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Rubber futures hit two-month high amid Thai flooding, heavy rains
Added: 10 Dec 2024
Effects of flooding in southern Thailand expected to last for six weeks

Regulation, labour, and EUDR: ETRMA’s policy recommendations for EU automotive ecosystem
Added: 10 Dec 2024
Recommendations designed to create a "conducive regulatory environment..."

Turkish antitrust authority launches probe into tire maker Brisa
Added: 10 Dec 2024
Bridgestone-Sabanci tire manufacturing JV investigated for potential breach of competition regulat…

Zeon advances AI data-sharing in synthetic rubber collaboration
Added: 10 Dec 2024
Linked databases improved by combining scientific data on ingredients and formulas

Celanese announces new CEO, leadership transition
Added: 10 Dec 2024
Scott Richardson appointed chief executive, replacing Lori Ryerkerk who is stepping down...

Dow appoints Karen Carter as chief operating officer
Added: 9 Dec 2024
Carter tasked to drive growth with focus on strengthening customer engagement and relationships

Ceat acquiring Camso brand, units from Michelin
Added: 8 Dec 2024
Deal worth $225m includes two Sri Lanka-based plants producing bias tires, tracks for construction …

Camac Tyres adds compounds division for retreads, belting sectors
Added: 8 Dec 2024
Newly formed Camac Compounding to leverage parent group SPC’s resources and technical capabilities
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Bridgestone 'on track' with investment plans in Spain
Added: 8 Dec 2024
Japanese group already invested €33m in Burgos PCR tire plant in 2024, earmarks another €45m for 20…

China’s Black Cat progresses 'wet-mixing' reinforced rubber project
Added: 8 Dec 2024
Civil engineering work on project to produce rubber composite masterbatch said to be 80% complete

RFID tag maker Beontag opens $80m facility in US
Added: 6 Dec 2024
Among other products, the facility in Dayton, Ohio, will produce tire tags

European regulatory bodies agree to delay EUDR
Added: 6 Dec 2024
Postponement decision follows weeks of confusion over controversial anti-deforestation regulation

China’s rubber machinery leaders map the way forward
Added: 6 Dec 2024
Challenges and opportunities discussed at meeting co-hosted by MESNAC and CRIA branch

Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 6 Dec 2024
Guizhou project... Linglong Thai figures... Hose expansion... Sentury Morocco... USTMA data... Tire…

HF advancing new condition monitoring software
Added: 6 Dec 2024
Global project focused on development of advanced CM technology for both mixing lines and curing pr…

Tosoh converting recovered CO2 into urethane feedstock
Added: 6 Dec 2024
New facility employing proprietary amine in process that provides CO for manufacture of isocyanates

USTMA raises 2024 tire shipment forecast for US market
Added: 5 Dec 2024
US tire industry association expects record volumes with 2.1% year-on-year increase to almost 340m …

Hankook Tire names new CEO, European president
Added: 5 Dec 2024
Jongho Park to lead European operations, replacing Sanghoon Lee who is taking on the top role at th…

Omya acquiring Distrupol, adding polymer distribution business
Added: 5 Dec 2024
New business to be led by former Biesterfeld executive Carsten Harms

Sumitomo develops 'faster, more accurate' tire noise simulation method
Added: 5 Dec 2024
Technology improves prediction accuracy and cuts calculation time down to 'a week'