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US opts to impose only limited tariffs on Thai truck tire imports

Added: 20 May 2024

Preliminary ruling: Prinx Chengshan receives no antidumping duties,  'all others' incur rate of 2.3…

Big three producers say “soft launch” for new NR market

Sri Trang ‘ready’ for European deforestation regulation

Added: 20 May 2024

Traceability systems and training activities in-place to support compliance ahead of implementation…

Nano- tech company Levidian, Avon Protection target EV tire wear

Added: 20 May 2024

UK-based ‘net-zero graphene’ producer calls on manufacturers to join forces on R&D

Toyo Tires moving to new HQ on 70th anniversary

Toyo Tires earnings up 78% despite dip in sales

Added: 17 May 2024

Japanese group reports higher earnings on lower costs, positive currency impact

Apollo responds to BSE question over Malaysian plan

Apollo Tyre profits rise 34% amid strong European performance

Added: 17 May 2024

Tracks impact of India's new extended producer responsibility requirements on profitability

Top Glove eyes €1.6bn expansion, prepares to start new Vietnam factory

‘No immediate impact’ on Malaysian gloves industry as US hikes Chinese tariffs

Added: 17 May 2024

Some 35% of Malaysia’s rubber glove exports are to the US market, contributing €780m in 2023

Sumitomo Rubber develops tire noise prediction technology

Added: 17 May 2024

Simulation technique combines separate data from tire vibration and vehicle for 'roadway noise'

Bridgestone starts nano-scale research on tire materials

Added: 17 May 2024

Japanese group will use 'soft x-rays' provided by the newly built NanoTerasu synchrotron radiation …

Tires drive Yokohama's record sales, earnings

Yokohama Rubber gains on TWS acquisition, lower costs, weaker yen

Added: 16 May 2024

Japanese group reports strongest first quarter results with earnings up 91% year-on-year

Goodyear begins modernisation project at US plant

Goodyear announces further streamlining in Americas

Added: 16 May 2024

US tire maker delivers $70m in segment operating income improvements during first quarter

Halcyon Agri in €28m deal to acquire RCMA’s polymer business

Rubber markets ‘cautiously steady’ as trading picks up

Added: 16 May 2024

All major Far East markets report gains following extended holidays in early May

Tire recycler Pyrum starts trading on Euronext Growth Oslo

Pyrum explains ‘incidents’ at new tire pyrolysis line

Added: 16 May 2024

Waste tire pyrolysis company preparing to start up third processing line at Dillingen plant 

Analyst expects rise in NR prices despite slower consumption growth

Malaysian natural rubber production declines in March

Added: 16 May 2024

Production falls 9.2% month-on-month and nearly 1% year-on-year, according to department of statist…

Industry awards set for Tire Cologne trade fair

Sponsored article: THE TIRE COLOGNE 2024

Added: 16 May 2024

Forward-looking event programme promotes the needs of the tire and wheel industry

Hankook outlines plans for Hanon Systems

Added: 15 May 2024

Chairman: South Korean group will “become a provider of crucial technology for the electric vehicle…

Orion links with RISE to produce renewable carbon black

Orion investing in tire pyrolysis company Alpha Carbone

Added: 15 May 2024

French company's ‘vapo-thermolysis’ process recovers synthetic gas, rCB and pyrolysis oil from scra…

Yokohama automotive A/C hoses resist new refrigerant

ETRMA joins tire data service organisation GDSO

Added: 15 May 2024

Move “underscores the European tire industry's commitment to driving technological advancement and …

MOL inaugurates €1.3bn polyols complex in Hungary

Added: 15 May 2024

Facility covers “the entire value chain from petroleum processing to polyol production”

European demand buoys Synthos synthetic rubber business

Ergon expands distribution deal with Nordmann

Added: 15 May 2024

Consolidates supply agreement across Baltic States, Benelux, DACH, France, Nordic countries, Serbia…

Sumitomo Rubber studying ‘rubber tree tissue culture' technique

Added: 15 May 2024

Joint research in Thailand examines yields from test tube technique compared to conventional grafti…