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Orion rubber black volumes fall amid low-cost tire imports

Added: 12 Nov 2024

Group says addressing high imports in 2025 strategy, expects potential upsides from increased tarif…

Hankook earnings fall on lower sales in key markets

Hankook commercialises ELT-based carbon black in tire production

Added: 12 Nov 2024

New development result of Hankook’s ‘tire-to-tire’ collaboration with 12 other Korean companies

The conveyor belt is already in use, connecting a limestone mine in south eastern Brazil with a cement plant owned by LafargeHolcim, the world’s largest producer of construction materials.

Semperit increases nine-month earnings despite lower sales

Added: 12 Nov 2024

Austrian industrial elastomer products group confirms earnings guidance of €80m for 2024

Romanian government granting €100m state aid to Nokian Tyres

Added: 12 Nov 2024

Funding provided following authorisation of the European Commission earlier in August

NHTSA grants Conti tires non-compliance petition

Conti confirms ‘Tires’ outlook, lowers ContiTech guidance

Added: 11 Nov 2024

Hanover group's tire-making segment reports strong Q3, with earnings up 9.4% year-on-year... 

Halcyon Agri in €28m deal to acquire RCMA’s polymer business

Natural rubber futures strengthen amid global equity gains

Added: 11 Nov 2024

Commodity prices up across major Far East markets amid equity-surge on US election result...

EC approves Pirelli takeover

High-value tire sales keep Pirelli on-track

Added: 11 Nov 2024

Italy-based group posts "solid operating performance" despite difficult business environment...

US postpones Indian OTR anti-dumping ruling

Bridgestone investing $85 million in Indian manufacturing sites

Added: 11 Nov 2024

Capex programme to increase passenger car tire production at facilities in Pune, Indore...

Falken factory-fit for Audi Q3, Toyota Corolla

Sumitomo Rubber posts big increase in nine-month earnings

Added: 11 Nov 2024

Business profit up 47% but steep decline in operating result linked to planned US factory closure..…

Sodium hydroxide is a staple of the chemical industry

Ansell hybrid gloves offer ‘one-for-all’ chemical protection

Added: 11 Nov 2024

End-users can “rely on a singular product solution, even in the presence of multiple chemical hazar…

Tire rubber sales contribute to Asahi gains

ERJ Tire Tracker: September/October

Added: 10 Nov 2024

Nexen fitments, virtual R&D... Brabus / Conti... Bridgestone launch...  Pirelli recall... Ferrari /…

Sumitomo targets 'rubber & beyond' in new corporate philosophy

Sumitomo Rubber to close US tire manufacturing plant

Added: 8 Nov 2024

Tonowanda, New York-based unit employs 1,555 people, making tires for cars, motorbikes, trucks and …

Michelin targets zero CO2 emissions at all plants

Union calls for strike against Michelin factory closure plans

Added: 8 Nov 2024

CGT Michelin announces ‘unlimited strike’ and rally outside Cambaude plant

Rubber & tire industry in numbers

Added: 8 Nov 2024

Review of the key figures and data to emerge this week from leading players in the global industrie…

Industrial parts maker igus rolls out ocean-waste bike

Added: 8 Nov 2024

Launches world tour with bicycle incorporating 50% plastics recycled from discarded fishing nets

Southeast Asian market driven by glove dipping industry

Showa Glove opens "Japan's largest" nitrile gloves plant

Added: 8 Nov 2024

Production facility with 3.6m units per day capacity to cover 6% of domestic consumption

Report: ChemChina rules out Kumho purchase

Kumho Tires names new European head amid executive reshuffle

Added: 8 Nov 2024

Carries out 14 executive changes, including introduction of two new VPs and two managing directors

Birla Carbon renames entities globally

Birla Carbon to build $1bn synthetic graphite plant in US

Added: 8 Nov 2024

Factory in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, to supply ‘anode active materials’ for batteries

Freudenberg-NOK acquires US seals aftermarket company

Added: 8 Nov 2024

Florida-based Seal Aftermarket Products to be integrated into Corteco division

Biesterfeld to distribute Polytek rubber materials in Europe

Added: 8 Nov 2024

Portfolio to include range of mouldable silicones, polyurethanes, latex and thermoplastic elastomer…