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Conti breaks ground on $75m logistics facility in US

Added: 24 Aug 2026

Designed to store up to 500k tires, Mount Vernon unit to extend group's market-reach in North Ameri…

Conti steps up sustainability bid with “lighthouse project”

India’s rubber exports jump 46% amid growing demand

Added: 24 Aug 2026

“Compounded rubber” exports increased by more than 12% year-on-year in previous fiscal year

TPC eyes C4 processing capacity expansion with debottlenecking project

Added: 24 Aug 2026

US butadiene and C4 derivatives supplier expects to lift crude C4 processing capacity 14% by 2029

Acquisition doubles Olam Agri’s natural rubber processing capacity in Ivory Coast

Added: 24 Aug 2026

ASAF deal adds 176ktpa of capacity, strengthens supply of “traceable, responsibly sourced natural r…

Mavis completes acquisition of Pep Boys

Added: 24 Aug 2026

Transaction adds “significant western US footprint” to Mavis network

German trade union calls for ‘day of action’ amid industrial job losses

Added: 24 Aug 2026

IGBCE launches petition calling for job guarantees, lower costs, protection from 'unfair competitio…

Rubber & Tire Industry in Numbers

Added: 21 Aug 2026

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

Drinking Water Directive: Good idea – poorly executed?

Added: 21 Aug 2026

Analysis by Volker Krings, chief chemist at German rubber industry association the WDK

ElringKlinger bucks negative vehicle production trend

Added: 21 Aug 2026

German automotive components manufacturer buoyed by second quarter gains

Application: New Gates hydraulic hoses for “most demanding” environments

Gates raises full-year outlook after record second-quarter sales

Added: 21 Aug 2026

Power transmission business drives growth as industrial demand improves

Guizhou Tyre to set up Vietnam subsidiary

Guizhou Tire adding 30ktpa carbon black capacity

Added: 21 Aug 2026

Set for start-up in 2027, upstream project to support Chinese company's tire manufacturing operatio…

Technology focus: Marine hoses enhance windfarms

Added: 21 Aug 2026

Ocean Winds project required product capable of handling abrasive slurry under high pressure and cr…

Teijin advances aramid fibres from 'green' raw materials

Shougang Century, Cordenka mull tire reinforcement JV

Added: 20 Aug 2026

Proposed deal aims to combine tire reinforcement operations, expand global industrial rayon busines…

ANRPC: Outlook remains weak for short-term NR price recovery 

Sumitomo Rubber to study effects of tapping frequency on NR quality

Added: 20 Aug 2026

Collaborates with Thai research institutes, universities to address productivity and labour issues

Lotte-GS Energy €600m JV to include butadiene plant

China’s Black Cat unveils plans for new 240ktpa carbon black plant

Added: 20 Aug 2026

New €130-million facility scheduled for construction in 2026-28, according to Chinese procurement b…

Zhongce Rubber reports higher first-half results as overseas markets grow

Added: 20 Aug 2026

Chinese group posts 6% growth in profit amid ‘multiple challenges’ of raw materials costs, intense …

WDK: German rubber industry on flat growth track

Conti lowers half-year capex across Tires, ContiTech divisions

Added: 20 Aug 2026

German group invests in capacity expansion in ‘European best cost locations’, US, Asia

ERJ Appointments Tracker - 2026

Added: 20 Aug 2026

New KM Extrusion boss... HF apprenticeship… Apollo CFO departing... New Freudenberg CTO... Endurica…

Chinese firms advance rubber wet-mixing technology

California approves replacement tire efficiency standards

Added: 19 Aug 2026

New rules expected to save drivers $1bn annually in fuel costs, cut CO2 emissions by 2m tonnes

Kemya, Continental Carbon start Saudi carbon black plant

Chinese coal energy major to build 50ktpa EPDM plant

Added: 19 Aug 2026

Japan’s ETIC signs licensing agreement with Chinese state-owned company Yulin Chemical