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Bekaert reports 50% tariff-linked hike in tire-cord steel costs

SI Group announces price increase to offset rising freight costs

Added: 29 Feb 2024

Chemicals supplier says move in response to “global logistics challenges” in the Panama and Suez ca…

Bridgestone recalls truck tires in North America for possible steel cord exposure

Bridgestone to exit truck & bus tire business in China

Added: 28 Feb 2024

Japanese tire & rubber group to focus on ‘premium passenger car tire’ business in the Chinese marke…

New UK racing tire company acquires Avon assets from Goodyear

Added: 28 Feb 2024

Nova Motorsport becomes global supplier of “vast majority" of Avon Motorsport tire products

ERJ Rubber Processor Shares

Reka progressing industrial rubber strategy following cables exit

Added: 28 Feb 2024

But profitability drops due to higher costs for labour, materials, components...

Tatneft setting up used tire collection, recycling centres in 17 Russian cities

Added: 28 Feb 2024

Russian energy major to use rubber crumbs from waste tires in production of new tires

Silcotech taps Arburg to expand silicone moulding capabilities

Added: 28 Feb 2024

Canadian manufacturer acquires two injection moulding workcells from German-based machinery supplier

Kemya, Continental Carbon start Saudi carbon black plant

European chemicals industry ends 2023 on ‘weak note’

Added: 28 Feb 2024

But Cefic’s January report indicates uptick in confidence among some manufacturers

General Science starts construction work on €180m Cambodia expansion

Added: 27 Feb 2024

Previously announced project to add production capacity for 3.5m passenger car tires and 750k truck…

Natural rubber futures gain amid solid physical demand

Added: 27 Feb 2024

“Significant speculative and Chinese commodity fund buying” helped to drive prices, according to JP…

Datwyler highlights e-powertrain sealing advances

Added: 27 Feb 2024

"Without a flawless performance of these sealing solutions, the e-drive is not ensured..."

Lion Elastomers in link-up for EPDM-based emulsion products

Added: 27 Feb 2024

Belgian company Emulco to use Lion’s L-EPDM as raw material for new line of water-based emulsions 

Analysis: US probes dumping by ESBR suppliers

Sinochem starts 240ktpa polyols project in China

Added: 27 Feb 2024

Quanzhou City facility to increase ‘competitive edge’ in differentiated and high-end polyurethane m…

Tire monitoring company Translogik supporting UK's TyreSafe

Added: 27 Feb 2024

Tire safety body gains access to latest monitoring technologies and opportunity to enhance data, re…

Yokohama Rubber, Nexen become members of GDSO

Added: 27 Feb 2024

Tire makers confirm plans to expand use of RFID technology to enable analysis of tire data

Sustainable tire alliance AZuR adds Synthos, Sumitomo Rubber as new partners

Added: 27 Feb 2024

SRI is the fourth top-10 tire maker to join the alliance, and brings the total of tire makers takin…

Pyrum delivers first recovered oil to BASF from new plant

Added: 27 Feb 2024

Delivery started following “positive sampling”, confirming new plant fulfils all required specifica…

Goodyear expects EMEA challenges to persist

Added: 26 Feb 2024

There will still "be more work for us to do beyond 2025,” says CFO Christina Zamarro

UNECE progresses tire particle emissions project with measurement methodology

Added: 26 Feb 2024

Data collected through proposed methods to be used for determining tire abrasion limits

Kemya, Continental Carbon start Saudi carbon black plant

SI Group reorganises China production under new local partnership

Added: 26 Feb 2024

Links up with Liaoning Dingjide Petrochemical for manufacture of certain products, to sell assets i…

Continental divesting Finnish stud specialist Tikka Spikes

Added: 26 Feb 2024

Management buyout option will see both parties continuing supply, development and testing partnersh…