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Pirelli adjusts supply strategy as US tariffs take effect
Added: 16 May 2025
Italian tire maker supplying 40% of tires to US market from factories in Brazil, Europe

Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 16 May 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

Cariflex opens "world's largest" polyisoprene latex plant in Singapore
Added: 16 May 2025
The €315m facility to support medical and protective markets; future expansion enabled

Tolsa positions itself as ATO-free flame retardant supplier for fire-safe alternatives
Added: 16 May 2025
European supplier targets faster lead times, sustainability and cost efficiency as antimony supply …

Bridgestone to increase tire production in North America
Added: 15 May 2025
Japanese group to expand in US, optimise PCR tire production in Mexico, Canada

Pirelli delivers Q1 gains amid 'control' standoff with Sinochem
Added: 15 May 2025
Tire maker failed to reach 'a positive outcome' in talks with key stakeholder over issues affecting…

Semperit eyes second half recovery after soft first quarter
Added: 15 May 2025
Austrian group reports ‘persistently difficult market’ in the first three months of 2025

Tosoh looking to expand chloroprene rubber capacity
Added: 15 May 2025
Japanese group expects to capitalise on ‘medium to long-term’ growth in demand

UK rubber parts maker Rosehill Polymers opens new production facility
Added: 15 May 2025
West Yorkshire manufacturer enters nine new markets, eyes further global penetration

Kraton to exit dimer and polyamides business, close Ohio site
Added: 15 May 2025
Company to sharpen focus on pine chemicals; tall oil operations not affected by move

Goodyear names Boucharlat as head of commercial business
Added: 15 May 2025
Company veteran to also continue in his curent position as head of ‘tires-as-a-service’ organisatio…

Denka records €100m extraordinary loss, halts US chloroprene rubber production
Added: 14 May 2025
"All options for the business, including a potential sale of the business or its assets, will be co…

PCBL eyes market share gains as Russian carbon black faces EU ban
Added: 14 May 2025
Growth to be driven expansion by into new geographies, strategic investments and moving up value ch…

Toyo Tires earnings fall on higher costs
Added: 14 May 2025
Tire maker records strong gains in Europe, US but Japan performs weakly

Klean links up with KBR to scale modular waste tire pyrolysis technology
Added: 14 May 2025
Two partners to conduct first tire recycling joint project in Victoria, Australia

USMG adding Ohio NBR latex site to complete domestic glove supply chain
Added: 14 May 2025
Privately funded project to add production capacity for nitrile gloves in addition to NBR latex

Enso appoints industry veteran Dominic Clark as managing director
Added: 14 May 2025
Ex-Michelin and BF Goodrich manager to drive UK tire company’s growth strategy

Rubber futures ‘slightly firmer’ as market sentiment improves
Added: 13 May 2025
Speculative buying driven by renewed US-China tariff talks in Geneva

Cabot targets cost savings, capex cuts amid tariff shifts
Added: 13 May 2025
“We are seeing signs of customers curtailing production to reduce inventory levels and manage risk.…

Hartalega swings to profit as sales grow 40%
Added: 13 May 2025
Higher sales volume and increase in average selling prices drive growth in Malaysian gloves maker