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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” 

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

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

DP Seals joins McLaren ventilator team

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

NR demand, production grow amid low prices

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

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies acquiring Austrian seals specialist DMH

Added: 23 Sep 2025

Traboch-based company supplies sealing systems, components and tools from three factories in Austri…

ETRMA welcomes EU guidance on vehicle data act, calls for ‘sector-specific’ leg

Added: 23 Sep 2025

European tire & rubber association urges tailored regulation for mobility sector

Biesterfeld extends distribution partnership with Kraiburg

Added: 23 Sep 2025

Hamburg-based group takes over Kraibon distribution rights in South Africa, UK

Revealed: The world's top 50 rubber product manufacturers for 2020

German rubber industry calls for ‘greater consideration’ for SMEs

Added: 23 Sep 2025

WDK urges collaboration with SMEs on “still unclear situation” regarding EUDR 

Hutchinson develops PFAS-free coating for valve sealing pads

Added: 23 Sep 2025

Lubritape-E launched as “sustainable alternative to PTFE film”

German rubber association urges “burden moratorium” for SMEs

Elkem in “exclusive sales process” to divest silicones division

Added: 22 Sep 2025

Buyer described as “a major industrial player that has a significant presence in global chemicals i…

ECHA to consult on PFAS draft opinion in spring 2026

Added: 22 Sep 2025

European agency expects to complete evaluation of feedback by end of next year