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Cray Valley inks supply deal with Conti for cooking oil-based resins
Added: 15 Sep 2025
TotalEnergies’ affiliate to provide sustainable resins for application in tire rubber

Sailun breaks ground on new tire plant in Egypt
Added: 15 Sep 2025
Facility to “significantly enhance Sailun’s global supply chain efficiency and market responsivenes…

Safic-Alcan extends silicone elastomer distribution deal with Momentive
Added: 15 Sep 2025
Agreement will give rights for LSR, HCR and ready-to-use compounds in France, eastern Europe

Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 12 Sep 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

German rubber industry posts across-the-board declines
Added: 12 Sep 2025
WDK reports “deep red figures in all areas of the domestic market of the rubber industry”
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Standard Profil gains approval for deal with creditors
Added: 12 Sep 2025
Europe's 'second largest automotive sealing systems with sales of around €350m'

JLR in second week of shutdown after cyber attack
Added: 12 Sep 2025
Production and retail activities “severely disrupted” as efforts to recover from 2 Sept incident co…

Michelin launches forest protection scheme in Inner Mongolia
Added: 12 Sep 2025
Initiative builds on pilot project last year, aims to restore wildlife habitats

ETRMA backs “balanced" end-of-life vehicle recycling decision
Added: 11 Sep 2025
European Parliament vote strengthens “coherence, shielding operators from unnecessary regulatory ov…

ContiTech starts production at $90m hydraulic hose plant in Mexico
Added: 11 Sep 2025
Facility in Aguascalientes to strengthen local supply chain, support growth in Americas

Sentury Tire earnings dip on rising costs, competition
Added: 11 Sep 2025
Reports first half increases in raw material prices and “intensified competition”
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Chinese tire mould maker breaks ground on Thailand factory
Added: 11 Sep 2025
Lichuang Mould expands to Southeast Asia to meet rising demand for “high-precision, high-performanc…

Waste tire recycler Bolder on track with capacity expansion amid rising demand
Added: 11 Sep 2025
New Terre Haute buildout and European project advance global supply network for rCB, pyrolysis oil

Continental steps up sustainability efforts with cooking oil-based tires
Added: 10 Sep 2025
German group also uses sustainable rubber additives from Lanxess

Sanok Rubber in project to add devulc to auto body sealing
Added: 10 Sep 2025
EU-backed initiative targets use of recycled rubber waste in vehicle components

Chinese silica producer Jin Sanjiang eyes new Malaysian plant
Added: 10 Sep 2025
Facility to support growing demand for high-performance, green tires

EU car registrations pick up in July
Added: 10 Sep 2025
But year-to-date figures remain weak, according to latest ACEA data

Vipal launches retread compound for mixed applications
Added: 10 Sep 2025
Compound claimed to achieve 140% higher mileage than fleet average

NR futures gain on strong speculative buying
Added: 9 Sep 2025
Funds estimated to have accumulated between 450 and 500 kilotonnes of rubber futures…

China extends antidumping probe into halogenated butyl rubber from Canada, Japan, India
Added: 9 Sep 2025
Preliminary findings in August ruled out India due to ‘negligible volume’
