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Kumho recalling tires in US for belt issue

Kumho Tire reports strong quarter on robust sales

Added: 4 Aug 2025

Posts record second-quarter revenue since the founding of the company

Zeon posts higher elastomer earnings despite softer sales

Added: 4 Aug 2025

Stronger latex shipments offset low demand, selling prices in synthetic rubbers business

Update: Tariff-hit Chinese tire makers to “intensify” EU trade

German rubber industry warns of “bureaucratic tsunami” with new EU packaging reg

Added: 4 Aug 2025

Calls for an “urgent” exemption for small quantity threshold of 10 tonnes per year

Rubber & tire industry in numbers

Added: 1 Aug 2025

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

Michelin CEO addresses sustainability

Michelin recommends new approach to ‘mass-balance’

Added: 1 Aug 2025

‘Lack of clear, robust requirements and standards detrimental to both producers and consumers...’

DRAFT Tire sector to drive US carbon black market

China overtakes N America to become Cabot’s largest market

Added: 1 Aug 2025

Now accounts for about 25% of carbon black maker's global revenue, while APAC region accounts for 4…

EU offers €3m support for dismissed Goodyear workers in Germany

Added: 1 Aug 2025

Funding allocated to 915 workers to enable them to find new employment opportunities

UK inflatable-dams maker lands US contract

Added: 1 Aug 2025

Dyrhoff supplies inflatable rubber dams and spillway gates for flood control and water management

Cebu Pacific adopts Bridgestone ‘easytrack’ for aircraft tire management

Added: 1 Aug 2025

Japanese tire & rubber group planning to expand system’s use to improve aviation tire management 

Southern Thailand 'on alert' as NR disease spreads

GPSNR launches assurance system for sustainable natural rubber

Added: 31 Jul 2025

New framework aims to boost transparency, accountability, and supply chain performance

Nexen Tire earnings fall 32% on impact of US tariffs

Added: 31 Jul 2025

Korean tire maker reports record quarterly revenue as sales grow in US

The Gyöngyöshalász project, he continued, is running on-time with the first passenger car tires set to come out in January 2017. Truck tires output will start afterwards in early 2018.

Indian tire industry poised for double-digit growth over next decade

Added: 31 Jul 2025

Industry reports annual turnover of nearly €10bn with high exports ratio

Union warns of “chaotic Brexit” impact on manufacturing jobs

UK vehicle manufacturing slumps amid global uncertainty

Added: 31 Jul 2025

Industry expects a 15% decline in production this year, with positive trend projections for 2026

Tire-cord major Hyosung claims market-share gains

Hyosung confirms Bain Capital as preferred bidder for steel tire cord unit

Added: 30 Jul 2025

Korean supplier says sale talks ongoing following Korean media report

Covestro IPO to raise €2.5bn

EU launches ‘in-dept’ probe into Adnoc’s €12bn Covestro bid

Added: 30 Jul 2025

European Commission studying UAE subsidies in Covestro takeover

Forbo profitability up despite lower sales

Forbo belts unit reports weak results amid economic headwinds

Added: 30 Jul 2025

Swiss group posts 30% year-on-year decline in first half operating profit

China’s Jiyuan Hongxin to build new wet-mixing line for ‘nano rubber composites’

Added: 30 Jul 2025

Company recently initiated a 20ktpa expansion for wet‑mixed natural rubber/silica master batch prod…

Klean completes tire-based fuel production trial at Viva refinery in Australia

Added: 30 Jul 2025

“Breakthrough” development could encourage change in Australia’s regulatory landscape concerning TP…

Cooper Standard seals Renault demo car with low-carbon tech

Added: 30 Jul 2025

FlexiCore and FlushSeal systems used on Embleme project to cut weight, improve recyclability

EU replacement tire market shrinks in ‘challenging environment’

Added: 29 Jul 2025

Consumer tire segment reported an overall 4% year-on-year decline in the second quarter