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Sumitomo to build medical rubber parts plant in Slovenia

Sumitomo Rubber divests Swiss medical rubber subsidiary Lonstroff

Added: 22 Feb 2024

Sells all shares of Lonstroff AG and its 100% subsidiary Lonstroff Medical Elastomers in Slovenia t…

December sales tip EU car demand to positive territory

EU new car registrations up 12% in January

Added: 22 Feb 2024

Market rebounds from slowdown experienced in December last year, according to ACEA

ETRMA pushes for EU-wide ‘end of waste' status for tire-rubber

Tire recycler L4T Group planning first plant in US

Added: 22 Feb 2024

Life for Tyres Group setting up waste tire processing facility at Port of South Louisiana

Goodyear signals restructuring plan in the US

New Goodyear boss to centre focus on rationalisation plan

Added: 21 Feb 2024

Mark Stewart to focus on “clean sheeting and share cost activities”, production complexity and go-t…

European industry leaders call for ‘urgent action’ to restore competitiveness

Added: 21 Feb 2024

Antwerp Declaration calls on EU to address "regulatory incoherence, conflicting objectives, unneces…

Cabot carbon elastomers gain traction in off-road tire market

Added: 21 Feb 2024

Adoption of materials will require changes to mixing plant of tire factories 

Toyo Tire reports record results as costs decline

Added: 21 Feb 2024

Automotive parts business returns to growth, as tires unit posts 65% year-on-year increase in earni…

Trelleborg, Celanese develop recyclable vehicle suspension unit

Added: 21 Feb 2024

New jounce bumper uses a blow-moulded, hollow thermoplastic elastomer as opposed to polyurethane fo…

Greene Tweed names Justine Franchina as chief operating officer

Added: 21 Feb 2024

Appointment comes at ‘transformational period’ for company, as it aims to increase growth

Unions working on alternatives for Michelin's German tire factories

Added: 20 Feb 2024

Trade union IGBCE says has developed ‘alternative concepts’ for tire manufacturing plants set for c…

Sumitomo Rubber profits rise on lower freight, raw materials costs

Added: 20 Feb 2024

Japanese tire & rubber group more than triples business profit as economic environment 'continued t…

Rubber Price Monitor: Markets rally

Rubber futures gain amid Japanese stock market rally

Added: 20 Feb 2024

Chinese markets were closed during the trading week due to lunar new year holidays

 Toyoda Gosei showed a padded concept vehicle at the Tokyo Motor Show. Its rubber skin softens collisions.

Toyoda Gosei doubles operating profit on higher Americas sales

Added: 20 Feb 2024

Group revises up full year forecast on higher revenue, increase in production volumes of customers

AirBoss names former Trelleborg, Hexpol exec as chief strategist

Added: 20 Feb 2024

Mikael Fryklund to bring “extensive knowledge in global rubber business” to Canadian compounder

Bridgestone names new Japan tire business head

Bridgestone operating profit declines slightly amid high costs

Added: 19 Feb 2024

Operations in Europe, Americas report weak performance as demand ‘falls sharply’

Sumitomo Rubber taps AI for tire aerodynamic simulation

Added: 19 Feb 2024

Japanese group targets air flow resistance to improve fuel efficiency of next-generation EV tires

Datwyler hit by loss of Covid business, underutilisation

Added: 19 Feb 2024

Swiss group cautiously optimistic about 2024 with strong project pipeline, cost optimisation

Hübner silicone seals to protect Giant Magellan Telescope

Added: 19 Feb 2024

German supplier to provide seals protecting mechanics and electronics underlying telescope mirrors

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies opens new automotive parts plant in Spain

Added: 19 Feb 2024

“Fully carbon-neutral plant” in Parets del Valles, near Barcelona, replaces old facility, to boost …

Tire recycler Pyrum starts trading on Euronext Growth Oslo

Local council approves second Pyrum tire recycling project in Germany

Added: 19 Feb 2024

Construction work on new factory in Perl-Besch, Saarland, to begin in second half of 2024