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WDK leader: EUDR "zigzag course" harming the economy
Added: 17 Oct 2024
Commission's move to delay implementation adds yet more uncertainty across the rubber supply-chain.…

Mexico imposes antidumping duties on Chinese tire imports
Added: 17 Oct 2024
Tariffs apply to new radial pneumatic tires for cars and light trucks with diameters of 13 to 22 in…

Hübner inks rubber gangway deal with Siemens for Munich S-Bahn
Added: 17 Oct 2024
German rail components supplier to provide over 1,000 transitions for major commuter train project

Pyrum completes first ‘maxcap’ trial at new tire recycling line
Added: 17 Oct 2024
German waste tire recycler expects to full ramp up expanded facility in Dillingen by yearend

Former FST boss Claus Möhlenkamp to lead Freudenberg Group
Added: 17 Oct 2024
Mohsen Sohi, who has held the top position at German group since 2012, to retire mid-2025

Bridgestone announces data exchange link-up with Geotab
Added: 17 Oct 2024
Move to help Bridgestone with "planning, find gaps in its service network, and gain deeper contextu…

Orion announces Scherbakoff as new chief technology officer
Added: 17 Oct 2024
Joins from polymers & chemicals major Trinseo, where she led global R&D and technology innovation a…

German rubber association reports 87kt of missing ELTs
Added: 16 Oct 2024
Scrap tires likely ‘exported to non-EU countries to be incinerated or recycled using non-environmen…

Paolo Pompei taking the helm at Nokian from start of next year
Added: 16 Oct 2024
Finnish tire maker confirms that Pompei will take over the position of president and CEO on 1 Jan 2…

Celanese expands Chinese centre to support elastomers R&D
Added: 16 Oct 2024
Shanghai unit equipped with advanced lab facilities for NVH, elastomer processing, new-product R&D.…

Future Tire & Rubber Awards for Innovation – Top Projects in 2024
Added: 16 Oct 2024
FTR Awards identifies the most innovative, significant and inspiring developments from across our i…

UTH adds US subsidiary in South Carolina
Added: 16 Oct 2024
“Manufacturing will continue to take place in Fulda" with new site to focus on enhancing local supp…

Ningbo Actmix to use Suzano bio-material in rubber products
Added: 16 Oct 2024
Kraft lignin said to offer a sustainable alternative to other chemical additives and fossil-based a…

ERJ Tire Tracker: July/August
Added: 15 Oct 2024
Latest news on fitments, testing and related innovations from the global tire industry...

Sumitomo Rubber cutting production capacity at Chinese tire plant
Added: 15 Oct 2024
Facility in Hunan to undergo major technical transformation to meet environmental requirements

Rubber futures register ‘sharp falls’ on potential EUDR delay
Added: 15 Oct 2024
Natural rubber pricing in China down by more than 6% from previous week amid active trading
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Sibur advances catalyst technology for synthetic rubber production
Added: 15 Oct 2024
Russian energy and materials group aims to employ in-house catalyst technology by 2029

French carbon-negative rubber startup baCta completes fund raising round
Added: 15 Oct 2024
Startup eyes “full platform” to use microbes as “programmable molecular factories to synthesise car…

USTMA elects Yokohama Tire chief as chair
Added: 15 Oct 2024
Jeff Barna, president and CEO of Yokohama Tire Corp., to serve a two-year term through October 2026

Safic-Alcan to distribute Momentive PU additives in eastern Europe
Added: 15 Oct 2024
Agreement to expand availability of US supplier's polyurethane additives for flexible slabstock foa…