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Tosoh investing €450m in chloroprene rubber capacity expansion
Added: 13 Jun 2025
To add a second CR production facility at its Nanyo complex in southern Japan

Vibracoustic expands air spring production in Mexico
Added: 13 Jun 2025
“Strategic investment” sees increased capacity for air spring sleeves, assembly at Lerma facility
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Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 13 Jun 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

Pirelli’s ‘cyber tires’ to map roads in Italian pilot project
Added: 13 Jun 2025
Apulia regional government and Pirelli launch project to ‘unify’ all data to map state of road netw…

Comerio Ercole opens Industry 5.0 manufacturing centre
Added: 13 Jun 2025
Italian machinery maker expands R&D centre with new calendering, mixing units

Datwyler streamlining US production network
Added: 12 Jun 2025
Swiss group to close Ohio facility, transfer operations to two existing sites

European Commission publishes country benchmarking for EUDR
Added: 12 Jun 2025
First benchmarking list classifies countries according to their risk of deforestation

South Africa imposes provisional duties on tires from Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia
Added: 12 Jun 2025
Preliminary findings conclude that Chinese tire makers 'circumvent' duties through the three Asian …

Bekaert rubber reinforcement sales dip despite strong demand in China
Added: 12 Jun 2025
Strong volume growth and utilisation rates in China supports segment profitability

Falken Tyre Europe names new leader
Added: 12 Jun 2025
Hiroshi Hamada appointed as managing director, chairman & CEO of company

Hughes to lead Linglong specialty tires division in EMEA
Added: 12 Jun 2025
Brings over 25 years’ experience in the tire industry from management roles at Maxam, Goodyear…
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Conti investing in consumer tires, to discontinue TBR tire production in India
Added: 11 Jun 2025
German group commits €10m to expansion of UHP passenger car/light vehicle tires at Modipuram plant
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Update: Michelin consolidating Mexican production, to close Queretaro plant
Added: 11 Jun 2025
French group says its site in Leon “produces tires best suited to the current Mexican market”
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Enviro marks new milestone in Uddevalla waste tire pyrolysis plant
Added: 11 Jun 2025
Company's total stake in Infiniteria JV project stands at 7.3% of capital and 8.7% of votes
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Chinese lab launches projects on rubber durability, simulation and acoustics
Added: 11 Jun 2025
Anhui provincial laboratory, supported by Zhongding Group, introduces three projects for 2025

Rubber futures mixed on trade optimism, rising supply
Added: 10 Jun 2025
Natural rubber supply rising as wintering season concludes across major producing countries

NOK eyes growth in Chinese EV market with new technology centre
Added: 10 Jun 2025
Wuxi facility secures space to expand capacity by 20% in the future

New Zeon R&D unit to explore bio-based butadiene, isoprene production
Added: 10 Jun 2025
Facility at Zeon Chemicals Yonezawa site to focus on chemical reaction, biofermentation processes

Hutchinson supplies magnetic rubber rings for new exoskeleton project
Added: 10 Jun 2025
Collaborates with Wandercraft on making exoskeletons more accessible to general public

ZC Rubber launches IPO on Shanghai Stock Exchange
Added: 9 Jun 2025
Offering gives Chinese group opening market capitalisation of €5.5 billion