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NR supply deficit fails to rekindle market

Natural rubber futures pull back after early September rally

Added: 16 Sep 2025

‘Profit-taking and long liquidation’ weigh on Far East exchanges while sentiment remains supported

Venezuela announces $30m investment to revive 'national tire plant'

Added: 16 Sep 2025

Strategic partnership with international investors aims to triple tire production within 12 months

China’s Fushun Petrochemical starts up oil-extended SBR production

Added: 16 Sep 2025

CNPC subsidiary achieves ‘breakthrough’ following 2023 programme to develop in-house process oils

European demand buoys Synthos synthetic rubber business

Kisuma presents additive supporting fluorine rubber alternatives

Added: 16 Sep 2025

Hydrotalcite-like additive can ‘significantly enhance’ resistance properties of chloroprene, epichl…

ERJ Business Briefing

Added: 16 Sep 2025

Ineos chloromethane halt... Sailun Egypt plant... Kolon recycling military waste… Sumitomo Riko ope…

Smiley Monroe opening conveyor belt plant in US

Smiley Monroe opens conveyor belt depot in UK Midlands

Added: 16 Sep 2025

New base in Ilkeston, Derbyshire will offer full conveyor belt rolls and cut lengths

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Added: 16 Sep 2025

New Kordsa CEO... Michelin MENA boss… Hankook UK appoints... Forbo names new CEO... Nokian SVP… Bri…

Sinopec subsidiaries to form €100m elastomer JV

Sinopec enters construction phase for 200ktpa synthetic rubber plant

Added: 15 Sep 2025

Chinese chemicals major announces first tender offer for foundation works at Tianjin facility

Aston Martin adopting Pirelli's ‘cyber tire’ technology

Added: 15 Sep 2025

Co-developed with Bosch, system enables addition of integrated functionalities into vehicle’s elect…

Cray Valley inks supply deal with Conti for cooking oil-based resins

Added: 15 Sep 2025

TotalEnergies’ affiliate to provide sustainable resins for application in tire rubber

Sailun breaks ground on new tire plant in Egypt

Added: 15 Sep 2025

Facility to “significantly enhance Sailun’s global supply chain efficiency and market responsivenes…

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Safic-Alcan extends silicone elastomer distribution deal with Momentive

Added: 15 Sep 2025

Agreement will give rights for LSR, HCR and ready-to-use compounds in France, eastern Europe

ERJ Tire Tracker - News, developments, fitments

Added: 15 Sep 2025

YRC powers Extreme H… Giti / BMW… Linglong adds van tire… Conti / GM EVs... Uber EV tire deal... Vi…

Rubber & tire industry in numbers

Added: 12 Sep 2025

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

Rubber shares tracker: Ups & downs

German rubber industry posts across-the-board declines

Added: 12 Sep 2025

WDK reports “deep red figures in all areas of the domestic market of the rubber industry”

Standard Profil gains approval for deal with creditors

Added: 12 Sep 2025

Europe's 'second largest automotive sealing systems with sales of around €350m'

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JLR in second week of shutdown after cyber attack

Added: 12 Sep 2025

Production and retail activities “severely disrupted” as efforts to recover from 2 Sept incident co…

Michelin launches forest protection scheme in Inner Mongolia

Added: 12 Sep 2025

Initiative builds on pilot project last year, aims to restore wildlife habitats

Update: Tariff-hit Chinese tire makers to “intensify” EU trade

ETRMA backs “balanced" end-of-life vehicle recycling decision

Added: 11 Sep 2025

European Parliament vote strengthens “coherence, shielding operators from unnecessary regulatory ov…

ContiTech starts production at $90m hydraulic hose plant in Mexico

Added: 11 Sep 2025

Facility in Aguascalientes to strengthen local supply chain, support growth in Americas