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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

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
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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 consumer tire volumes down 16% in H1
Added: 4 Sep 2025
Data reflects ‘complex and shifting market landscape,’ according to BTMA

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

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

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