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Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 30 May 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

Harvard researchers develop crack-resistant natural rubber
Added: 30 May 2025
Newly developed rubber claimed to be 10 times tougher than conventional counterpart

Akwel sales drop 3% as global vehicle output slows
Added: 30 May 2025
Car production declined in most regions, except China and Japan, French supplier says

ERJ May/June 2025 issue now available
Added: 30 May 2025
New edition of European Rubber Journal magazine is now available in print and online

TSRC relocates Chinese rubber plant, announces €150m expansion project
Added: 29 May 2025
Company aims to add production capacity for 70ktpa of rubber at new facility in Nantong

Enviro renews tire pyrolysis oil supply agreement with US company
Added: 29 May 2025
Order accounts for 100% of annual of production of plant in Åsensbruk, Sweden

ContiTech launches integrated conveyor belt service at expanded Brazil plant
Added: 29 May 2025
Expansion is designed to ‘double, or even triple’ capacity in the coming years...

Aeolus Tyre eyes growth in South Africa, Australia with new subsidiaries
Added: 29 May 2025
New sales units to engage in wholesale of tires and conveyor belts with focus on off-road products

Denka reports flat chloroprene rubber volumes
Added: 29 May 2025
Elastomers and infrastructure segment delivers flat sales, narrows loss

BKT unveils €360m plan to enter new tire markets, add carbon black capacity
Added: 28 May 2025
Indian group to enter passenger car and commercial tire segments in India by end of next year

DATL reports cyberattack at UK operations
Added: 28 May 2025
Aircraft tire maker sees significant increase in earnings as aviation industry recovers

Evonik targets €1bn earnings boost by 2027 under new strategy
Added: 28 May 2025
Capacity optimisation and cost-cutting initiatives, including in silica division, to drive earnings…

New Zeon investment to support carbon nanotube scale-up
Added: 28 May 2025
Japanese group backs Taiwan-based SiAT to expand battery paste production

Wacker providing carbon footprint data for all products
Added: 28 May 2025
German group says data reflects real material consumption rates, not chemical formulations

Michelin to build “world-first” industrial-scale plant for bio-ingredient 5-HMF
Added: 27 May 2025
French group to use bio-based molecule in composites for tire and other applications

Rubber futures depict mixed picture after short momentum
Added: 27 May 2025
Traders adopted a “cautious stance” across all major Far East exchanges, according to JPX
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German rubber industry calls for action amid weak Q1 results
Added: 27 May 2025
First quarter sales and production fell by 2.5% year-on-year, according to latest WDK survey

Yokohama Rubber expands OTR operations with Romanian acquisition
Added: 27 May 2025
Former Euro Tire facility to produce tires for European mining and construction machinery sector

Researchers claim prosthetic limb breakthrough with smart silicone elastomer
Added: 27 May 2025
Imperial College team develops self-adjusting liner material that can adapt to amputees' bodies in …

Investors buy Portuguese ELT pyrolysis company BB&G
Added: 27 May 2025
Prismore Capital, BDI and the Rieckermann Group aim to scale BB&G technology, continue deal with Br…