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Analyst expects rise in NR prices despite slower consumption growth

Malaysian natural rubber production declines in March

Added: 16 May 2024

Production falls 9.2% month-on-month and nearly 1% year-on-year, according to department of statist…

Industry awards set for Tire Cologne trade fair

Sponsored article: THE TIRE COLOGNE 2024

Added: 16 May 2024

Forward-looking event programme promotes the needs of the tire and wheel industry

Hankook outlines plans for Hanon Systems

Added: 15 May 2024

Chairman: South Korean group will “become a provider of crucial technology for the electric vehicle…

Orion links with RISE to produce renewable carbon black

Orion investing in tire pyrolysis company Alpha Carbone

Added: 15 May 2024

French company's ‘vapo-thermolysis’ process recovers synthetic gas, rCB and pyrolysis oil from scra…

Yokohama automotive A/C hoses resist new refrigerant

ETRMA joins tire data service organisation GDSO

Added: 15 May 2024

Move “underscores the European tire industry's commitment to driving technological advancement and …

MOL inaugurates €1.3bn polyols complex in Hungary

Added: 15 May 2024

Facility covers “the entire value chain from petroleum processing to polyol production”

European demand buoys Synthos synthetic rubber business

Ergon expands distribution deal with Nordmann

Added: 15 May 2024

Consolidates supply agreement across Baltic States, Benelux, DACH, France, Nordic countries, Serbia…

Sumitomo Rubber studying ‘rubber tree tissue culture' technique

Added: 15 May 2024

Joint research in Thailand examines yields from test tube technique compared to conventional grafti…

Goodyear extends tire, material research with Luxembourg university

Added: 15 May 2024

‘Second phase’ of collaboration aims to deliver solutions focused on digitalisation and sustainabil…

Yokohama Rubber to expand motorsports tire production in Japan

Added: 14 May 2024

“High market evaluation of Advan tires has led to a strong increase in orders… and chronic order ba…

Trelleborg to build aerospace sealing plant in Morocco

Added: 14 May 2024

Facility in Casablanca to serve ‘several customers’ in the country, meet global growth

China’s Long March to invest in Pakistan truck tire plant

Added: 14 May 2024

Major expansion project announced during meeting with Pakistani prime minister

Bridgestone sales up, operating income down in 2017

Bridgestone improves earnings, sales on strong currency tailwind

Added: 14 May 2024

Higher year-on-year results achieved despite a decline in volumes across most segments

Sumitomo Rubber increases earnings 190%, expects second-half spike in materials costs

Added: 14 May 2024

Japanese group anticipates higher costs to offset gains linked to depreciation of yen in first half

Michelin links tire plant closures to targeted growth plan

Added: 13 May 2024

Group intensifying focus on passenger car tire production, adjusting footprint to target higher-val…

Pirelli “contains” Covid effects, further cuts sales outlook 

Pirelli earnings rise on stable first quarter revenue

Added: 13 May 2024

Lower cost of materials, price/mix and volumes more than offset inflationary effects

China’s Sunsine expanding rubber accelerator capacity

China Sunsine expanding rubber chemicals production

Added: 13 May 2024

Group reports 8% growth in sales volume to rubber industry but revenue dropped 1% on lower selling …

R&D investment in US polymer sector grows 20%

Added: 13 May 2024

Five-year ‘innovation slump’ reversed as companies invest a total of $3.1 billion in R&D

Technology: Toyo develops AI-based model to estimate tire wear

SMMT calls for ‘next-generation’ incentive to decarbonise UK truck fleet

Added: 13 May 2024

Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders also calls for an infrastructure plan to support adoptio…

Avon Rubber reports robust demand for personal protection systems

Avon awarded €44m general service respirator contract by MoD

Added: 11 May 2024

CBRN respirators for all branches of the UK's armed forces to be supplied from Avon's Melksham faci…