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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…

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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

Rubber shares tracker: Ups & downs

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”

Standard Profil gains approval for deal with creditors

Added: 12 Sep 2025

Europe's 'second largest automotive sealing systems with sales of around €350m'

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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

Update: Tariff-hit Chinese tire makers to “intensify” EU trade

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”

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…

Continental Carbon,  US tire recycler in 'sustainable' carbon black link-up

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

Polish company takes over Qingdao Meteor Rubber & Plastics

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

UK chemicals industry reports ‘halt’ in 2020 declines 

Chinese silica producer Jin Sanjiang eyes new Malaysian plant

Added: 10 Sep 2025

Facility to support growing demand for high-performance, green tires

ACEA expects European sales to plunge 25% this year

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

Brussels  – Natural rubber has been included on the EU’s ‘critical raw material list’, the European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has reported.

NR futures gain on strong speculative buying

Added: 9 Sep 2025

Funds estimated to have accumulated between 450 and 500 kilotonnes of rubber futures…

US union welcomes tariffs on Chinese tires

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’