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Hankook rolls out ISCC+ tires for new Porsche EV
Added: 28 May 2024
South Korean tire maker starts series production of tires with 45% sustainable content in Hungary

Hutchinson develops elastomer for sealing EV heat pumps
Added: 28 May 2024
New material developed for VW, capable of withstanding operating constraints of refrigerant-grade C…

Automotive majors ‘certify’ Linglong’s European tire plant
Added: 28 May 2024
Serbian production facility gains approvals from Nissan, VW, Audi, Stellantis and truck manufacture…

Pyrum set to break ground on second German tire recycling plant
Added: 28 May 2024
Announces start of 'warm commissioning' on third production line at flagship facility in Dillingen
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HB Fuller acquires adhesives specialist ND Industries
Added: 28 May 2024
Takeover expands service and product offering in "fast-growing, high-margin” segments in CASE indus…

Pirelli investment levels 'sufficent' to meet high-value market demand
Added: 24 May 2024
High-value saturation rate running at about 95% compared to an overall rate of 90% across Italian t…

Tire pyrolysis company Circtec secures €150m funding for European plant
Added: 24 May 2024
Novo Holdings and AP Moller Holding back Circtec to build “Europe’s largest” ELT recycling plant
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Analysis: Rubber processors register challenging start to 2024
Added: 24 May 2024
Sales and earnings under pressure in first three months, review of results from major players shows…

US tire associations set up recycling foundation
Added: 24 May 2024
Initiative to secure funding for tire recycling-related research, education, intervention and demon…

EU new-car registrations jump on strong demand across all markets
Added: 24 May 2024
Combined share of petrol and diesel vehicles dropped to less than half the market, ACEA reports

Murata, Michelin in licence agreement for worldwide supply of RFID tags
Added: 23 May 2024
Companies have worked together on the development of ‘fourth-generation linkless RFID tag’ technolo…

Sailun breaks ground on “flexible factory” in Mexico
Added: 23 May 2024
Chinese tire maker's first production factory in North America estimated to cost around $240 millio…

Conti achieves CO2-neutral tire production at Portugal plant
Added: 23 May 2024
Facility in Lousado said to be manufacturing CO2-neutral tires since the beginning of the year

India announces dumping margins for rubber imported from Saudi, Russia, US, Singapore and China
Added: 23 May 2024
Hearing concerning imports of “isobutylene-isoprene rubber” to be held later this month, ahead of a…

Engineered products drive 9% earnings growth at Semperit
Added: 22 May 2024
Rubber products group now expects to fully divest gloves business three years ahead of schedule

Nexen increases revenue, earnings amid stable demand
Added: 22 May 2024
Korean-based tire maker ramping up European production to full capacity by 2025

Asahi Kasei raising synthetic rubber prices
Added: 22 May 2024
Japanese group says it is facing “significant increases” in repair, labour and logistics costs
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Dow adds new production line at German PU facility
Added: 22 May 2024
Project increases group's capacity for PU products 10-fold, targets battery-assembly applications
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Sumitomo Rubber starts soft x-ray study of tire materials
Added: 22 May 2024
Japanese tire & rubber group taps newly operational 3GeV high-intensity synchrotron radiation facil…

Nokian starts “change negotiations” at Finland tire factory
Added: 21 May 2024
Move to adapt heavy tire production to ‘market demand situation’ could impact 160 employees
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