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Lanxess speciality additives segment reports 8% earnings rise
Added: 31 Mar 2025
Segment sales decline year-on-year despite higher volumes across most businesses

Update: Tariffs 'will hit manufacturers in US, worldwide'
Added: 28 Mar 2025
ACEA issues vehicle trade fact-sheet following US move to impose 25% duties on imports

WDK calls for “binding” end-of-waste regulation for tires
Added: 28 Mar 2025
German rubber industry wants regulated support for retreading, mechanical and chemical recycling in…

Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 28 Mar 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

Michelin claims competitive lead in reducing impact of tire wear
Added: 28 Mar 2025
Environmental impact of tire abrasion is “up to 50% higher" for other manufacturers than for Michel…

Black Donuts in €600m project to establish new tire plant in US
Added: 27 Mar 2025
Facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma designed to produce 4.3 million units of passenger car tires a year

Pirelli delays board meeting amid reports of tensions with Chinese stakeholders
Added: 27 Mar 2025
Italian government has previously acted to reduce influence of major shareholder Sinochem in tire m…

Covestro to open automated lab for coatings, adhesives
Added: 27 Mar 2025
Focused on crosslinkers and binders, centre to enable testing of thousands of formulations per year

Essentially Rubber – Innovation
Added: 27 Mar 2025
Ultra-thin sensor... Hot wheels... Michelin garden... Road barrier... TG/Asics shoe II... EV charge…

TRA slams UK government over scrap tire exports to India
Added: 26 Mar 2025
“Tires burn while government ministers fiddle,” claims Tyre Recovery Association statement
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Nokian Tyres adding new logistics centre in Finland
Added: 26 Mar 2025
“Modern and cost-effective warehouse” for passenger car tires to streamline logistics and supply-ch…

Evonik earnings up 25% helped by silicas business gains
Added: 26 Mar 2025
Efficiency programme in “full implementation mode,” with an expected cost reduction of €400m by end…

Hutchinson rolls out smart belt drive app
Added: 26 Mar 2025
Can identify potential problems before they escalate and ensure systems runs smoothly...

Michelin advances digital passport initiative for tires in Europe
Added: 25 Mar 2025
Pilot project for tire manufacturers, recyclers, ELT collectors, retreaders and fleet managers...
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Natural rubber markets remain subdued
Added: 25 Mar 2025
RSS3 futures edge lower in Far East trading but TSR20 prices make marginal gains...
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Top Glove sees earnings rise 200% in second quarter
Added: 25 Mar 2025
Gloves market uptrend continues as orders increase amid recovery in global demand

ASTM targets standard for synthetic turf used in playgrounds
Added: 25 Mar 2025
Proposed guidelines will cover specification, purchase, installation and maintenance

KTL develops non-destructive system for tire deflation tests
Added: 25 Mar 2025
Controlled from inside the test vehicle or remotely, device simulates rapid deflation without punct…

Bridgestone raising tire prices in Japan
Added: 25 Mar 2025
Decision in response to soaring prices of raw materials, logistics costs in domestic market

UPM provides update on Leuna RFFs project
Added: 24 Mar 2025
‘Sequential start-up continues, with integrated commercial production of the site expected to start…