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Black Donuts set to launch new R&D facility
Added: 17 Jun 2025
InTire Labs designed to support innovation in sustainable tire & rubber materials

ERJ Tire Tracker - News, developments, fitments
Added: 17 Jun 2025
VW Tiguan / Vredestein... Kia / Nexen... Michelin hypercar tires... Renault 5 / Conti... Linglong r…
Ineos starts pyrolysis oil-based polymer production in France
Added: 15 Jun 2025
Post-consumer feedstock used to produce “virgin-quality" polymers for applications, including tires…

RTAE tracks impact of US tariffs on rubber prices
Added: 15 Jun 2025
Outlook for rubber prices is ‘likely to remain depressed due to global instabilities…’
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India imposes anti-dumping duties on insoluble sulphur from China, Japan
Added: 15 Jun 2025
Duties range from $259 to $358 per tonne, with Chinese importers facing a flat duty of $307/tonne

Steinl Group consolidating LWB operations in Germany
Added: 15 Jun 2025
Group closing its LWB Automation facility in Weinheim as part of wider 'strategic realignment' proc…

ERJ Appointments Tracker
Added: 15 Jun 2025
Linglong EMEA director... Contec strategy director... Aumovio executive board... Momentive names ne…

VW to fit Vredestein tires as OE on Tiguan SUV
Added: 15 Jun 2025
Apollo Tyres will supply the tires for fitment at Wolfsburg vehicle production site

Tosoh investing €450m in chloroprene rubber capacity expansion
Added: 13 Jun 2025
To add a second CR production facility at its Nanyo complex in southern Japan

Vibracoustic expands air spring production in Mexico
Added: 13 Jun 2025
“Strategic investment” sees increased capacity for air spring sleeves, assembly at Lerma facility
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Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 13 Jun 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

Pirelli’s ‘cyber tires’ to map roads in Italian pilot project
Added: 13 Jun 2025
Apulia regional government and Pirelli launch project to ‘unify’ all data to map state of road netw…

Comerio Ercole opens Industry 5.0 manufacturing centre
Added: 13 Jun 2025
Italian machinery maker expands R&D centre with new calendering, mixing units

Datwyler streamlining US production network
Added: 12 Jun 2025
Swiss group to close Ohio facility, transfer operations to two existing sites

European Commission publishes country benchmarking for EUDR
Added: 12 Jun 2025
First benchmarking list classifies countries according to their risk of deforestation

South Africa imposes provisional duties on tires from Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia
Added: 12 Jun 2025
Preliminary findings conclude that Chinese tire makers 'circumvent' duties through the three Asian …

Bekaert rubber reinforcement sales dip despite strong demand in China
Added: 12 Jun 2025
Strong volume growth and utilisation rates in China supports segment profitability

Falken Tyre Europe names new leader
Added: 12 Jun 2025
Hiroshi Hamada appointed as managing director, chairman & CEO of company

Hughes to lead Linglong specialty tires division in EMEA
Added: 12 Jun 2025
Brings over 25 years’ experience in the tire industry from management roles at Maxam, Goodyear…
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Conti investing in consumer tires, to discontinue TBR tire production in India
Added: 11 Jun 2025
German group commits €10m to expansion of UHP passenger car/light vehicle tires at Modipuram plant
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