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Bekaert rubber reinforcement unit reports China recovery

Added: 24 May 2023

Additional strong growth in India offsets impact of lower volumes in Europe, North America

Essentially Rubber – Smart rugby ball

Added: 24 May 2023

Leading-edge designs and applications showing how elastomer materials...

Arlanxeo to build butadiene rubber plant in Saudi Arabia

Added: 23 May 2023

Scheduled for operation in 2027, facility to manufacture NdBR and LiBR...

Michelin investing €93m to expand rubber-track production

Added: 23 May 2023

US project to add 200 jobs and increase capacity for Camso-branded agricultural tracks 

ContiTech says will close Veyance deal by yearend

Continental sells Russian tire production plant

Added: 23 May 2023

With sale to S8 Capital, Conti becomes second major player to fully exit from tire-manufacture in R…

Tokai posts 89% lift in carbon black earnings

Added: 23 May 2023

Business unit benefited significantly "by capturing strong US demand”

Cabot opens Asia technology centre in Shanghai

University project targets nano-tech for fire-proof elastomers

Added: 23 May 2023

Flame-retarding nano-scale additives to address the “limitations” of the existing products in the m…

EC approves €117m investment aid for Nexen Czech plant

Nexen mulls €1bn tire plant project in North America

Added: 22 May 2023

Korean tire maker studying locations in eight southern states for planned production facility

Kopernik helping rubber farmers to cap lost yields 

Rubber futures rise in markets lacking direction

Added: 22 May 2023

JPX reports trading volumes “sharply” down versus the previous trading week

Michelin to supply truck tires to UK fleet management firm

UK extends China tire imports review deadline for NTDA members

Added: 22 May 2023

Trade agency grants more time for ‘meaningful observations and evidence to be submitted’

Kuraray raises elastomer prices for third time in 2017

Kuraray projects earnings-reverse at isoprene unit

Added: 22 May 2023

Production and market issues to impact C5-based chemicals and elastomers business

Bridgestone rolls out advanced EV tire

Added: 22 May 2023

Electric vehicle tire features 'PeakLife' technology said to enhance wear-resistance  

Malaysia electronics group forays into rubber gloves sector

Sumitomo Chemical to end SSBR production in Singapore, ‘exit EPDM’

Added: 19 May 2023

Move part of group-wide rationalisation plan to generate Yen25bn in profits

Bridgestone breaks ground on $60m expansion in US

Added: 19 May 2023

Project to see addition of mixing capacity, extra working days, at Texas tread rubber plant

DRAFT Report: CEAT mulling new tire factory in India

OEMs, speciality tires drive Ceat’s 30% growth

Added: 19 May 2023

Indian tire maker delivers record-high sales during fiscal year ended 31 March

GRI appoints new directors for Europe, other regions

Added: 19 May 2023

Giorgio Gramegna to take over as director for Europe; Simon Michael as director for MEA & South Ame…

Global rubber demand to recover in 2020

Kumho Petrochemical in link-up to create ‘bio-rubber' supply chain

Added: 18 May 2023

Partners with Japan's Idemitsu and Sumitomo Corp. to manufacture polymers based on bio-styrene mono…

Tires drive Yokohama's record sales, earnings

Yokohama Rubber revises up full year outlook on TWS acquisition

Added: 18 May 2023

Japanese tire & rubber group reports ‘record sales’ but a dip in earnings for first quarter

EU new-car sales fall 22% in June

EU new car registration up 17%

Added: 18 May 2023

All major markets, led by Spain, report growth during first four months

Michelin hydrogen fuel venture Symbio enters the US market

Stellantis to acquire ‘equal stake’ in fuel cell maker Symbio

Added: 18 May 2023

Initially launched by Michelin and Faureci, Symbio develops and manufactures automotive hydrogen fu…