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PFAS update puts sealing products “under the spotlight”
Added: 29 Aug 2025
ESA: Door is open for solutions that support continued use in critical sealing applications
VDMA calls for economic reforms in response to US tariffs
Added: 29 Aug 2025
Germany’s mechanical engineering industry facing “serious additional burdens” on its international …
US company Regent acquiring ContiTech OESL unit
Added: 28 Aug 2025
Original Equipment Solutions produces hose lines and bearing elements for automotive industry
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Ceat commits to invest $170m in Sri Lanka tire operations
Added: 28 Aug 2025
Agreement with board of investment described as one of the “largest recent investments” from India
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Longmarch unveils plans to set up tire plant in Egypt
Added: 28 Aug 2025
Project to be completed in two phases with an overall investment of $190m
Nexen introduces driving simulator to accelerate tire development
Added: 28 Aug 2025
Plans to establish “full virtual development process” integrating finite element analysis and AI
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ECHA announces timeline for PFAS restriction evaluation
Added: 28 Aug 2025
European Chemicals Agency aims to complete evaluation of proposed EU-wide restriction by end of 2026
Toyoda Gosei to acquire automotive saftey company Ashimori Industry through tender offer
Added: 28 Aug 2025
Japanese group aims to provide "a total range of safety systems" through acquisition
Bridgestone announces job cuts at US off-road tire plant
Added: 27 Aug 2025
Japanese tire maker reducing production of "unprofitable tires” to align with demand
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Guizhou Tire eyes Morocco for second overseas plant
Added: 27 Aug 2025
Still at “planning stage,” Morocco factory intended to improve global layout and ‘production resili…
Tire recycler Contec reports fire at Polish facility
Added: 27 Aug 2025
No injuries reported but "damages are significant, and production will not be restarted in the near…
German rubber industry warns against CBAM extension to elastomers
Added: 27 Aug 2025
Inclusion will involve paying carbon price on 'embedded emissions' from imported rubber products
SKF exits ‘non-core’ aerospace segment with €60m divestment deal
Added: 27 Aug 2025
Group sells operations to Carco RPR Group, following an earlier €185m deal in April
Enviro progresses major tire recycling plant with first reactor delivery
Added: 27 Aug 2025
First of five pyrolysis reactors delivered to tire recycling plant in Uddevalla
Kuraray: Isoprene unit grows sales, narrows losses
Added: 27 Aug 2025
‘Chemicals and elastomer volumes up, demand firm, especially in Europe and the US…’
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Rubber futures ease on “persistent overcapacity”, weak tire demand
Added: 26 Aug 2025
Trading volume falls across major Southeast Asian exchanges amid uncertainty
Fenner targets aerospace growth, joins UK trade group ADS
Added: 26 Aug 2025
ADS to offer platform to engage with stakeholders, attend key events
Sino-Japanese JV to produce rubber chemicals in China
Added: 26 Aug 2025
Qingdao Huaqi Inoue New Materials set to start operation in late October with an initial capacity o…
General Science notes ‘favourable’ trade environment as Thai, Cambodia projects progress
Added: 26 Aug 2025
Announces major management reshuffle following change of ownership earlier in June
Rolex taps Rubber B for connected watch strap
Added: 26 Aug 2025
Vulcanised rubber design delivers contactless payment functionality for wearers
