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Conti rolls out advanced sustainable’ bus tire
Added: 24 Sep 2025
Product launched with high share of renewable and recycled materials

Essentially Rubber – Innovation
Added: 24 Sep 2025
Hutchinson PFAS-free coating... Connected Rolex... Kraiburg TPE light-up... FST addresses food-cont…

Rubber futures dip ahead of Chinese holiday
Added: 23 Sep 2025
Market sentiment “weakened” following ‘lower-than-expected’ August industrial production in China’s…

Update: Linglong Group signs $800m deal for Kenya automotive parts plant
Added: 23 Sep 2025
MoU signed during Arise-IIP Kenya Investment Forum earlier this month

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies acquiring Austrian seals specialist DMH
Added: 23 Sep 2025
Traboch-based company supplies sealing systems, components and tools from three factories in Austri…

ETRMA welcomes EU guidance on vehicle data act, calls for ‘sector-specific’ leg
Added: 23 Sep 2025
European tire & rubber association urges tailored regulation for mobility sector

Biesterfeld extends distribution partnership with Kraiburg
Added: 23 Sep 2025
Hamburg-based group takes over Kraibon distribution rights in South Africa, UK

German rubber industry calls for ‘greater consideration’ for SMEs
Added: 23 Sep 2025
WDK urges collaboration with SMEs on “still unclear situation” regarding EUDR
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Hutchinson develops PFAS-free coating for valve sealing pads
Added: 23 Sep 2025
Lubritape-E launched as “sustainable alternative to PTFE film”

ECHA to consult on PFAS draft opinion in spring 2026
Added: 22 Sep 2025
European agency expects to complete evaluation of feedback by end of next year
Elkem in “exclusive sales process” to divest silicones division
Added: 22 Sep 2025
Buyer described as “a major industrial player that has a significant presence in global chemicals i…

China’s rubber, tire trade shows mixed trends in August
Added: 22 Sep 2025
Imports of natural, synthetic rubber rise sharply, while tire export volumes show modest growth
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TRA, Fighting Dirty press for reforms on UK waste tire regulation
Added: 22 Sep 2025
Industry experts highlight gap between circular economy goals and practice

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Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 19 Sep 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

Metso acquiring Australian rubber hose specialist Q&R
Added: 19 Sep 2025
Deal to strengthen slurry-handling products portfolio expected to close in fourth quarter

Analysis: Michelin H1 earnings decline amid pressure on volumes
Added: 19 Sep 2025
ERJ focuses in on financial performance of major players in the global tire & rubber industry
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Apollo lowering tire prices following tax cuts
Added: 19 Sep 2025
Indian tire maker says will pass on all tax benefits to customers

Dutch startup Mevaldi secures funding to scale bio-based polymer technology
Added: 19 Sep 2025
Company specialises in bio-based 3MPD feedstock for urethanes, other polymers

IOM3 event to address global materials-supply issues
Added: 19 Sep 2025
‘People, places, planet’ discussion forum to take place in Birmingham
