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Rubber & tire industry in numbers

Added: 20 Dec 2024

Review of the key figures and data to emerge this week from leading players in the global industries

ERJ Trends 2024: End-of-life tire pyrolysis

Added: 20 Dec 2024

Solid progress reported by backers of recycling technology seen as key to tire industry's net-zero …

Sumitomo Riko opens rubber bearings factory in Japan

Added: 20 Dec 2024

Project part of a broader renovation project at company’s facilities in Komaki, Japan

Princeton engineers tap TPEs for ‘stretchable, flexible, recyclable’ 3D printing materials

Added: 20 Dec 2024

Researchers develop block copolymer which forms stiff cylindrical structures inside a stretchy poly…

France tire market to grow at 6% to 2021 - report

Michelin North America mulling $160m expansion project

Added: 19 Dec 2024

Enters negotiations with local authorities in Lexington, South Carolina for investment in the regio…

ZC Rubber starts commercial production at Indonesia tire plant

Added: 19 Dec 2024

Products include TBR and two-wheeler tires, bias tires, inner tubes, tracks and carbon black

At the Nyíregyháza site, which manufactures air spring systems, ContiTech has invested €16 million in upgrading the 4000 m2 production space to be completed this year.

Conti set to initiate sale of ContiTech automotive parts unit in first quarter of 2025

Added: 19 Dec 2024

Supplier of rubber products to automotive OEMs currently being presented to potential buyers, partn…

Trelleborg expanding in India with new marine equipment facility

Added: 19 Dec 2024

New plant near Ahmedabad to specialise in ‘marine systems and infrastructure’

Yokohama heats up conveyor belt technology

Yokohama Rubber rolls out RFID technology for conveyor belts

Added: 19 Dec 2024

Sensor system monitors operation of belts and detects potential issues in real-time...

Tire & Rubber Machinery in 2025

Added: 19 Dec 2024

Help us identify the most significant technology trends in the rubber and tire industries in 2025

Datwyler launches “comprehensive" action plan to revive business growth

Added: 18 Dec 2024

Swiss group’s transformation programme to address challenges in healthcare, automotive markets

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

ETRMA welcomes green light for European anti-deforestation law

Added: 18 Dec 2024

McCarthy: “Clear, timelines and practical guidance are essential for our industry to comply effecti…

Chinese construction group wins tire plant project in Cambodia

Added: 18 Dec 2024

Factory to have an annual capacity of nearly 8 million units of passenger car and truck & bus tires…

Evonik earnings rise 40% in first half-year

Evonik introduces new management model for ‘leaner’ operations

Added: 18 Dec 2024

German chemicals group consolidates operations under two segments of custom solutions, advanced tec…

Teknor Apex showcases advances in EV coolant hose technology

Added: 18 Dec 2024

Event at Maillerfer's R&D centre highlighted advances in elastomer materials for electric vehicles

UK free trade deal 'to boost' natural rubber trade with Malaysia

Added: 18 Dec 2024

CPTPP entering into force from mid-December, enabling free trade with 12 countries, including Malay…

Industry launches global platform for sustainable NR

Rubber futures dip as weather conditions improve

Added: 17 Dec 2024

Flooding subsided in Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia with only scattered showers last week

Yokohama breaks ground on €450m Chinese tire factory

Added: 17 Dec 2024

Facility in Hangzhou to produce 14 million units of PCR tires per year once fully ramped up

New LG stretchable display expands 50%

Added: 17 Dec 2024

Micro-LED light source strengthens durability of prototype to be repeatedly stretched over 10,000 t…

Thailand looks to cut back on natural rubber output

Japan’s Green Carbon tapping rubber trees for carbon credit

Added: 17 Dec 2024

Inks MoU with Thai NR government agency to create carbon credits derived from rubber tree-based bio…