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Omnova sells rubber facility in India

Mesnac unit to power Cambodian industrial park with biomass project

Added: 8 Sep 2025

Industrial park home to Doublestar-Ube tire JV, Firemax Cambodia operations

Wacker starts serial production of flexible sensor electronics

Added: 8 Sep 2025

Laminates made from stacks of “highly stretchable insulating and electrically conductive silicone r…

NASA calls to ‘rock and roll’ with new lunar wheel challenge

Added: 8 Sep 2025

Challenge seeks to create “lightweight, flexible, long service-life wheel and tire” for harsh envir…

ECHA examining n-hexane, other chemicals as substances of very high concern

Added: 8 Sep 2025

Proposals by Slovenia, Sweden raise concern over 'organ toxicity’ after repeated exposure

Rubber & tire industry in numbers

Added: 5 Sep 2025

Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

Sumitomo Rubber advances visualisation of tire rubber reinforcement

Added: 5 Sep 2025

Joint research with Tohoku University maps distribution of strain-induced crystallisation

Scrap tires put the brakes on mosquitos

Conti acquires rubber pyrolysis technology from UK start-up

Added: 5 Sep 2025

ContiTech secures exclusive patent rights, says it can recycle “complex rubber compounds on an indu…

ZC Rubber redirects IPO funds from Thailand expansion to China plant

Added: 5 Sep 2025

Thai project continues with own funding, completion slated for 2026

Chinese team develops “thermoelectric rubber” for wearable devices

Added: 5 Sep 2025

Peking University researchers optimise elastomer material to generate electricity from body heat

Rubber shares tracker: Ups & downs

German rubber industry welcomes end of national reporting rules

Added: 5 Sep 2025

But WDK warns relief could be cancelled out by upcoming European supply chain act  

DuPont selling Aramids business to Arclin

Added: 4 Sep 2025

Divestment for $1.8bn to 'streamline portfolio and improve financial profile...'

Hankook signals ‘expansion investments' in US, Europe

Added: 4 Sep 2025

South Korean tire maker planning to gradually increase dividend payout

UK lowers tire import duties under new scheme

UK consumer tire volumes down 16% in H1

Added: 4 Sep 2025

Data reflects ‘complex and shifting market landscape,’ according to BTMA

Prinx Chengshan targets Thailand for new tire plant

Prinx links 34% earnings dip to materials costs, tariffs

Added: 4 Sep 2025

Chinese tire maker aims to optimise domestic and overseas capacity to counter global trade friction

Endurica: Oxidation modelling to reinforce case for retreading

Added: 4 Sep 2025

New prediction tools can extend casing life while ensuring safety and performance

Industry group shares 15 years of tire particle research for free

Michelin calls for “reliable testing methods” for Euro 7 tire emissions

Added: 3 Sep 2025

French group warns immediate adoption of lab method would pose “substantial risks”

Sailun details €200m plans for expansion of former Bridgestone factory

Added: 3 Sep 2025

Sailun New Peace to produce 3.3m truck & bus tires, 20ktpa of off-highway tires

Chinese tire cord maker Shoujia adding 30ktpa capacity

Added: 3 Sep 2025

Subsidiary Tengzhou Eastern Steel Cord starts expansion project in Shandong province

JSR reports continuing fall in elastomer sales

AGC making FFKM grades without surfactants, fluorinated solvents

Added: 3 Sep 2025

Group links introduction of PFAS-free materials to development of proprietary polymerisation techno…

Sri Trang expects positive natural rubber development in second half

Added: 3 Sep 2025

Thai group reports sharp decline in earnings due to impact of US tariffs