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Firestone Airide opens new US distribution centres
Added: 1 May 2024
Facilities designed to accommodate “significant growth” in air spring business, driven by EV sector…

Red Sea crisis, strikes impact Nokian Tyres results
Added: 30 Apr 2024
Sales remain flat for first quarter but profits drop amid continued uncertainties

Rubber futures pressured as supply returns to normal
Added: 30 Apr 2024
All major Far East markets report declines in the final trading week of April

Vibracoustic supplies air spring system for XPeng electric SUV
Added: 30 Apr 2024
Switchable two-chamber air springs allow for greater flexibility and increased comfort...

Monolith, Mines Paris-PSL expand 'clean' carbon black partnership
Added: 30 Apr 2024
Renewed collaboration will see the two companies establish a research centre in Sophia Antipolis, F…

Engel cautious about outlook for moulding machinery markets
Added: 30 Apr 2024
Group CEO Stefan Engleder: A "high order backlog has so far let us get off with a black eye...”
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NASA taps team including Michelin for lunar vehicle project
Added: 30 Apr 2024
Awards feasibility study to Moon Racer to design vehicle capable of operating on the surface of the…

Zeon details sustainability targets to 2030
Added: 30 Apr 2024
Japanese group eyes 42% reduction in scope 1, 2 GHG emissions and 25% reduction in scope 3 emission…

ERJ Industry Appointments Tracker - March/April
Added: 30 Apr 2024
HF / Rudzio, Uranjek, Wilson... DESMA / Köhler, Zaun... Wacker / Kowitz... Kraton / Lopes... Baaser…

Hexpol results dip on slow automotive, construction demand
Added: 29 Apr 2024
Swedish compounding group consolidates production in California into one plant

Zeon eyes recovery as automotive, gloves markets stablise
Added: 29 Apr 2024
Unit supplying synthetic rubber, latex, chemicals posted decline in sales and earnings for fiscal 2…

Natural rubber supply tightens on seasonal shortage, geopolitical tensions
Added: 29 Apr 2024
ANRPC expects supply improvement spurred by a price rebound observed since the beginning of the yea…

Malaysian rubber glove makers target new industry standards
Added: 29 Apr 2024
Areas include product-lifecycle assessment, traceability and the application of fair labour conditi…

Engel announces ‘significant investment’ for expansion of global network
Added: 28 Apr 2024
‘Double-digit million-euro’ investment to see expansions in Europe, Americas and Asia

VMI sees strong demand for small-batch tire machines
Added: 27 Apr 2024
'First such machines now in operation at some of Europe’s leading tire manufacturers...'

Sentury shifts Spanish project funds to Moroccan tire plant
Added: 26 Apr 2024
Chinese tire maker says Galicia tire project ‘still in local pre-approval process’

EU replacement tire sales subdued despite consumer segment recovery
Added: 26 Apr 2024
ETRMA figures show declines for truck & bus; two-wheeler tire segments in first quarter

HF merges mixing and tire technology groups
Added: 26 Apr 2024
Combining “strengths of both brands and the resources to improve global service for HF customers...…

EC director pledges support for under-pressure tire & rubber recyclers
Added: 26 Apr 2024
EuRIC event: “Ill-suited overregulation undermines industries’ sustainability efforts and EU’s circ…

German automotive suppliers calls for EU industrial strategy amid poor results
Added: 26 Apr 2024
Industry sees production and sales decline over the first two months of the year “with no order bac…