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ERJ Future Tire & Rubber Innovation Awards 2024

Added: 29 Nov 2023

New event to recognise advances and developments that significantly enhance the performance and sus…

Michelin announces plant closures in Germany, loss of 1,532 jobs

Added: 29 Nov 2023

Closing production sites in Karlsruhe, Trier, Homburg, relocating customer support centre to Poland…

German union “not giving up” on Michelin sites

Added: 29 Nov 2023

IGBCE calls for strategies to avoid French group's “shock” closures and relocation plan

Sumitomo Riko building rubber components plant in Japan

Added: 29 Nov 2023

New facility to manufacture antivibration systems for railway vehicles, parts for engineering and c…

Industry group shares 15 years of tire particle research for free

Tire industry CEOs commit to new sustainability plan

Added: 29 Nov 2023

Two-year TIP workplan to address emissions and ELT processing, enhance circularity & sustainability…

Pyrum trims sales forecast on lower volumes

Added: 29 Nov 2023

Nine-month results influenced by high level of investment in flagship factory, increase in personne…

US hose reinforcement supplier acquires Intercord Thüringen

Tire & rubber reinforcement maker expanding operations

Added: 29 Nov 2023

Beaver to more than double scale of current reinforcement manufacturing facility in Mexico

Trelleborg divests UK offshore oil & gas unit

Trelleborg divesting US offshore oil & gas operation

Added: 29 Nov 2023

Swedish group divested majority of oil & gas operations in 2021

Opinion: Step up to the platform

VMI parent group reports strong tire segment performance

Added: 28 Nov 2023

TKH links third quarter gains to "easing of component shortages and a continued strong order book..…

Update: Synthetic rubber pricing data

Added: 28 Nov 2023

Weekly data compiled by ChemAnalyst based on selected commodity trading activity in Europe

New SRI tech centre to track chemical reactions in rubber

Added: 28 Nov 2023

Sumitomo Rubber Industries' unit to make use of 'soft x-rays' from high-intensity synchrotron facil…

Trelleborg expanding test capabilities for hydrogen industry

Added: 28 Nov 2023

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions constructing new testing lab in US to support hydrogen value-chain

Monolith set to go green with carbon black

Monolith appoints former Orion project leader as new COO

Added: 28 Nov 2023

Russell Webb to oversee carbon black manufacturer's expansion and scalability plans

Essentially Rubber: From airbags to tote bags

Added: 28 Nov 2023

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

Washington – US president Donald Trump said he plans to impose steep tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, which would be one of his toughest actions yet to implement a hawkish trade agenda that risks antagonizing friends and foes alike.

Linglong shifting some TBR production from Thailand to Serbia

Added: 27 Nov 2023

Awaits US ruling on antidumping measures against truck & bus tires originating from Thailand

Semperit reports declines amid ‘difficult market environment’

Added: 27 Nov 2023

Austrian group repositions itself as elastomers specialist; streamlines activities

NR alternatives ‘not any time soon’

Rubber futures prices weaken as markets lack direction

Added: 27 Nov 2023

Most major Far East markets record week-on-week declines but physical buying increases

WDK: Germany rubber industry needs affordable energy, sensible chemicals regulation...

Added: 27 Nov 2023

“Politics and process-chain must contribute to survival of internationally, technologically leading…

AirBoss to produce respirators for US emergency agency

AirBoss narrows loss, increases target for costs-reduction

Added: 27 Nov 2023

Canadian group links dip in volume-demand to impact of labour strikes on automotive OEM production …

Tire Tracker November: Fitments, testing, innovations

Added: 26 Nov 2023

Hankook, Nissan continue OE partnership... Conti tires on Iveco all-electric vans... Bridgestone wi…