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Michelin ends eight-year partnership with Formula E

Added: 19 Aug 2022

Hankook will replace French tire maker as Gen3 tire partner for the 2022/23 season

Interview: HF digital step-up

Added: 19 Aug 2022

ERJ interviews the head of HF Tire Tech Group’s newly formed Digital Solutions unit

Yokohama starts production at third off-road tire plant in India

Added: 18 Aug 2022

Operations begin four months ahead of schedule in response to high demand 

But with tire manufacture becoming increasingly automated and more dependent on updateable components – such as cameras, HMI, data, control systems etc –  is there now scope for a wider adoption of the platform approach?

VMI owner posts strong first half for tire-building unit

Added: 18 Aug 2022

“Increased production output as a result of the record order intake,” reports TKH

ANRPC report: Improved fundamentals fail to lift rubber prices

ANRPC foresees ‘better-than-expected’ recovery in rubber markets

Added: 18 Aug 2022

Strong US dollar, China automotive improvement to drive growth

Trelleborg ‘scraper’ offers increased protection for aerospace manufacturers

Added: 18 Aug 2022

‘Energised elastomer’ seal designed to prevent ingress of contaminants into landing gear shock abso…

ZC Rubber beefs up winter-tire offering for Europe

ZC Rubber Europe appoints new deputy general manager

Added: 18 Aug 2022

Ákos Barcsik joined ZC as field engineer manager in 2017 from Bridgestone Corp.

Difficult markets, JV demerger impact Semperit results

Semperit earnings fall 70% on high costs, gloves decline

Added: 17 Aug 2022

Austrian rubber group says medical sector divestment “coming back into focus”

Conti expects car tire demand to “normalise” in third quarter

Conti expects lower purchasing power to impact tire markets

Added: 17 Aug 2022

'Consumers could potentially shift to cheaper brands and all-season instead of winter tires'

Synthetic rubber prices show signs of easing

Added: 17 Aug 2022

Declines for EPDM, SBR and halobutyl rubber, BR and nitrile steady, data compiled for ERJ shows

Contrasting quarter for Nitta rubber component units  

Added: 17 Aug 2022

Earnings up 24% on ‘belt and rubber products’ unit but ‘hose and tube’ down 54%

Sumitomo Rubber returns to profit as tire business grows

Sumitomo to raise ‘advanced’ tire capacity in Asia, Turkey

Added: 16 Aug 2022

Part of a series of measures to counter turbulent trading conditions in markets worldwide

Bekaert reinforced by strong rubber showing

Added: 16 Aug 2022

Reports “good demand and margin performance” in all regions except China

Scientists replace 100% of concrete aggregates with waste tire

Added: 16 Aug 2022

New ‘greener and lighter’ concrete to reduce manufacturing, transportation costs

Klean progresses tire pyrolysis projects

Klean Industries tapping blockchain for waste tire recycling

Added: 16 Aug 2022

Platform enables "end-to-end" supply management for any recycling, waste processing and waste-to-en…

Workers start strike at four Elkem sites

Added: 16 Aug 2022

Norwegian supplier ‘working to evaluate’ operational impacts

Apollo responds to BSE question over Malaysian plan

Apollo reports double-digit growth in sales, earnings

Added: 15 Aug 2022

Tighter control on costs, pricing helps offset increase in raw material prices

Under WTO rules, companies buying in from the US or the Middle East, for example, pay tariffs of 6.5 percent, though these extra costs might be offset in the UK by a fall in the value of sterling.

Pirelli expects to offset rising costs in second half

Added: 15 Aug 2022

Casaluci: “We will more than cover all the inflation with price/mix and efficiencies…”

Zeon starts full-scale production at Thai acrylic rubber plant

Zeon elastomer profits down on lower volumes, latex decline

Added: 15 Aug 2022

Japanese group reports sales up 10% driven by price adjustments

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Rubber futures in the doldrums

Added: 15 Aug 2022

JPX reports “no clear market direction, keeping many traders on the side-line.”