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EU synthetic rubber output declines in early 2017

WDK warns about impact of high rubber materials costs

Added: 20 May 2024

German association says prices stabilising “at a level about 40% higher” than in pre-Covid years

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US opts to impose only limited tariffs on Thai truck tire imports

Added: 20 May 2024

Preliminary ruling: Prinx Chengshan receives no antidumping duties,  'all others' incur rate of 2.3…

Big three producers say “soft launch” for new NR market

Sri Trang ‘ready’ for European deforestation regulation

Added: 20 May 2024

Traceability systems and training activities in-place to support compliance ahead of implementation…

Nano- tech company Levidian, Avon Protection target EV tire wear

Added: 20 May 2024

UK-based ‘net-zero graphene’ producer calls on manufacturers to join forces on R&D

Toyo Tires moving to new HQ on 70th anniversary

Toyo Tires earnings up 78% despite dip in sales

Added: 17 May 2024

Japanese group reports higher earnings on lower costs, positive currency impact

Apollo responds to BSE question over Malaysian plan

Apollo Tyre profits rise 34% amid strong European performance

Added: 17 May 2024

Tracks impact of India's new extended producer responsibility requirements on profitability

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Top Glove eyes €1.6bn expansion, prepares to start new Vietnam factory

‘No immediate impact’ on Malaysian gloves industry as US hikes Chinese tariffs

Added: 17 May 2024

Some 35% of Malaysia’s rubber glove exports are to the US market, contributing €780m in 2023

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Sumitomo Rubber develops tire noise prediction technology

Added: 17 May 2024

Simulation technique combines separate data from tire vibration and vehicle for 'roadway noise'

Bridgestone starts nano-scale research on tire materials

Added: 17 May 2024

Japanese group will use 'soft x-rays' provided by the newly built NanoTerasu synchrotron radiation …

Tires drive Yokohama's record sales, earnings

Yokohama Rubber gains on TWS acquisition, lower costs, weaker yen

Added: 16 May 2024

Japanese group reports strongest first quarter results with earnings up 91% year-on-year

Halcyon Agri in €28m deal to acquire RCMA’s polymer business

Rubber markets ‘cautiously steady’ as trading picks up

Added: 16 May 2024

All major Far East markets report gains following extended holidays in early May

Goodyear begins modernisation project at US plant

Goodyear announces further streamlining in Americas

Added: 16 May 2024

US tire maker delivers $70m in segment operating income improvements during first quarter

Tire recycler Pyrum starts trading on Euronext Growth Oslo

Pyrum explains ‘incidents’ at new tire pyrolysis line

Added: 16 May 2024

Waste tire pyrolysis company preparing to start up third processing line at Dillingen plant 

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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…

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 …

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…

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…