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Toyoda Gosei to dissolve UK subsidiary

Added: 25 Sep 2023

Japanese automotive supplier to focus on Czech operations for European growth

Green shoots start to appear in natural rubber markets

Natural rubber futures fall amid lower trading

Added: 25 Sep 2023

Majority of commodities face downward pressure as US dollar strengthens

Mesnac enhances efficiency with new automated testing machinery

Added: 25 Sep 2023

Chinese tire & rubber machinery major rolls out new developments at RubberTech China in Shanghai

Conti rubber units grow sales amid “sluggish” market

Continental names new head of tires R&D

Added: 25 Sep 2023

Edwin Goudswaard takes over from Boris Mergell who joins Continental Automotive

Kobe Steel exits tire testing machinery business

Added: 22 Sep 2023

Japanese group aiming to further develop tire & rubber machinery products

ExxonMobil starts up 400ktpa elastomers plant in Texas

Added: 22 Sep 2023

Unit part of $2bn expansion project at Baytown production facility

Tire Tracker: Pirelli launches ‘sustainability logo’

Added: 22 Sep 2023

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Enviro to supply rCB for ‘customer-specific’ Trelleborg rubber compound 

Origin Materials wins funding to develop bio-based carbon black

Added: 22 Sep 2023

California company to supply samples of bio-based carbon black and polymers to Department of Defense

ERJ: News stories of the week

Added: 22 Sep 2023

Most widely-read news reports posted on the European Rubber Journal website over the last seven days

German rubber show DKT sees ‘promising’ registration rate

Added: 22 Sep 2023

Four-day event to be held in July 2024 in Nuremberg

German rubber sales up 3.5% despite lower tire volumes

WDK notes ‘immense pressure’ on German rubber industry

Added: 21 Sep 2023

Industry association reports declining production, capacity utilisation and employment 

India imposes anti-dumping duties against EU, Korea and Thai SBR

Update: Arlanxeo set to close 150ktpa butyl rubber plant

Added: 21 Sep 2023

Zwijndrecht facility victim to ‘cost rises and increased competition from low-cost countries’

Sumitomo Riko building R&D unit for anti-vibration rubber

Anvis moves to new location following Hanh acquisition

Added: 21 Sep 2023

Anvis Holding SAS was created as part of a management buyout from Sumitomo Riko 

Essentially Rubber: Energy efficiency hits the roof

Added: 21 Sep 2023

Leading-edge designs and applications showing how elastomer materials...

Belgian company raises funds for waste tire pyrolysis plant

Added: 21 Sep 2023

End-of-life tire pyrolysis plant in Liege to eventually process nearly 2.5 million tires per year

Tire Tracker: Hankook supplying tires for BYD’s T4K electric truck

Added: 21 Sep 2023

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Pirelli not bidding for WRC tire supply deal

Added: 21 Sep 2023

Italian tire maker concluding partnership as single supplier to World Rally Championship

EU new-car sales fall 22% in June

EU new car market expands 21% as EV demand grows

Added: 21 Sep 2023

New car registrations up 18% for first eight months of the year

Bridgestone on track with rubber-product expansions

Added: 20 Sep 2023

Hose, air springs and tracks projects part of restructuring programme within 'diversified products'…

Huntsman makes splash with liquid TPU 'first' for footwear

Added: 20 Sep 2023

Partners with Germany-based Framas Group for large-scale production of mid-soles