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Dow announces $100m investment in speciality silicones
Added: 24 Jun 2026
Manufacturing and innovation projects span US, China and Japan through 2027

Rubber futures rally on equity gains, weaker yen
Added: 24 Jun 2026
Markets rise across major Far East exchanges amid renewed buying interest

Goodyear set for month-long suspension of production in Turkey
Added: 24 Jun 2026
Tire maker says manufacturing halt in Izmit is its “annual temporary production suspension”
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WDK warns Germany could lose rubber production by 2035
Added: 24 Jun 2026
Industry body calls for reforms to tackle energy costs and bureaucracy

Chinese university develops 'supercritical foaming technology' for elastomers
Added: 24 Jun 2026
Technology enables elastomer foams with "ultra-low" density, high dimensional accuracy and uniform …

ERJ Tire Tracker - 2026
Added: 24 Jun 2026
Bridgestone / Lamborghini… Yokohama / Porsche... YRC BluEarth-AllSeason2 Europe launch… Nexen / BYD…

Linglong launches €500m expansion plan at Serbian tire factory
Added: 23 Jun 2026
Phase II investment will make Linglong “one of the most significant foreign investors in Serbia”
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India opens probe into rubber chemicals imports from China, Japan
Added: 23 Jun 2026
DGTR to investigate the imports of resorcinol upon petition by Atul Ltd

Nexen boosts European logistics capacity with warehouse expansion
Added: 23 Jun 2026
Czech investment increases storage capacity by 57% as tire maker targets faster regional deliveries

Top Glove verifies carbon footprint for nitrile gloves
Added: 23 Jun 2026
Independent verification process estimates 26.274kg CO2e per 1,000 gloves

European tire industry calls for tougher EU trade defence measures
Added: 22 Jun 2026
Tyres Europe urges bloc to respond more quickly to market distortions, unfair trading practices

Longmarch breaks ground on €160m tire factory in Egypt
Added: 22 Jun 2026
First phase of project aims to produce 600k of TBR tires per annum

Infiniteria launches fresh legal challenge over Enviro licence rights
Added: 22 Jun 2026
Swedish recycler says it will “vigorously defend” right to use ELT pyrolysis technology
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Synthomer selling Czech acrylate monomers business to Mutares
Added: 22 Jun 2026
Divestment of non-core operation advances strategy to simplify portfolio

Rubber & Tire Industry in Numbers
Added: 19 Jun 2026
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

Wacker opens new silicones production site
Added: 19 Jun 2026
Czech site to produce silicones for e-mobility, medical technology, power markets

Zeon launches data platform for rubber compounders
Added: 19 Jun 2026
Subscription service draws on rubber formulation records, targets digitalisation of R&D

NOK develops new bio-PU for hydraulic sealing
Added: 19 Jun 2026
Features plant-derived content of 48% while maintaining elasticity and toughness

MIT explores impact-resistant polymer technology with potential tire applications
Added: 19 Jun 2026
Study finds weak molecular links, mechanophores, can help polymers absorb more energy under impact

Technology focus – Precision dosing
Added: 19 Jun 2026
ERJ spotlights leading-edge elastomer/rubber design, materials and manufacturing technologies
