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Shin-Etsu develops heat-shrinkable silicone rubber tube for busbars

Added: 13 Sep 2024

Demand for busbars has been expanding in recent years, driven by electric mobility

Nissan to invest €136m in UK plant

Russia planning €100m tire factory in eastern region

Added: 12 Sep 2024

Passenger car tire facility, to be built in Primorsky Krai, set for commissioning in 2027

Pyrum links decline in share-price to US investors

Added: 12 Sep 2024

“We have been noticing for months that US investors, in particular, are withdrawing from the green …

Major tire makers win California approval to continue 6PPD alternative research

Added: 12 Sep 2024

Led by USTMA, consortium receives compliance notice for preliminary study, clearing way for stage 2…

General Science reports 400% increase in first-half profits

Added: 12 Sep 2024

Chinese tire group reports 37% year-on-year rise in revenue for the first six months of the year

Michelin employee share ownership plan to boost staff influence

Added: 12 Sep 2024

French tire maker opens “BIB’Action 2024” to 127k employees in 44 countries

NHTSA grants Conti tires non-compliance petition

Continental Tire files plan to establish €60m facility in US

Added: 11 Sep 2024

Planned 752,000 square-foot unit in Forth Worth, Texas scheduled for competion by early 2026...

Bosch, Pirelli in link-up to advance intelligent tire technology

Added: 11 Sep 2024

Sensor-powered technology enables “optimal use” of individual properties and performance of tires

ContiTech to stop producing industrial rollers and sleeves

Added: 11 Sep 2024

Product manufacturing & support operations at site in Waltershausen to cease by yearend

Dow backing elastomers to offer 'green carpet' treatment

Added: 11 Sep 2024

Bio-circular addition to POE range said to meet need for more sustainable options in flooring indus…

Mitsuboshi Belting building new facility at Japanese site

Added: 11 Sep 2024

Belts manufacturer investing around €6.4m in construction of new facility at operation in Shikoku..…

Nynas advances process oil for tires, rubber goods

New Nynas product line 'lowers carbon footprint by 25%'

Added: 11 Sep 2024

Product range said to offer lower PCF, provide ‘drop-in’ alternatives to existing portfolio...

Rubber futures snap five-week rally

Added: 10 Sep 2024

‘Super typhoon Yagi’ on southern China, Vietnam and Thailand influences markets

Marubeni eyes 'tire recycling supply chain' businesses in Japan, Southeast Asia

Added: 10 Sep 2024

Invests in Thai end-of-life tire pyrolysis business to establish a “model case" for the operations

Apollo Covid-relief reaches over 1m people 

Apollo Tyres consolidating European R&D operations

Added: 10 Sep 2024

Move will see Indian-based tire manufacturer closing research & development centre in Raunheim, Ger…

Kraton operations deemed "essential"

Kraton to increase styrenic copolymer prices

Added: 10 Sep 2024

General price hike of $220 per tonne will come into effect as of October, according to US supplier

Dunlop Aircraft Tyres awarded $7m US defence contract

Added: 10 Sep 2024

UK tire manufacturer to produce tires at Mocksville, North Carolina factory

Industry group shares 15 years of tire particle research for free

ETRMA reports on progress with UNECE tire-abrasion test programme

Added: 9 Sep 2024

Representatives from ETRTO, EC, GRBP and national governments attended test methodology event...

Scanship, Murfitts advance plans to establish major tire pyrolysis plant

Added: 9 Sep 2024

Agreement for the design and construction of large-scale facility to be operational in 2026...

Bridgestone rubber-based robotics unit can handle objects of varying shapes

Added: 9 Sep 2024

Tetote features four fingers with artificial rubber muscles, helping automate tasks that currently …