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Freudenberg targets fuel cell, battery technology with acquisitions

Essentially Rubber – Innovation

Added: 31 Oct 2025

TG airbags for Honda Prelude... Hutchinson PFAS-free coating... Connected Rolex... Kraiburg TPE lig…

Nexen Tire expands retail presence with Middle East brand shops

Added: 31 Oct 2025

Korean tire maker opens first brand shops in Bahrain and Kuwait

Nokian Tyres boosts earnings on pricing power as Romania ramp-up accelerates

Added: 30 Oct 2025

Finnish tire maker announces job cuts as part of performance-improvement measures

Elkem to cut jobs in two-year restructuring programme

Elkem Silicones lifted by higher volumes, operational efficiencies

Added: 30 Oct 2025

Norwegian supplier expects to close sales process of division by first half of 2026

DESMA reports positive K2025, despite reduced sector presence

Added: 30 Oct 2025

Timely forum for presentation of new elastomer moulding technologies, but dip in number of related …

Trelleborg, Celanese develop CR-free automotive sealing boots

Added: 30 Oct 2025

Product developed in response to shift from chloroprene rubber to thermoplastic elastomers

ZC Rubber targets ‘fleet services’ in European growth strategy

Added: 30 Oct 2025

In 2024, more than 300k Westlake TBR tires were delivered to Europe, with estimated 2.5% market sha…

Toyo announces further restructuring measures

Toyo recalling 37k tires for potential tread separation defect

Added: 30 Oct 2025

Affected tires manufactured at facility in White, Georgia, earlier this year

Nokian Tyres launches ‘industry-first’ smart tire technology

Added: 30 Oct 2025

Sensor system enables tractor operators to directly track operating conditions, is also relevant to…

Michelin-licensed rubber plant in Indonesia to start production in 2018

European industry warns of ‘deindustrialisation risk’ under current EU climate rules

Added: 30 Oct 2025

Letter follows Oxford Economics report which found sharp contraction in Europe’s chemicals base

Toyo Tires evaluating construction of new factory

Added: 29 Oct 2025

Japanese group studying expansion as factories operate near full capacity

Mutares expanding in Asia with purchase of Chinese automotive rubber parts makers

Added: 29 Oct 2025

To acquire two Taicang-based rubber sealing and hose makers from Hwaseung in planned expansion of A…

GPSNR tackling sustainability costs for smallholders

Hainan Rubber develops ‘China’s first’ carbon footprint standard for NR products

Added: 29 Oct 2025

Jointly developed Wantai, benchmark aims to drive digital, low-carbon development in China’s rubber…

Reka Rubber improves volumes, profitability in third quarter

Added: 29 Oct 2025

Finnish company expanding production capacity for hoses, belts with new machinery

Lord process opens new areas for LSR, thermoplastics

Dow reports rising demand for silicones

Added: 29 Oct 2025

Consumer Solutions sees stronger sequential sales despite price pressure

Titan sales, earnings slide in Q3

Titan closes strategic partnership with Brazil’s Rodaros

Added: 29 Oct 2025

Deal includes option for full acquisition of wheel maker in 2029

ETRMA rebrands as Tyres Europe to become ‘tire-only’ organisation

Added: 28 Oct 2025

Association elects Pirelli executive Livio Magni as president, Nokian’s Paolo Pompei as VP

IRSG: Global rubber demand to fall 12% in 2020

Rubber futures rise across major exchanges

Added: 28 Oct 2025

Prices gain on “short-covering and improved sentiment,” according to JPX

Under WTO rules, companies buying in from the US or the Middle East, for example, pay tariffs of 6.5 percent, though these extra costs might be offset in the UK by a fall in the value of sterling.

Pirelli halts production at UK plants

Added: 28 Oct 2025

Six-day suspension to align output with market conditions

Tire Industry Project members report significant sustainability gains

Added: 28 Oct 2025

Latest report shows 26% cut in CO2 intensity among members, 121% increase in renewable energy use