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Sailun marks commercial production at Indonesia tire plant

Added: 21 Jan 2026

Unit can produce 3.6m units of tires, and 37 kilotonnes of “off-highway products"

Chinese automotive supplier SHAC opens first European plant in Serbia

Added: 21 Jan 2026

Manufacturing facility in Novi Sad to supply to major OEMs including BMW

Chinese court initiates pre-restructuring at tire machinery maker Safe-Run

Added: 20 Jan 2026

Process involves employment of management trustee to take charge of day-to-day operations

Chinese supreme court upholds VMI trade secret ruling against Safe-Run

Added: 20 Jan 2026

Judgment upholds Hefei court ruling on Safe-Run trade secret infringement

Hainan Rubber to build plant for deproteinised NR 

Rubber futures mixed as markets in China, Singapore dip

Added: 20 Jan 2026

Japan’s natural rubber futures strengthen amid active trading

Top glove eyes growth with new set-ups, M&As

Top Glove delivers strong growth in first quarter earnings

Added: 20 Jan 2026

Malaysian gloves maker cites ‘operational discipline’, increased volume as drivers of growth

Triangle Tyre to build €400m plant in Cambodia

Added: 19 Jan 2026

Facility in Svay Rieng to have an output capacity of 7m tires per annum

Yokohama idles car tire plant in US

Yokohama announces cutbacks, mulls closure of US tire plant

Added: 19 Jan 2026

Making significant production cuts at Salem, Virginia facility, ahead of potential closure

Halcyon Agri in €28m deal to acquire RCMA’s polymer business

ANRPC: Natural rubber production, consumption fall in November

Added: 19 Jan 2026

Continuous rain during month creates concerns over supply tightness

Rubber & tire industry in numbers

Added: 16 Jan 2026

Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

JK Tyre inaugurates upgrade at Indian car tire plant

Added: 16 Jan 2026

Phase III expansion and modernisation at Banmore brings daily PCR capacity to 30k units 

Irish start-up advances oxidative devulc process for full tire recycling

Added: 16 Jan 2026

Addible technology works under TMO2, a “mild, bio-based oxidant,” CTO explains at recent Future Tir…

Subaru taps Toyoda Gosei for 'rear side' airbags

Added: 16 Jan 2026

Safety product selected for two models: Impreza and Crosstrek

Michelin sees weak fourth-quarter tire markets as China slows

Added: 15 Jan 2026

French group expects tire volumes “back to black” in 2026 as replacement markets grow

Wanli starts production at Cambodia tire plant

Added: 15 Jan 2026

Phase I of factory to produce 6 million units of passenger car tires per annum

Synthomer lowers business outlook on SBR weakness

Synthomer awarded R&D funding by Ohio polymer group

Added: 15 Jan 2026

Projects include study on CO2 conversion to high-value polymers and butadiene

Central Europe slowdown impact Nokian results

Nokian Tyres names new finance chief

Added: 15 Jan 2026

Timo Koponen appointed as CFO of Finnish tire maker

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

EU cancels provisional anti-dumping duties on Chinese car tires

Added: 14 Jan 2026

European Commission investigations into allegations of dumping will be continued

Sumitomo Riko set to open new automotive hose plant in India

Added: 14 Jan 2026

Capacity at Indian subsidiary to rise by 33%, production to start in February

Klinger develops group-wide carbon footprint methodology

Added: 14 Jan 2026

ISO-aligned PCF framework aims to standardise emissions data across manufacturing entities