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Added: 2 Sep 2025

JLR cyber attack... Japan ethylene project...  Sinochem-Dongfeng link-up... Daikin FKM dip... Kurar…

Camso adds wheel loader tire lines

Michelin completes sale of Camso brand, Sri Lanka plants to Ceat

Added: 2 Sep 2025

Move marks Michelin’s exit from off-highway bias tire market with plans to end production in Poland…

World NR production drops in January, February

Rubber futures mixed as Chinese buying returns

Added: 2 Sep 2025

JPX cites ‘pickup in activity’ with concerns over raw materials and cup-lump prices

Nexen Tire opens R&D hub in South Korea

Nexen adds new hubs in Europe, Latin America, Middle East

Added: 2 Sep 2025

Korean tire maker sets out expansion strategy with new subsidiaries in Romania, Mexico, and Saudi A…

Chemours in link-up with SRF to supply fluoroelastomers in India

Added: 2 Sep 2025

US group to leverage SRF’s manufacturing capabilities to deliver 'reliable supply' of fluoropolymer…

North Sea offshore oil and gas

Trelleborg completes acquisition of sealing specialist in Singapore

Added: 2 Sep 2025

Masterseals specialises in sealing solutions for energy, industrial sectors

Marangoni marks opening of new Tuf Treads plant in Wales

Added: 2 Sep 2025

New facility signals return of Tuf Treads following a halt in production in 2022

Brazil local authority clears land use for Linglong/XBRI tire plant

Added: 1 Sep 2025

Law brings proposed site into Ponta Grossa urban perimeter for industrial use

Sumitomo Rubber to acquire US AI partner Viaduct

Added: 1 Sep 2025

Group to launch predictive maintenance service for fleets in North America in October

Toyoda Gosei to close China weatherstrip subsidiary

Added: 1 Sep 2025

Plant closure linked to declining output of Japanese car makers in the market

Bekaert to raise steel cord, bead wire prices in North Asia

Added: 1 Sep 2025

Costs ‘significantly increased’ due to rising raw materials prices, ‘impact of high temperatures’

Milan, Italy – Lotte Versalis Elastomers – a 50:50 joint venture between Versalis SpA and Lotte Chemical – officially started production in Yeosu, South Korea on 23 Nov, Versalis has announced.

Lotte books KRW18.8bn impairment loss on Versalis elastomers JV

Added: 1 Sep 2025

The business reports stronger first half compared to 2024 but remains in red

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Added: 1 Sep 2025

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Rubber & tire industry in numbers

Added: 29 Aug 2025

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

Saudi Arabia launches tire project with Chinese partner

Added: 29 Aug 2025

Sandstone tire project in Yanbu to produce 5 million units of tires per annum

PFAS update puts sealing products “under the spotlight”

Added: 29 Aug 2025

ESA: Door is open for solutions that support continued use in critical sealing applications

German rubber & plastics machinery makers on recovery track

VDMA calls for economic reforms in response to US tariffs

Added: 29 Aug 2025

Germany’s mechanical engineering industry facing “serious additional burdens” on its international …

Freudenberg targets fuel cell, battery technology with acquisitions

Essentially Rubber – Innovation

Added: 29 Aug 2025

Pay-by-Rolex with Rubber B... Kraiburg TPE light-up... FST addresses food-contact reg... TPE for CC…

ContiTech official notes changes in hose industry 

US company Regent acquiring ContiTech OESL unit

Added: 28 Aug 2025

Original Equipment Solutions produces hose lines and bearing elements for automotive industry

Ceat commits to invest $170m in Sri Lanka tire operations

Added: 28 Aug 2025

Agreement with board of investment described as one of the “largest recent investments” from India