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Tire Industry Project adds new affiliate members
Added: 20 Jan 2025
Australian Tyre Industry Council, British Tyre Manufacturers’ Association, Automotive Tyre Manufact…
Yokohama Rubber to axe Czech off-road tire plant
Added: 17 Jan 2025
“Production of cross-ply tires faces persistent inefficiencies and relies on an outdated platform…”…
Longxing Chemical starts production at €400m carbon black plant
Added: 17 Jan 2025
Expansion project adds 200ktpa of carbon black production capacity at Shanxi facility
Fenner restructure to deliver 'more unified product-alignment'
Added: 17 Jan 2025
Addresses issues linked to 'multiple brands which have sometimes fragmented group, confused custome…
Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 17 Jan 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge this week from leading players in the global industries
European chemicals industry at ‘breaking point’
Added: 17 Jan 2025
Cefic competitiveness report highlights need for urgent action from EU decision makers
Orion announces 'discrete' job cuts to improve rubber segment performance
Added: 16 Jan 2025
Houston-based supplier lowers earnings outlook on currency rates, restructuring and weak rubber vol…
Kolon Industries raising tire cord production by 60% in Vietnam
Added: 16 Jan 2025
Manufacturer adding a new plant using idle equipment from its Nanjing factory in China
TPC Group expands butadiene production by 20% at Texas plant
Added: 16 Jan 2025
Production facility in Houston can now produce 500ktpa of butadiene
Smiley Monroe announces expansion plans, launches new brand identity
Added: 16 Jan 2025
Norther Irish belting major signals ‘new locations’, growing business in sectors such as recycling,…
New management team takes over at Freudenberg Sealing Technologies
Added: 16 Jan 2025
Matthias Sckuhr named as CEO, succeeding Claus Moehlenkamp who will serve as deputy CEO at Freudenb…
Mesnac breaks ground on “most modernised” tire mould production plant
Added: 15 Jan 2025
Vietnam project “crucial" to Chinese group’s globalisation strategy, focused on building up oversea…
Goodyear repurposing TBR factory for aircraft tire production
Added: 15 Jan 2025
Majority of plant’s commercial tire production to be moved to other Goodyear facilities
Zhongzhe Group breaks ground on 200ktpa rubber plant
Added: 15 Jan 2025
€400m project to produce SSBR and BR to meet local demand for new energy/green tires
Continental Tire cuts production at Ecuador plant amid low demand
Added: 15 Jan 2025
South American manufacturer reducing working days from seven to five per week
Canadian recycler Ecolomondo advances tire pyrolysis plant
Added: 15 Jan 2025
Expects delivery of new milling line to improve output, rCB particle size
Rubber futures mixed amid ‘steady’ market sentiment
Added: 14 Jan 2025
RSS3 futures decline while TSR20 make week-on-week gains, according to JPX
China’s Wanli breaks ground on 11m unit Cambodia tire project
Added: 14 Jan 2025
First phase of project to produce 6m units of passenger car tires with investment of $240m
New Nitto US factory to support automotive, aerospace industries
Added: 14 Jan 2025
Company to close manufacturing sites across US, impacting over 200 jobs
Italian polymer processing machinery industry reports 9% fall
Added: 14 Jan 2025
Sales in 2024 estimated to come in at over €4.3 billion in ‘temporary setback’
