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EU new car registrations grow 1.8% in 2025

Added: 28 Jan 2026

Hybrid-electric cars remain ‘preferred choice’ with 34.5% market share

Sailun unveils €250m expansion project at Indonesian tire plant

Added: 27 Jan 2026

Chinese tire group to double passenger car tire capacity, adjust off-road output

ANRPC, IRSG issue outlooks on natural rubber

Rubber futures rise on new speculative buying

Added: 27 Jan 2026

Open interest increases across exchanges, while trading volumes decline on most markets

Prinx rolls off first OTR giant tire at China plant

Added: 27 Jan 2026

Project to have production capacity for 10k giant tires, 85k engineering tires

UK startup HiiROC in link-up to produce sustainable carbon black

Added: 27 Jan 2026

Signs memorandum of understanding with Tokyo Gas to decarbonise customers’ operations

Michelin completes acquisition of Cooley Group

Added: 27 Jan 2026

US-based addition will strengthen industrial coated fabrics business

Pirelli “contains” Covid effects, further cuts sales outlook 

Pirelli signs €2.1bn five-year committed bank lines

Added: 27 Jan 2026

Facilities linked to decarbonisation targets and extend maturities to 2031

Event: IoM3 group targets elastomer processing challenges

IOM3 Southern Africa joins IRCO

Added: 27 Jan 2026

Country marks first African member in organisation’s 60-Year History

Polymer industry urges EU to shift energy policy

EU mandates registration of Chinese tire imports

Added: 26 Jan 2026

Move linked to ongoing anti-subsidy investigation; duties could be applied retroactively

Michelin starts production at Shanghai tire expansion project

Added: 26 Jan 2026

Phase II upgrade lifts capacity and targets high-performance, EV-focused tires

Ceat outlines tire capacity expansion plans at Indian factories

Added: 26 Jan 2026

Capex expected to rise to up to INR12 billion per year as volumes grow

Correction: Zhongding US to build new factory in Mexico

Added: 26 Jan 2026

Move part of global growth strategy of Chinese parent group Anhui Zhongding Group

AirBoss secures $8m Canadian defence order

Added: 26 Jan 2026

Low burden masks to be delivered through to early 2027 under long-running support contract

Rubber & tire industry in numbers

Added: 23 Jan 2026

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

Cabot posts strong growth for reinforcement materials

Dunlop, Cabot in link-up for rCB use in tires

Added: 23 Jan 2026

Partners to evaluate mass-production use of pyrolysis-based material under circular economy push

Nokian launches concept tire with birch bark rubber

Added: 23 Jan 2026

Betula concept tire features 93% sustainable materials in the tread compound

Covestro starts production at new TPU site in China

Added: 23 Jan 2026

Zhuhai facility to produce 30ktpa of TPUs per annum in the first phase

Wevo launches LSR systems for textile coatings, sealing applications

Added: 23 Jan 2026

Materials enable “precise and automated manufacturing processes” using dispensing on textiles, plas…

Conti sees slight decline in full-year sales

Added: 22 Jan 2026

Tires margin expands in Q4, helped by cost-optimisation, positive mix effect

Michelin free cash flow exceeds forecast in 2025

Added: 22 Jan 2026

Group confirms segment operating income within previously announced range of €2.6bn – €3.0bn