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Yokohama Rubber confirms ‘considering’ Goodyear OTR tire business

Added: 11 Jul 2024

Japanese group tells ERJ “no decision has been made at this time”

Former Bridgestone tire plant in Russia set for start-up in November

Added: 11 Jul 2024

Now named Cordiant Ulyanovks, facility is expected to achieve design capacity by 2026

Michelin welcomes new EU reg on condition of worn tires

Added: 11 Jul 2024

New R117-04 regulation includes test that ensures tires can be used up to legal limit of 1.6 mm tre…

Synthos, Lummus in link-up for bio-butadiene production

Synthos rubber production unaffected by recent fire incident

Added: 11 Jul 2024

Company says impact limited to expanded polystyrene production line at Polish polymer site...

Goodyear names Ramy Elsabi as new Japan CEO

Added: 11 Jul 2024

“Japanese market is extremely important, not only in the Asia-Pacific region but also from a global…

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

Natural rubber futures weaken as trading volume declines

Added: 10 Jul 2024

“Weaker economic data from China and decline in country's stock market putting pressure on rubber p…

Goodyear reports record first-quarter earnings

Goodyear posts dip in energy & emissions performance across global sites

Added: 10 Jul 2024

Latest Corporate Responsibility Report shows increase in energy intensity, tail-off in emissions-re…

Bridgestone, Arlanxeo, Solvay launch tire technology platform

Bridgestone provides update on its use of Techsyn

Added: 10 Jul 2024

Materials technology launched in 2021 following 24-month collaborative R&D effort with Arlanxeo and…

Guanlian has started up new rubber compounds plant

Added: 10 Jul 2024

Company has commissioned 70ktpa facility in Jiangmen City, to better serve customers in south China…

Rubber Conversion reports OE adoption of devulc tire materials

Added: 10 Jul 2024

Stellantis, Bridgestone commercialise parts developed in collaboration with Italian recycler under …

General Science starts up tire projects in China, Thailand

Added: 9 Jul 2024

New expansion projects add combined capacity to produce 16 million units of passenger car tires

Tanzania seeking investors to revive idled tire plant

Added: 9 Jul 2024

New government strategy aims to produce 1 million units of tires at Arusha-based manufacturing plant

Semperit offers new range of protective gloves

Semperit exits medical business with €7m transaction

Added: 9 Jul 2024

Vienna-based group completes sale of remaining production and packaging business to Harps Global

Goodyear to roll out rice-silica tire in China

Goodyear reports progress in use of sustainable materials

Added: 9 Jul 2024

Increases use of rice husk ash, soybean oil and sustainable carbon black in polymer and tire proces…

German rubber industry to return to double-digit growth in 2021

VW ‘needs greater collaboration’ with elastomers industry

Added: 8 Jul 2024

Decarbonisation “will only work if we come together in discussion and then jointly bring sustainabl…

Brazilian rice-husk silica manufacturer expanding

Notch sees opportunities and challenges ahead for rice husk silica

Added: 8 Jul 2024

New capacity on the way but increasing demand from a wide range of industries could make RHA a more…

Dynasol gains grant for Industry 4.0 digitalisation programme

Added: 8 Jul 2024

“Project reinforces commitment to improving production efficiency and to digitalisation of control …

Conti claims puncture-resistant bicycle tire advance

Added: 8 Jul 2024

Combines 'off-the-scale' protection with long-lasting wet weather grip and low rolling resistance…

Nexen reports rise in profits, tire production

Nexen looking beyond US for next international tire factory

Added: 5 Jul 2024

Decision to expand location scouting elsewhere due to increased cost of construction and labour

Klean expands recovered carbon black processing footprint in Asia

Added: 5 Jul 2024

Technology company supplying rCB processing plants to project with multiple sites in India, Malaysi…