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Goodyear ‘outperforms’ industry with strong Q1 results

Goodyear announces retirement of top executives

Added: 18 Jan 2024

Americas president Stephen McClellan and EVP Darren Wells to retire later this year

Sumitomo Rubber invests in US vehicle failure prediction startup

Added: 18 Jan 2024

SRI entered partnership with Viaduct last year to monitor vehicle status in real-time

Linglong rolls out first giant tire at China plant

Added: 18 Jan 2024

New tire size “filling a gap” in the company’s range of engineering radial tires

Major rubber tracks factory planned in China

Added: 18 Jan 2024

Zhongce Rubber (Jiande) submits environmental impact assessment for project to be located in Jiande…

Petro Rabigh shares drop 6% in wake of €1.5bn loss

Added: 18 Jan 2024

Aramco-Sumitomo Chemical JV says ‘challenging market conditions’ affected margins

Covestro cutting 900 jobs globally

Covestro signs off-take agreement with Encina for circular raw materials

Added: 18 Jan 2024

US-based company to supply Covestro with chemically recycled feedstock for MDI, TDI and polycarbona…

China’s tire exports continue to decline in June

ZC Rubber building tire plant in Indonesia

Added: 17 Jan 2024

China's largest tire maker also 'in final stages of' evaluating Mexican factory

Sumitomo Rubber taps hydrogen energy for tire manufacture

Added: 17 Jan 2024

SRI starts mass production of Falken-branded tires at Shirakawa factory in Japan

Wacker unveils €150m silicones expansion plans at German site

HSBC analysts lower Wacker rating on pricing concerns

Added: 17 Jan 2024

Downgrade from 'buy' to 'hold' due largely to high exposure to Chinese spot prices...

Vibracoustic launches NVH systems for electrified commercial vehicles

Added: 17 Jan 2024

Move in anticipation of a shift in commercial vehicles segment, similar to passenger car transforma…

Yokohama, Bridgestone to hike truck tire prices in US 

Yokohama Rubber sets up subsidiary in Italy

Added: 17 Jan 2024

Tire maker to operate directly in the "strategically important" Italian market from 2024

Hexpol offering carbon footprint data for rubber compounds

Added: 16 Jan 2024

Swedish compounder “one of the first market players” to provide such transparency to customers...

Sentury advances tires incorporating ‘iron-based' synthetic rubber

Added: 16 Jan 2024

UHP tires pass quality testing, claimed to provide improved wet-grip, braking and fuel-consumption

Toyo develops 90% sustainable concept tire

Added: 16 Jan 2024

Materials include biomass-derived butadiene rubber and SBR, rice husk ash silica, as well as CO2-de…

Avon lands ‘multi-million-euro’ deal for military diving rebreathers

Added: 16 Jan 2024

German navy places order for supply of ‘multi-role’ rebreathers and technical support

Goodyear enhances vehicle ABS systems with intelligent tires

Added: 16 Jan 2024

Partners with Dutch research organisation TNO to integrate SightLine technology into anti-lock brak…

Natural rubber pricing mixed amid ‘strong physical buying’

Added: 15 Jan 2024

Chinese markets close lower week-on-week but trader sentiment remains strong in Singapore, Japan...

Nexen reports rise in profits, tire production

Fiege to serve Nexen tire plant from new Czech warehouse

Added: 15 Jan 2024

To be operational in April, logistics unit to support delivery to European car makers 'in-line with…

China, Cambodia sign '$1bn rubber & tire projects' agreement

Added: 15 Jan 2024

Memorandum of understanding designed to ‘strengthen a number of priority projects’ between two coun…

Update: Tariff-hit Chinese tire makers to “intensify” EU trade

EC funding hydrogen, carbon black project in Croatia

Added: 15 Jan 2024

Sludge-to-hydrogen project to produce carbon black by-products for use in the tire industry