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Governments step up SR anti-dumping measures

Tire pyrolysis company Circtec secures €150m funding for European plant

Added: 24 May 2024

Novo Holdings and AP Moller Holding back Circtec to build “Europe’s largest” ELT recycling plant

Strong sales in ‘all markets’ drive Hexpol’s 225% earnings increase 

Analysis: Rubber processors register challenging start to 2024

Added: 24 May 2024

Sales and earnings under pressure in first three months, review of results from major players shows…

US tire associations set up recycling foundation

Added: 24 May 2024

Initiative to secure funding for tire recycling-related research, education, intervention and demon…

EU new-car registrations jump on strong demand across all markets

Added: 24 May 2024

Combined share of petrol and diesel vehicles dropped to less than half the market, ACEA reports

Michelin to coordinate major European ELT recycling project

Murata, Michelin in licence agreement for worldwide supply of RFID tags

Added: 23 May 2024

Companies have worked together on the development of ‘fourth-generation linkless RFID tag’ technolo…

Sailun to expand Vietnam tire capacity

Sailun breaks ground on “flexible factory” in Mexico

Added: 23 May 2024

Chinese tire maker's first production factory in North America estimated to cost around $240 millio…

Conti investing €50m in own-brand agricultural tire production

Conti achieves CO2-neutral tire production at Portugal plant

Added: 23 May 2024

Facility in Lousado said to be manufacturing CO2-neutral tires since the beginning of the year

India moves to raise duties on South Korean synthetic rubber 

India announces dumping margins for rubber imported from Saudi, Russia, US, Singapore and China

Added: 23 May 2024

Hearing concerning imports of “isobutylene-isoprene rubber” to be held later this month, ahead of a…

Engineered products drive 9% earnings growth at Semperit

Added: 22 May 2024

Rubber products group now expects to fully divest gloves business three years ahead of schedule

Nexen Tire to build new R&D centre in Ohio

Nexen increases revenue, earnings amid stable demand

Added: 22 May 2024

Korean-based tire maker ramping up European production to full capacity by 2025

Asahi Kasei raising synthetic rubber prices

Added: 22 May 2024

Japanese group says it is facing “significant increases” in repair, labour and logistics costs

Dow adds new production line at German PU facility

Added: 22 May 2024

Project increases group's capacity for PU products 10-fold, targets battery-assembly applications

Feature  – JK Tyre maps out road to automation

Sumitomo Rubber starts soft x-ray study of tire materials

Added: 22 May 2024

Japanese tire & rubber group taps newly operational 3GeV high-intensity synchrotron radiation facil…

Nokian starts “change negotiations” at Finland tire factory

Added: 21 May 2024

Move to adapt heavy tire production to ‘market demand situation’ could impact 160 employees

Pirelli, Rostec to double tire production at Russian plant

Pirelli braced for headwinds around costs for raw materials, labour

Added: 21 May 2024

Italian tire maker offsetting impact of inflation with ongoing efficiency programme, contract revis…

Tocom starts TSR futures trading

Rubber futures strengthen on positive signals from China, US

Added: 21 May 2024

Strong gains and active trading reported across all major Far East markets

Shin-Etsu sees double-digit growth in silicones business

Shin-Etsu to build new silicone products plant in China

Added: 21 May 2024

Japanese group to transfer operations from existing plant in Zhejiang province to new facility

Zeon claims to be the world’s number one manufacturer of speciality rubber for applications such as automotive radiator hoses, fuel hoses, fan belts and oil seals.

Zeon announces synthetic rubber price rises

Added: 21 May 2024

Revisions across wide range of elastomers linked to pressure on manufacturing facility management c…

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Yokohama Rubber "joins" RubberWay NR tracing tool

Added: 21 May 2024

Move to promote sustainable natural rubber procurement throughout operations of the group

EU synthetic rubber output declines in early 2017

WDK warns about impact of high rubber materials costs

Added: 20 May 2024

German association says prices stabilising “at a level about 40% higher” than in pre-Covid years