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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
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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 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…

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

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 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...
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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...

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…

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
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