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Bridgestone launches VH-IND agro-industrial tire
Added: 30 Sep 2025
First in segment claimed to deliver “exceptional traction” and higher load capacity

WDK renews call for 'first-touch' principle in EUDR
Added: 29 Sep 2025
German rubber industry urges Berlin and Brussels to use delay to cut red tape

Freudenberg Medical opens second plant in Costa Rica
Added: 29 Sep 2025
The $25m investment to expand catheter production and strengthen global supply

Pyrum set to break ground on second German waste tire pyrolysis plant
Added: 29 Sep 2025
Land access issues resolved at Perl-Besch site after months of delay

Kraiburg launches sustainable TPE for e-bike handles
Added: 29 Sep 2025
Thermolast R series designed for durability, comfort and outdoor use

Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 26 Sep 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwid…

Tokai starts partial operations at new Thai carbon black plant
Added: 26 Sep 2025
Japanese group expects full relocation to new site in "latter half of 2026"

Marangoni says South African retreading plant in full operation after fire
Added: 26 Sep 2025
Leader Rubber now features ‘upgraded equipment, optimised processes’

German union backs ‘reality check’ on energy planning
Added: 26 Sep 2025
IGBCE: Report "remorselessly exposes the problems of the energy transition in the past”

ETRMA calls for ‘real simplification’ as EUDR faces further delay
Added: 25 Sep 2025
Tire & rubber industry association urges due diligence obligations to end with the “first placer” o…

Enviro advances large-scale waste tire pyrolysis plant in Sweden
Added: 25 Sep 2025
Main process equipment delivered and installed at Uddevalla site on schedule

Imerys introduces circular kaolin for tire inner liners
Added: 25 Sep 2025
Company highlights “optimum barrier performance and low air permeability” properties

Italian compounder Taro Plast adds elastomer capacity
Added: 25 Sep 2025
New extrusion line at Ferrara factory to produce thermoplastic copolyester elastomers

Michelin rejects claims of offshoring, misuse of public aid in France
Added: 24 Sep 2025
French group says site closures reflect weak markets and competitiveness, not relocation

Sumitomo Rubber to open US technical centre
Added: 24 Sep 2025
Operation will support product testing and design for North and South American tire markets

Sailun buying Vogue Tyre to gain premium segment foothold
Added: 24 Sep 2025
The 110-year-old brand joins Sailun as Chinese group pushes for 'greater prestige and reach'

Conti rolls out advanced sustainable’ bus tire
Added: 24 Sep 2025
Product launched with high share of renewable and recycled materials

Essentially Rubber – Innovation
Added: 24 Sep 2025
Hutchinson PFAS-free coating... Connected Rolex... Kraiburg TPE light-up... FST addresses food-cont…

Rubber futures dip ahead of Chinese holiday
Added: 23 Sep 2025
Market sentiment “weakened” following ‘lower-than-expected’ August industrial production in China’s…

Update: Linglong Group signs $800m deal for Kenya automotive parts plant
Added: 23 Sep 2025
MoU signed during Arise-IIP Kenya Investment Forum earlier this month