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Continental steps up sustainability efforts with cooking oil-based tires
Added: 10 Sep 2025
German group also uses sustainable rubber additives from Lanxess
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
Chinese silica producer Jin Sanjiang eyes new Malaysian plant
Added: 10 Sep 2025
Facility to support growing demand for high-performance, green tires
Vipal launches retread compound for mixed applications
Added: 10 Sep 2025
Compound claimed to achieve 140% higher mileage than fleet average
EU car registrations pick up in July
Added: 10 Sep 2025
But year-to-date figures remain weak, according to latest ACEA data
NR futures gain on strong speculative buying
Added: 9 Sep 2025
Funds estimated to have accumulated between 450 and 500 kilotonnes of rubber futures…
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’
Omya Group to debut polymer distribution arm at K
Added: 9 Sep 2025
To be led by ex-Biesterfeld executive Carsten Harms, new entity will integrate recently acquired Di…
Alpha Technologies acquires French material testing specialist Metravib
Added: 9 Sep 2025
Purchase strengthens dynamic mechanical analysis capabilities, expands field service coverage
UK council refuses permit for Tyregen ELT pyrolysis plant
Added: 9 Sep 2025
Application for waste tire facility denied over technical and environmental concerns
Lanxess expanding US production to add rubber promoters
Added: 8 Sep 2025
New capacity in Goose Creek, South Carolina to support domestic demand, improve supply reliability
Mesnac unit to power Cambodian industrial park with biomass project
Added: 8 Sep 2025
Industrial park home to Doublestar-Ube tire JV, Firemax Cambodia operations
Wacker starts serial production of flexible sensor electronics
Added: 8 Sep 2025
Laminates made from stacks of “highly stretchable insulating and electrically conductive silicone r…
NASA calls to ‘rock and roll’ with new lunar wheel challenge
Added: 8 Sep 2025
Challenge seeks to create “lightweight, flexible, long service-life wheel and tire” for harsh envir…
ECHA examining n-hexane, other chemicals as substances of very high concern
Added: 8 Sep 2025
Proposals by Slovenia, Sweden raise concern over 'organ toxicity’ after repeated exposure
Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 5 Sep 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide
Sumitomo Rubber advances visualisation of tire rubber reinforcement
Added: 5 Sep 2025
Joint research with Tohoku University maps distribution of strain-induced crystallisation
Conti acquires rubber pyrolysis technology from UK start-up
Added: 5 Sep 2025
ContiTech secures exclusive patent rights, says it can recycle “complex rubber compounds on an indu…
ZC Rubber redirects IPO funds from Thailand expansion to China plant
Added: 5 Sep 2025
Thai project continues with own funding, completion slated for 2026
Chinese team develops “thermoelectric rubber” for wearable devices
Added: 5 Sep 2025
Peking University researchers optimise elastomer material to generate electricity from body heat
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