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Toyoda Gosei launches automotive parts with high recycled rubber content
Added: 13 Jan 2026
Weatherstrips incorporating high percentage of recycled rubber adopted by Toyota RAV4

EU new car registrations grow in November
Added: 13 Jan 2026
Battery-electric car market share increases but there is still “room for growth”
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Seals makers track progress of upcoming PFAS consultation
Added: 12 Jan 2026
Industry body notes new guidance for stakeholders participating in upcoming SEAC consultation

Pyrum in major waste tire recycling JV deal with Unitank
Added: 12 Jan 2026
UniPyrum aims to build five to ten ELT pyrolysis plants in Europe ‘in coming years’

Sibur extends maintenance cycle at Nizhnekamsk rubber, butadiene units
Added: 12 Jan 2026
Work allows selected rubber-related facilities to move to an extended interval between repairs

Kumho in link-up with Ansible Motion on digital tire development
Added: 12 Jan 2026
UK-based simulation specialist to help Kumho accelerate product development for electric, high-perf…

China says EU carbon border adjustment mechanism ‘unfair’
Added: 12 Jan 2026
Beijing says CBAM “disregarded the significant achievements China has made in green and low-carbon …

Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 8 Jan 2026
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

Trelleborg expands silicone tooling expertise with Austrian acquisition
Added: 8 Jan 2026
Finalises deal to buy tooling, automation specialist Nexus Elastomer Molds

Metso to build rubber products plant in China
Added: 8 Jan 2026
New Quzhou facility to supply rubber and Poly-Met wear parts for mining and aggregates customers

Toyoda Gosei combines rubber units in major restructuring
Added: 8 Jan 2026
Process to strengthen collaboration between development, production engineering and automotive busi…

Leading the way: Comerio Ercole
Added: 8 Jan 2026
ERJ's new spotlight on companies shaping the future of the rubber & tire industry

Michelin 'uncertain' as tariffs, volumes weigh on 2025 results
Added: 8 Jan 2026
French group flags up increasing impact of dip in N American markets, trade barriers at investor ro…

UPM rolls out first commercial product at German biorefinery
Added: 8 Jan 2026
Leuna facility begins industrial sugar output as ramp-up continues

Correction: China launches sunset review on EPDM imports from EU, US, South Korea
Added: 8 Jan 2026
Terminates dumping duties on imports of the rubber products from the UK

Cooper Standard closing Ohio automotive parts production plant
Added: 8 Jan 2026
Factory closure, planned for mid-2027, to impact 228 employees

KM trims auto interior process down to 40 seconds
Added: 8 Jan 2026
Robotic assembly operations include fitting rubber sealing clips to composite parts

Korean court cuts prison sentence for Hankook chairman
Added: 8 Jan 2026
Seoul-based tire maker “to take action in accordance with due process”

China’s Haian Group to lead €500m Russia OTR tire project
Added: 7 Jan 2026
Recently listed tire maker sees rising demand in Russia after international brands’ exit

Natural rubber futures remain rangebound in subdued trading
Added: 7 Jan 2026
Holiday period weighs on volumes as Chinese exchanges see long liquidation
