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DKT returns late June to welcome over 3k visitors

Added: 15 Jun 2022

More than 250 companies to exhibit, 133 lectures to be presented

Trelleborg dual-function seals can cut automotive emissions

Added: 15 Jun 2022

New design provides vibration damping in engines and transmissions to prevent damage

Top Glove to bolster capacity, technology, supply

Top Glove sees dramatic decline in sales, profits as market contracts

Added: 14 Jun 2022

Malaysian gloves maker says "weathering effects of normalisation”

VW steps up natural rubber sustainability efforts

Added: 14 Jun 2022

German car maker working on contractual requirements for responsible NR sourcing

Zeon’s elastomers unit signals strong rebound

Zeon raising prices of synthetic rubbers, latex

Added: 14 Jun 2022

Price increases to come into effect at the beginning of July

Goodyear recalls 1,600 truck tires

Goodyear targets ‘beginning of 2023’ for full Cooper Tire integration

Added: 14 Jun 2022

US tire manufacturer “on track to deliver full value” of the merger



Ford taps Hutchinson anti-vibration tech for EVs

Added: 14 Jun 2022

E-compressor bracket cuts vibrations transmitted to vehicles by 'up to -30dB'

People: Orion reshuffles executive team

Orion looks to double earnings by 2025

Added: 13 Jun 2022

Carbon black maker sees “incredible pricing environment” in Europe, North America

Nokian starts commercial production at US tire plant

Former Nokian bosses acquitted of securities market offences

Added: 13 Jun 2022

Case involved allegations of securities disclosure offences and misuse of insider information

German rubber chief warns against recent market developments

Tail-off in price rises for rubber raw materials?

Added: 13 Jun 2022

Latest SNCP figures suggest some plateauing, though at very high levels

Fenner develops new conveyor belt for high heat applications

Added: 13 Jun 2022

Belt features single-ply carcass which helps eliminate “common problem of delamination”

Covestro names new CEO to replace Patrick Thomas

Covestro extends contract with CEO ahead of schedule

Added: 13 Jun 2022

Markus Steilemann to remain as chief executive for another five years

Cabot increases prices for speciality compounds globally

Sharp rise in China carbon black exports to Europe

Added: 10 Jun 2022

Trend signals needs for “major new investments in supply chain logistics, infrastructure”



Semperit opens new North America HQ, manufacturing facility

Added: 10 Jun 2022

Plant in Newnan, Georgia set to boost growth in the industrial sector

Hankook, Korean university to build data sharing platform

Pirelli to open ‘digital centre’ for software development

Added: 10 Jun 2022

Investment in southern Italian city of Bari foresees 50 new hires by 2025

Trelleborg supplies to Australian shiploader, berth replacement project

Added: 10 Jun 2022

Passive grout seals and grout packers prevent leakage to protect biodiversity of Great Barrier Reef

Rubber shares tracker: Ups & downs

Rubber industry environment ‘slowly becoming buyer’s market’

Added: 9 Jun 2022

Industry expert says prices of raw materials overall plateauing

 Toyoda Gosei showed a padded concept vehicle at the Tokyo Motor Show. Its rubber skin softens collisions.

Toyoda Gosei targets innovation, new mobility

Added: 9 Jun 2022

Group forms business alliance to advance ‘next-generation’ safety systems

Fenner acquires Australian conveyor parts maker

Added: 9 Jun 2022

Acquisition of Conveyor Products & Solutions to help Michelin company become ‘one-stop-shop’



UK car demand falls for third year

UK new car market declines amid supply constraints

Added: 9 Jun 2022

New car registrations decline 20.6% in “second weakest May in three decades”