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Tire Tracker - SportContact for Audi RS 6
Added: 26 May 2023
Latest news on tire fitments, testing and related innovations...

SaarGummi opens new production plant in Poland
Added: 25 May 2023
Facility in Sedziszow Malopolski, southern Poland, manufactures both dynamic and static seals

Hankook, Kumho Petrochemical in 'eco-tire' link-up
Added: 25 May 2023
Korean companies sign MOU for production of tires with SSBR offering enhanced sustainability
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Italian rubber processor Oldrati expanding in Turkey
Added: 25 May 2023
Group opens second production plant, with focus on silicone-based materials

Michelin-Sumitomo group divesting 595 retail shops
Added: 25 May 2023
TBC Corp. divesting retail network to focus on wholesale, distribution and franchise businesses

Yokohama Rubber tackles counterfeit sellers in China
Added: 25 May 2023
Foshan authorities simultaneously raided five companies and seized the counterfeit aluminium wheels

Trelleborg to build marine products plant in Vietnam under restructuring plan
Added: 24 May 2023
Restructure will see closures in The Netherlands, Singapore, manufacturing concentrated in Vietnam …

Euro 7 costs '10 times higher than EC estimates'
Added: 24 May 2023
ACEA warns that Brussels is vastly underestimating cost of new emissions proposals for industry and…

Goodyear facing probe over labour practices in Mexico
Added: 24 May 2023
Allegations of “obstructing worker freedom of association and right to collective bargaining...”
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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

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”

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…

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

Rubber futures rise in markets lacking direction
Added: 22 May 2023
JPX reports trading volumes “sharply” down versus the previous trading week

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’
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Kuraray projects earnings-reverse at isoprene unit
Added: 22 May 2023
Production and market issues to impact C5-based chemicals and elastomers business