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Evonik signals divestment of C4 operations as part of portfolio restructuring
Added: 2 Jun 2025
Group to review strategic options for two biggest German infrastructure sites in Marl, Wesseling

Infiniteria secures full booking for recovered carbon black production
Added: 2 Jun 2025
Multi-year agreement with sealing systems manufacturer valued at over €9m

Michelin to support job creation after Cholet plant closure
Added: 2 Jun 2025
Commits €6.83 million over a three-year period to support creation of at least 947 jobs

EU new car registrations rebound in April
Added: 2 Jun 2025
But year-to-date figures remain 1.2% below previous year’s levels

Zeon wins battery binder IP infringement case in China
Added: 30 May 2025
Local court in Shenzhen rules in favour of Zeon in lawsuit against Shenzhen Haodyne Technology

Cambodia announces two new tire investments
Added: 30 May 2025
Projects include greenfield tire factory and expansion of an existing production site

Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 30 May 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

Harvard researchers develop crack-resistant natural rubber
Added: 30 May 2025
Newly developed rubber claimed to be 10 times tougher than conventional counterpart

Akwel sales drop 3% as global vehicle output slows
Added: 30 May 2025
Car production declined in most regions, except China and Japan, French supplier says

ERJ May/June 2025 issue now available
Added: 30 May 2025
New edition of European Rubber Journal magazine is now available in print and online

TSRC relocates Chinese rubber plant, announces €150m expansion project
Added: 29 May 2025
Company aims to add production capacity for 70ktpa of rubber at new facility in Nantong

Enviro renews tire pyrolysis oil supply agreement with US company
Added: 29 May 2025
Order accounts for 100% of annual of production of plant in Åsensbruk, Sweden

ContiTech launches integrated conveyor belt service at expanded Brazil plant
Added: 29 May 2025
Expansion is designed to ‘double, or even triple’ capacity in the coming years...

Aeolus Tyre eyes growth in South Africa, Australia with new subsidiaries
Added: 29 May 2025
New sales units to engage in wholesale of tires and conveyor belts with focus on off-road products

Denka reports flat chloroprene rubber volumes
Added: 29 May 2025
Elastomers and infrastructure segment delivers flat sales, narrows loss

BKT unveils €360m plan to enter new tire markets, add carbon black capacity
Added: 28 May 2025
Indian group to enter passenger car and commercial tire segments in India by end of next year

DATL reports cyberattack at UK operations
Added: 28 May 2025
Aircraft tire maker sees significant increase in earnings as aviation industry recovers

Evonik targets €1bn earnings boost by 2027 under new strategy
Added: 28 May 2025
Capacity optimisation and cost-cutting initiatives, including in silica division, to drive earnings…

New Zeon investment to support carbon nanotube scale-up
Added: 28 May 2025
Japanese group backs Taiwan-based SiAT to expand battery paste production

Wacker providing carbon footprint data for all products
Added: 28 May 2025
German group says data reflects real material consumption rates, not chemical formulations