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ZC Rubber revises project funding after lower-than-expected IPO proceeds
Added: 26 Jun 2025
Chinese tire maker raised gross proceeds of Yuan4.06 billion, below the initial target of Yuan4.85 …

Sabic to permanently close UK naphtha cracker
Added: 26 Jun 2025
Olefins 6 facility in Wilton has been offline since 2020 and was to be converted to a gas cracker

Deadline approaching for Future Tire paper submission
Added: 26 Jun 2025
Event set for November in Prague will study big themes shaping the future of global tire industry

Conti confirms ContiTech divestment plan, adjusts sales outlook
Added: 25 Jun 2025
German group lowers 2025 outlook to reflect currency headwind, trade barriers

EU member states push for further simplification of EUDR
Added: 25 Jun 2025
Support for proposals by Austria and Luxembourg to significantly reduce red-tape burden of the regu…

Trelleborg launches new sealing materials for EV battery cells
Added: 25 Jun 2025
EPDM, FKM and PFA compounds designed to improve efficiency and chemical resistance

UK places €12m Avon respirator order for Ukraine
Added: 25 Jun 2025
UK manufacturer expects to start delivery of masks in financial year 2026, starting 1 Oct

Coim bio-based TPU used in new Ariete ski goggles
Added: 25 Jun 2025
Ariete 8K model uses a TPU containing up to 70% renewable raw materials...

Rubber futures gain slightly as flooding disrupts supply
Added: 24 Jun 2025
However, geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and China-US trade tensions weigh on market senti…

Zeon confirms plans to withdraw from ‘low-profitability’ rubber products
Added: 24 Jun 2025
Japanese group targets 60% increase in earnings by 2028

Freudenberg develops waveguide antenna technology for automated driving
Added: 24 Jun 2025
Project involves three Freudenberg divisions, including FST, as well as external suppliers and acad…

Cordiant upgrades tire building machine at Omsk plant
Added: 24 Jun 2025
Machine designed for radial tires with 20-inch rim diameter, can produce 430 tires per day

Soho Holdings completes purchase of controlling stake in General Science
Added: 24 Jun 2025
Chinese tire maker becomes ‘state-controlled’ following €250m transaction

Yokohama to produce ‘world first’ self-repairing tires
Added: 23 Jun 2025
Initial production value estimated at €1.2m, making it “a new high-value growth driver for the comp…

Black Donuts eyes Ukraine tire plant
Added: 23 Jun 2025
Location scouting currently underway for passenger car tire production facility

SRI develops 3D-printable rubber with high resilience, durability
Added: 23 Jun 2025
Japanese group looking to commercialise material by next year

US compounder Prism claims sustainable rubber advsnces
Added: 23 Jun 2025
Patent-pending TPV formulation uses revulcanised end-of-life tire rubber to create sustainable elas…

Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 20 Jun 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

ETRMA comments on EU Bioeconomy Strategy update
Added: 20 Jun 2025
Urges supportive framework for circular and bio-based materials and innovation that reduces relianc…

Sibur develops SBR for all-season and summer tires
Added: 20 Jun 2025
Another new product intended to replace rubber previously sourced from overseas suppliers