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Toyoda Gosei restructuring China operation, focusing on electrification

Added: 1 May 2025

Group reports decline in annual sales, earnings due to lower automotive production

Wacker reports 33% growth in silicones earnings

Added: 1 May 2025

Speciality products mainly drive higher sales at the German chemicals supplier

Pirelli to sell Nordic tire retail arm to CTS

Added: 1 May 2025

Enters long-term partnership with CTS to increase supply of Pirelli tires in northern Europe

German rubber industry calls for ‘immediate economic policy shift’

Added: 1 May 2025

WDK holds 'rubber industry day' in Berlin, where it urges government to support SMEs

ZC Rubber investing €215m to double capacity at 5G tire factory

Added: 30 Apr 2025

‘Future Factory’ in Hangzhou, China, was inaugurated in late 2023 and has capacity to produce 10m P…

ExxonMobil eyes “significant” cost-cutting amid Covid-19 outbreak

Tariffs 'could hit profitability' of US petchems, rubber producers'

Added: 30 Apr 2025

Hyde: Trade wars threaten to undermine current 'golden era' for US petrochemicals industry…

Michelin taps Thales technology to scale software business

Added: 30 Apr 2025

Allows French group to license and manage software products, protect intellectual property

Brussels  – Natural rubber has been included on the EU’s ‘critical raw material list’, the European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has reported.

Sumitomo Riko offers new insights into behaviour of natural rubber

Added: 30 Apr 2025

Joint study explores the effects of metabolites and other components on the material properties of …

Dow announces “high-return” expansions in silicones business

Dow extends European asset review to further reduce spending

Added: 30 Apr 2025

US chemicals major studying three more upstream sites in addition to previously announced PU assets…

Kraton buying Arizona Chemical for $1.4bn

Kraton raises synthetic elastomer prices in response to tariffs

Added: 30 Apr 2025

Undisclosed price hike to apply to North American market, effecitve 1 May

EU new car demand drops 2% in first quarter

Added: 30 Apr 2025

But BEV market share grows to more than 15% of overall market

Pirelli “contains” Covid effects, further cuts sales outlook 

Pirelli ends Sinochem's 'control' to safeguard US market position

Added: 29 Apr 2025

Major Chinese shareholder expresses "deep disappointment and firm opposition" to the vote

Continental to discontinue tire production at Malaysian plant

Added: 29 Apr 2025

Group to end passenger car/motorcycle tire manufacturing at Alor Setar factory by yearend 

China opens natural rubber R&D centre

Rubber futures remain under pressure amid light trading

Added: 29 Apr 2025

“Recent sharp downturn in prices has left many traders hesitant,” according to JPX

LD Carbon opens Korea's “first and largest” waste tire pyrolysis plant

Added: 29 Apr 2025

Company looking to establish overseas factories, enter Asian market in "near future"

Price adjustments, weaker yen drive Zeon elastomers' earnings growth

Added: 29 Apr 2025

Business division continued to face headwinds from rising raw material prices, higher shipping costs

Linglong unveils €1bn tire plant project in Brazil

Added: 28 Apr 2025

Ponta Grossa facility to have production capacity of 14.7 million high-performance radial tires

Hexpol announces structural changes amid lower first quarter earnings

Added: 28 Apr 2025

Swedish group reports lower profits but 'unaffected' by tariffs in first quarter

Apollo Vredestein expanding farm tire production in Europe

Apollo to end tire production at Dutch plant

Added: 28 Apr 2025

Enschede unit closing due to “macro-economic disruptions, steep increases in costs, decline in dema…

Jinyu completes Vietnam tire project

Added: 28 Apr 2025

Chinese tire maker returns to passenger car tire market with capacity to produce 10m units/year