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US tariffs to have 'limited impact' on global tire industry
Added: 25 Apr 2025
Industry analyst: Any relocation of production is going to take years to develop...

Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 25 Apr 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

ETRMA provides input on REACH regulation simplification
Added: 25 Apr 2025
Calls for “regulatory coherence, proportionality, and predictability to support industrial competit…

IISRP announces president-international for 2025-26
Added: 25 Apr 2025
Douglas Wilson of LYC Elastomers replaces Zhuang Yi of Sinopec as leader of global synthetic rubber…

Kumho considering Poland, Serbia, Portugal for European tire factory
Added: 24 Apr 2025
South Korean company to make decision on location after review of geopolitical, trade factors

ZC Rubber ‘tracking impact’ of US trade tariffs
Added: 24 Apr 2025
“Not in a position to comment” on recently launched project to establish tire plant in Mexico
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Hutchinson develops 'recycled-content' elastomer seals for European automotive major
Added: 24 Apr 2025
Seals in industrial production for use in vehicles to be produced in 2026

Klean Industries taps Yokogawa AI, automation to enhance resource recovery
Added: 24 Apr 2025
Collaboration aimed at enhancing Klean’s pyrolysis and gasification systems

Pirelli progresses Saudi tire plant project
Added: 23 Apr 2025
Bidders took part in tendering process for construction of €480m tire manufacturing facility

Michelin wary of “complex, potentially misleading” mass-balance claims
Added: 23 Apr 2025
Emphasis on stating actual sustainable tire-material content, clarity for end consumers

Chinese group unveils 120ktpa synthetic rubber project to support tire industry
Added: 23 Apr 2025
Zhejiang Jiahua Energy Chemical to invest €150m in production facility in eastern China

Vibracoustic develops air spring system for ‘premium electric pickup’
Added: 23 Apr 2025
System designed to manage heavy loads while improving comfort, ride quality, and vehicle range
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Shell completes sale of Singapore assets
Added: 23 Apr 2025
Sells energy & chemical park to a Chandra Asri-Glencore Asian JV

Goodyear announces $320m expansion plan at US factory
Added: 22 Apr 2025
Investment to increase production capacity at Lawton plant by 30%

ETRMA confirms departure of rubber industry associations
Added: 22 Apr 2025
General rubber goods members “chose to resign” from Brussels-based industry body

Rubber futures remain subdued as trade volumes decline
Added: 22 Apr 2025
"Traders remain cautious due to prevailing market uncertainties...."

Mesnac expects strong profit growth on robust overseas demand
Added: 22 Apr 2025
Strong overseas investment by Chinese tire makers drives rubber machinery business

Enviro chairman stepping down
Added: 22 Apr 2025
Alf Blomqvist declines re-election to chairman of the board ahead of AGM

Italian machinery makers see 'mixed signals' in overseas markets amid tariff pressure
Added: 22 Apr 2025
Amaplast reports declines in sales of plastics and rubber machinery to Europe, US

Chinese tire makers poised for period of "strong development"
Added: 17 Apr 2025
Sentury Tire leader lists drivers as including domestic expansion, intelligent manufacturing, globa…