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Wacker expands silicones production capacity at Asian sites
Added: 24 Jan 2025
Starts up new facilities in Japan and South Korea to meet growing demand in the region
Bridgestone Americas to shut TBR plant, make further cuts
Added: 24 Jan 2025
Closure of Tennessee truck and bus radial unit to impact 700 employees, with more jobs to go elsewh…
Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 24 Jan 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge this week from leading players in the global industries
Biesterfeld expands joint portfolio with Celanese
Added: 24 Jan 2025
Among other products, German distributor granted rights to market Celanese Sofprene and Laprene ela…
EU new car demand edges up despite 6% drop in EV demand
Added: 24 Jan 2025
New car registrations rose by 5.1% in December with Spain posting 30% year-on-year growth
Borflex project to restore fighter aircraft
Added: 24 Jan 2025
French specialist overcomes challenges of renovating the leading edges of the Jaguar A 157
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Elkem initiates strategic review of silicones business
Added: 23 Jan 2025
Move to enable allocation of capital to silicon products, carbon solutions divisions
China’s CNRC mulls tire projects in Egypt
Added: 23 Jan 2025
Projects include doubling production capacity at Prometeon Tyre Egypt, new greenfield plant for car…
Epsilon launches ELT-based carbon black for tire, non-tire applications
Added: 23 Jan 2025
Indian carbon black supplier building a tire recycling plant in Karnataka to be operational by 2026
EU automotive suppliers cut 54k jobs in "difficult year”
Added: 23 Jan 2025
Cuts surpassing combined levels of pandemic years 2020 and 2021, according to CLEPA
Vianor announces temporary lay-offs, to cut service points
Added: 23 Jan 2025
Finnish tire and car service specialist says changes in response to ‘market and demand situation’
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Chinese supplier Cenway plans major butyl rubber expansion
Added: 22 Jan 2025
Upgrade to raise capacity of Zhejiang unit to 120ktpa, mainly bromobutyl and chlorobutyl rubbers
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EU leaders must “act now” to safeguard automotive industry
Added: 22 Jan 2025
ACEA president calls for urgent action to prevent "irreparable damage" to competitiveness of Europe…
Ceat earnings drop 19% as material cost rises impact margins
Added: 22 Jan 2025
Profits fall despite 11% rise in sales on stronger demand in replacement market
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Updated: Teijin Aramid closing Dutch production site under cost-saving plan
Added: 22 Jan 2025
One of Teijin's three Dutch sites to close under restructuring plan in response to competition from…
Linglong mulls tire plant in Kenya to serve African market
Added: 21 Jan 2025
Chairman of Chinese tire group Wang Feng meets with Kenyan president Ruto
Rubber futures gain amid ‘robust’ China economic recovery
Added: 21 Jan 2025
All major Far East exchanges close trading week higher, driven by strong buying
“Large-scale fire” at Goodyear tire plant in Luxembourg
Added: 21 Jan 2025
Blaze impacted two production machines at the Colmar Berg site, according to local fire department
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Osaka Exchange to list Shanghai natural rubber futures
Added: 21 Jan 2025
Japanese market expected to launch ‘cash-settled’ futures in May
Yokohama Rubber advances AI-based pressure monitoring for truck tires
Added: 21 Jan 2025
Begins trial of technology which gauges air pressure from tapping tires
