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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 board proposes dividend suspension

Conti confirms ContiTech divestment plan, adjusts sales outlook

Added: 25 Jun 2025

German group lowers 2025 outlook to reflect currency headwind, trade barriers

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

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

Avon Rubber reports robust demand for personal protection systems

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...

Hainan Rubber to build plant for deproteinised NR 

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…

Konimpex extends rubber distribution partnership with Sibur 

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