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US tire shipments likely to fall 18% in 2020

USTMA welcomes move to overturn EPA tire plant emissions rule

Added: 13 May 2025

Bipartisan measure reverses changes to the emissions rule for rubber tire manufacturing, finalised …

Sumitomo Rubber starts on-site hydrogen production at key Japanese tire plant

Added: 13 May 2025

Japanese group expects move to help cut CO2 emissions by 1ktpa at Shirakawa factory in Fukushima 

Top recognition for Michelin elastomers specialist

Added: 13 May 2025

Fauvarque Nuytten earns Pierre Faurre prize for development of patented polymer for fuel-efficient …

Sailun acquires controlling stake in East China proving ground

Added: 13 May 2025

Chinese tire manufacturer raises share in Anhui-based proving ground to 56.62%

Michelin opens first zero-emissions plant

All-season demand lifts European replacement car tire market

Added: 12 May 2025

Consumer volumes now “close to those reached in the first quarter of 2019, before the impact of the…

ERJ Brainteaser: July

Rising costs take toll on Hankook's first quarter earnings

Added: 12 May 2025

Korean group consolidates Hanon System in first quarter financial results

Orion expects new demand patterns amid trade ‘reordering’

Added: 12 May 2025

Rubber segment expected to benefit from trade tariffs despite weak Q1 performance

Sibur develops new rubber for winter tires

Added: 12 May 2025

Addition of new rubber, trialled by Ikon Tyres, marks '99% localisation' of tire industry...

Ennovi launches sealing technology for EV, hybrid drivetrain busbars

Added: 12 May 2025

Patent-pending system aims to prevent coolant leakage and reduce manufacturing steps

Goodyear suffers double-digit earnings drops, Q4 net loss

Goodyear reports Q1 reversals as rationalisation plan continues

Added: 9 May 2025

Weak quarter linked to lower volumes, cost of raw materials, inflation and unabsorbed fixed costs

Cabot "encouraged" by recovery in tire, auto industries

Cabot posts sales, earnings declines in reinforcement materials segment

Added: 9 May 2025

Group-wide, Cabot lowers expectations for demand "as customers adopt a more cautious posture around…

Rubber & tire industry in numbers

Added: 9 May 2025

ETRMA tires sales data... Q1 results: Conti, Cooper Standard, Nokian... Share prices trends... Rubb…

Tariffs throw uncertainty into Ceat’s US plans

Added: 9 May 2025

Ceat faces potential tariff impact through Camso acquisition and Sri Lankan production

US proposes 125% duty on General Science, drops review of nine Chinese tire exporters

Added: 9 May 2025

Department of Commerce proposes countervailing duty on passenger car/light truck tires by General S…

GPSNR tackling sustainability costs for smallholders

EU moves to simplify EUDR implementation

Added: 8 May 2025

Introduces set of measures that could cut administrative costs for businesses by 30%

Goodyear completes sale of Dunlop brand to Sumitomo Rubber

Added: 8 May 2025

Japanese group says will “strive to maximise the value” of Dunlop as its key global brand

Nexen Tire, LD Carbon sign long-term rCB supply agreement

Added: 8 May 2025

South Korean tire maker intends to use rCB across facilities in China, South Korea and Czech Republ…

Titan expands Goodyear licensing rights into new product segments

Added: 8 May 2025

US tire maker also renews Goodyear Far Tires licensing rights

Black Donuts set to open new tire R&D lab in Finland

Added: 8 May 2025

Services include compound development, material functionality testing, reverse engineering, and fai…

Trelleborg launches EPDM sealing range for potable water applications

Added: 8 May 2025

Sealing materials claimed to meet ‘all current applicable global standards’