-for-longer” industrial outlook

Euromap expects pick-up in rubber and plastics machinery demand
Added: 15 Oct 2025
European manufacturers remain focused on circular economy, digital transformation
