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Yokohama Rubber posts record sales, earnings for 2022
Added: 24 Feb 2023
Gains linked to strong showing in off-road, 'high-value-added' car tire segments

Securing supply is the new challenge for European rubber industry
Added: 24 Feb 2023
‘To restore resilience, companies will need to consider a range of options to secure stable supplie…

Rubber markets mixed as wintering season begins
Added: 24 Feb 2023
Natural rubber futures register declines amid ‘bearish sentiment’

Doublestar plans to build greenfield tire factory in Cambodia
Shahrzad Pourriahi | Added: 23 Feb 2023
Move to promote localisation, “actively respond” to international trade tariffs on Chinese products…

Orion expects sharp rise in rubber blacks profit level
Shahrzad Pourriahi | Added: 23 Feb 2023
Carbon black supplier forecasts ‘tight’ supply in key markets throughout 2023

Synthetic rubber pricing data
Added: 23 Feb 2023
Weekly data compiled by ChemAnalyst based on selected commodity trading activity in Europe

How VMI is dealing with supply-chain pressures
Added: 23 Feb 2023
Leader explains Dutch-based tire & rubber machinery maker's approach to managing on-going challenge…

Pirelli: Bai Xinoing resigns from board of directors
Added: 23 Feb 2023
Will take up new professional responsibilities within parent group Sinochem

Yokohama Rubber on growth path with tire, industrial expansion plans
Added: 22 Feb 2023
Japanese group outlines main investment programme for 2023

Kuraray set to start operations at Thai isoprene products plant
Added: 22 Feb 2023
Output from JV facility to include elastomers based on hydrogenated stryenic block copolymers

Kumho Petrochemical rubbers gain 'ISCC Plus' certification
Added: 22 Feb 2023
Four synthetic rubber products for tires receive sustainability mark

Continental takes on co-chair of ‘Tire Industry Project’
Added: 22 Feb 2023
TIP is tire industry’s “most important global forum for sustainability”

EU deforestation law ‘could marginalise rubber growers’
Added: 22 Feb 2023
Rubber produced by smallholders could be relegated to second-tier market, warns leading consultancy

EU new car registrations increase 11% in January
Added: 22 Feb 2023
However, ACEA notes positive trend linked to low comparison-point of last year

Bridgestone curbs expectations after strong 2022
Added: 21 Feb 2023
Concern over factors such as currency movements, raw materials & feedstock pricing, global economic…

BKT eyes $2bn annual sales with flagship plant expansion
Added: 21 Feb 2023
Indian tire maker aims to increase overall production capacity to 600ktpa

China’s Zhejiang Petrochemical starts up 60ktpa rubber plant
Added: 21 Feb 2023
New SSBR facility in eastern China to support green tire industry

Rubber futures steady amid 'bearish sentiment'
Added: 21 Feb 2023
Far East markets depict mixed picture for natural rubber prices

Pirelli major shareholder denies mulling sale of stake
Added: 21 Feb 2023
Sinochem-owned Marco Polo International Italy holds over 37% of Pirelli shares

Sumitomo Rubber eyes new North America tire plant amid ‘transformation project’
Added: 20 Feb 2023
Japanese group says business profit decline driven by tire division