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Taiwan’s Hwa Fong Rubber to acquire ex-Sumitomo Rubber plant in US
Added: 15 Oct 2025
Intends to convert site to industrial park focus on automotive rubber parts, other components
Orion lowers earnings forecast as Western tire markets weigh on results
Added: 15 Oct 2025
New cost-saving measures planned for 2026 amid “lower-for-longer” industrial outlook
Euromap expects pick-up in rubber and plastics machinery demand
Added: 15 Oct 2025
European manufacturers remain focused on circular economy, digital transformation
Nexen supplying OE tires for Kia EV5
Added: 15 Oct 2025
All-season Roadian GTX and summer tire N’Fera Sport selected for the electric SUV
UPDATED: EU urged to tap tire label to drive uptake of quality tires
Added: 14 Oct 2025
ETRMA-Liezeo study finds budget tires remain fastest-growing market segment - read the full report
Natural rubber futures edge higher after China holiday
Added: 14 Oct 2025
Gains supported by weaker yen, light trading and modest buying interest
K2025: EU plastics industry ‘has reached crisis point’
Added: 14 Oct 2025
Plastics Europe demands urgent policy action on energy costs, enforcement, investment in circularit…
Nastah taps OCSiAl graphene nanotube for chemical gloves
Added: 14 Oct 2025
New gloves combine static protection, chemical resistance, and durability for industrial use
RTAE: Rubber prices ‘rangebound’ in August
Added: 14 Oct 2025
Rubber Trade Association says market remains volatile amid tariff uncertainty
Michelin says OE truck tire market improving in Europe, “extremely weak” in N. America
Added: 13 Oct 2025
Passenger car tire markets remain stable in OE segment, ‘less dynamic’ in replacement
K2025: Recycled tires pave the way to Rubber Street displays
Added: 13 Oct 2025
WDK highlights need for “reliable material flows as well as non-discriminatory regulation of recycl…
Arkema introduces new peroxide granules for faster, safer polymer curing
Added: 13 Oct 2025
New material designed to improve elastomer and polymer crosslinking performance
Mitsubishi Chemical studying 'antithrombogenic elastomers' for medical devices
Added: 13 Oct 2025
Joint project with academia targets 2027 market launch of Zelas AMP material
BASF, Carlyle strike €7.7bn coatings deal
Added: 13 Oct 2025
Transaction values coatings division at €8.7bn; closing expected second quarter 2026
Klean Technologies: Clarification & retraction of UK project report
Added: 10 Oct 2025
Company has clarified that it was not involved in project and did not offer its technology to devel…
Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 10 Oct 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide
Lion Elastomers to end rubber production at Texas plant
Added: 10 Oct 2025
Company cites falling demand, profitability in butadiene-based elastomers market
Yokohama set to start production at new China tire plant by yearend
Added: 10 Oct 2025
Japanese group says emerging Chinese tire makers ‘fundamentally altered’ tire market
Kuraray raising elastomer prices globally
Added: 10 Oct 2025
Decision linked to “increasing feedstock, process chemical, utility, logistics, maintenance, and ot…
Natural rubber prices hit by ‘fluctuating trends’ in August
Added: 9 Oct 2025
ANRPC maintains production and consumption outlook for 2025
