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Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 11 Jul 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide
Zeon starts building bio-butadiene demo plant in Japan
Added: 11 Jul 2025
Set for operation next year, Yamaguchi facility to produce butadiene from bio-based ethanol
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Hutchinson develops integrated cooling module for electric vehicles
Added: 11 Jul 2025
Developed for ‘major European OEM’, system improves range and charging times of vehicles
Italian polymer machinery sector reports 1.4% growth
Added: 11 Jul 2025
Final results surpass preliminary estimates in March which anticipated contraction in turnover
Metso acquires recycling operations to boost sustainable mill lining services
Added: 11 Jul 2025
Oulu-based TL Solution has previously worked with Metso to develop recycling technologies
ETRMA, EuRIC call for ‘harmonised end-of-waste criteria’ for ELT-based rubber
Added: 10 Jul 2025
Joint paper demands EU-wide rules to boost cross-border trade and recycled rubber uptake
German rubber industry urges government to scrap ‘supply chain due diligence act’
Added: 10 Jul 2025
WDK says abolishing the law is a ‘low-hanging fruit’ that would ease burden on businesses
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Brazil extends anti-dumping duties on Chinese tire imports
Added: 10 Jul 2025
Five-year duties cover new passenger car radial tires with rims sizes of 13 inches and 14 inches
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Biesterfeld gains European distribution rights for hemp-based rubber filler
Added: 10 Jul 2025
Hemplizit can partially replace carbon black or silica in rubber compounding
Update: Orion 'rationalising' carbon black production in Americas, EMEA
Added: 9 Jul 2025
Carbon black supplier says will discontinue "three to five production lines" by year-end
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Continental taps Solvay for rice husk ash silica in tires
Added: 9 Jul 2025
German group steps up use of sustainable fillers in tire production
Michelin recognised by ADAC for tire wear particle reduction
Added: 9 Jul 2025
Study covering 160 tire models shows Michelin tires emit 26% fewer particles compared to competitor…
Holding group Dacke Industri expands fluid technology division with UK purchase
Added: 9 Jul 2025
BTL-UK holds global licence from Sumitomo Rubber, specialises in power transmissions and oil seals …
Engel acquiring long-timer partners Roegele to establish Spanish base
Added: 9 Jul 2025
Acquisition to strengthen Engel’s direct presence in southern Europe
Dayco unveils integrated belt-drive transmission at Eurobike
Added: 9 Jul 2025
System combines belt profile with sprockets of exactly the same width to deliver “highly efficient …
Market uncertainty weighs on natural rubber futures
Added: 8 Jul 2025
Except for OSE market, trading volume declined sharply across other three major rubber exchanges
Michelin subsidiary Hallite acquiring Italian seals maker Aston Seals
Added: 8 Jul 2025
Based in Carpi, Aston Seals operates in over 80 countries and supplies to a wide range of industries
Dow closing three upstream European assets amid “structural challenges” in region
Added: 8 Jul 2025
Basic siloxanes plant in Barry, UK, and ethylene cracker in Böhlen, Germany among facilities affect…
Metso to add new screen manufacturing centre in Romania
Added: 8 Jul 2025
New facility to improve service and supply for European, Central East Asian, and Middle Eastern mar…
Kumho Tire focusing on recovery from factory fire
Added: 8 Jul 2025
Major blaze broke out at Gwangju facility in Korea earlier in May
