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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…

ERJ Appointments Tracker
Added: 12 Jan 2026
Kraton CEO departs... New Safic-Alcan Americas leader... New Michelin Iberia head... Synthomer boar…

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

EU-funded project develops bio-rubber from birch bark
Added: 7 Jan 2026
Project conducted by Reselo can provide ‘scalable alternative’ to fossil-based, plantation-derived …

Michelin grows non-tire operations with two US acquisitions
Added: 7 Jan 2026
French group to introduce dedicated reporting segment as Polymer Composite Solutions reach “materia…

Mutares completes acquisition of rubber parts makers in China
Added: 7 Jan 2026
Two Taicang-based rubber sealing and hose makers to be incorporated in Amaneos China portfolio

Guizhou unveils plans for $300m Morocco tire factory
Added: 6 Jan 2026
Facility to produce 6m units of passenger car tire per year
