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Study indicates OE brand loyalty near 37%

Positive business signals from most major tire makers

Added: 31 May 2024

Global manufacturers register mixed performances in terms of sales, earnings, share-price trends...…

Apple advances foldable screen with ‘self-healing elastomer’

Added: 31 May 2024

Repair process could occur without prompting or be initiated by applying an external stimulus

China terminates five-year anti-dumping measures on TDI from EU

Re-stocking brightens mood for EU chemicals industry

Added: 31 May 2024

But industry association Cefic reports “no serious growth in demand” in first three months of this …

Weir introduces new branding to counter fake rubber products

Added: 31 May 2024

Rows of 'black logos’ along the length of Linatex sheeting distinguish products from ‘inferior’ mat…

Hyosung mulls expanding tire cord business to Cambodia

Added: 30 May 2024

Group expects growth in region as car makers, tire companies expand presence in the country

Nokian Tyres' ex-CEO, board members charged in securities case

Nokian opts for temporary lay-offs to adjust heavy tires production 

Added: 30 May 2024

To be completed during end of 2024 and first quarter of 2025, lay-offs will not impact passenger ca…

UPM to supply bio-based fillers to rubber flooring company Artigo

Added: 30 May 2024

Switch to renewable fillers to lower Artigo’s CO2 footprint, weight of new flooring collection

ETRA seeks united front to protect crumb rubber industry

Tire recycling startup ReTyre launches technology in India

Added: 30 May 2024

Water-jet waste tire processing introduced during a Siemens industry event in Chennai

Kemya, Continental Carbon start Saudi carbon black plant

DKT Preview: Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd

Added: 30 May 2024

UK company produces a wide range of ‘performance chemicals’ and ‘custom' products for the rubber an…

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

ETRMA warns about shortcomings in EUDR data systems

Added: 29 May 2024

Joint letter: “Requirements critical for the functioning of business supply-chains have been disreg…

Natural rubber production, consumption up in 2018

Natural rubber futures gain for third week in a row

Added: 29 May 2024

JPX forecasts prices for the commodity to “stay firm” in the near-term amid bullish market sentimen…

TrelleborgVibracoustic to change name

Trelleborg advancing use of AI in design, production operations

Added: 29 May 2024

TSS president: "So many prospects for the future improvement and enhancement of our manufacturing p…

Michelin links with plastics-waste recycling start-up

Added: 29 May 2024

Bobine's technology produces 'food grade' materials from non-recoverable plastics

Hübner wins ‘major' Hitachi Rail order for Washington metro

Added: 29 May 2024

New fleet for US capital to use transition systems manufactured by German components supplier

WDK flags Toyota's fair-deal lifeline for rubber parts suppliers

Added: 28 May 2024

Rues disappearance of 'fair cooperation' in Germany, which underpinned success of country's automot…

Hankook rolls out ISCC+ tires for new Porsche EV

Added: 28 May 2024

South Korean tire maker starts series production of tires with 45% sustainable content in Hungary

Hutchinson develops elastomer for sealing EV heat pumps

Added: 28 May 2024

New material developed for VW, capable of withstanding operating constraints of refrigerant-grade C…

Automotive majors ‘certify’ Linglong’s European tire plant

Added: 28 May 2024

Serbian production facility gains approvals from Nissan, VW, Audi, Stellantis and truck manufacture…

Pyrum set to break ground on second German tire recycling plant

Added: 28 May 2024

Announces start of 'warm commissioning' on third production line at flagship facility in Dillingen

HB Fuller acquires adhesives specialist ND Industries

Added: 28 May 2024

Takeover expands service and product offering in "fast-growing, high-margin” segments in CASE indus…