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Michelin to support job creation after Cholet plant closure

Added: 2 Jun 2025

Commits €6.83 million over a three-year period to support creation of at least 947 jobs

EU new car registrations rebound in April

Added: 2 Jun 2025

But year-to-date figures remain 1.2% below previous year’s levels

BFG, Michelin sued over alleged hazardous waste in US

Zeon wins battery binder IP infringement case in China

Added: 30 May 2025

Local court in Shenzhen rules in favour of Zeon in lawsuit against Shenzhen Haodyne Technology

Cambodia announces two new tire investments

Added: 30 May 2025

Projects include greenfield tire factory and expansion of an existing production site

Rubber & tire industry in numbers

Added: 30 May 2025

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

Zeon nanorubber pad is cool for computers

Harvard researchers develop crack-resistant natural rubber

Added: 30 May 2025

Newly developed rubber claimed to be 10 times tougher than conventional counterpart 

Akwel sales drop 3% as global vehicle output slows

Added: 30 May 2025

Car production declined in most regions, except China and Japan, French supplier says

ERJ May/June 2025 issue now available

Added: 30 May 2025

New edition of European Rubber Journal magazine is now available in print and online

TSRC relocates Chinese rubber plant, announces €150m expansion project

Added: 29 May 2025

Company aims to add production capacity for 70ktpa of rubber at new facility in Nantong

Enviro buoyed by demand for ‘bio-oil’ from scrap tires 

Enviro renews tire pyrolysis oil supply agreement with US company

Added: 29 May 2025

Order accounts for 100% of annual of production of plant in Åsensbruk, Sweden

Belt-makers eke out growth amid slowing markets

ContiTech launches integrated conveyor belt service at expanded Brazil plant

Added: 29 May 2025

Expansion is designed to ‘double, or even triple’ capacity in the coming years... 

Aeolus estimates annual net loss of up to €62m

Aeolus Tyre eyes growth in South Africa, Australia with new subsidiaries

Added: 29 May 2025

New sales units to engage in wholesale of tires and conveyor belts with focus on off-road products

Denka raises neoprene prices again

Denka reports flat chloroprene rubber volumes

Added: 29 May 2025

Elastomers and infrastructure segment delivers flat sales, narrows loss

US probes India, Sri Lanka OTR import duties

BKT unveils €360m plan to enter new tire markets, add carbon black capacity

Added: 28 May 2025

Indian group to enter passenger car and commercial tire segments in India by end of next year

DATL reports cyberattack at UK operations

Added: 28 May 2025

Aircraft tire maker sees significant increase in earnings as aviation industry recovers

Evonik starts up advanced C4 plants in Germany

Evonik targets €1bn earnings boost by 2027 under new strategy

Added: 28 May 2025

Capacity optimisation and cost-cutting initiatives, including in silica division, to drive earnings…

New Zeon investment to support carbon nanotube scale-up

Added: 28 May 2025

Japanese group backs Taiwan-based SiAT to expand battery paste production

Wacker providing carbon footprint data for all products

Added: 28 May 2025

German group says data reflects real material consumption rates, not chemical formulations

Michelin to build “world-first” industrial-scale plant for bio-ingredient 5-HMF

Added: 27 May 2025

French group to use bio-based molecule in composites for tire and other applications

Brussels  – Natural rubber has been included on the EU’s ‘critical raw material list’, the European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has reported.

Rubber futures depict mixed picture after short momentum

Added: 27 May 2025

Traders adopted a “cautious stance” across all major Far East exchanges, according to JPX