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Natural rubber futures fall for third week
Added: 3 Nov 2026
Weaker equity markets and economic concerns add pressure to prices
Sinopec targets early 2027 start-up at Tianjin synthetic rubber plant
Added: 3 Nov 2026
Construction progresses on 200ktpa SSBR/BR project as equipment installation passes halfway mark
Versalis losses persist as European chemicals market deteriorates
Added: 3 Nov 2026
Eni's chemicals business reports €178m third-quarter loss despite restructuring measures
Linglong swings to loss as rising costs hit tire earnings
Added: 3 Nov 2026
Chinese tire maker reports higher sales but sharp decline in profitability as raw-material inflatio…
VDMA calls for CBAM reform to ease burden on machinery sector
Added: 3 Nov 2026
Warns reporting requirements place disproportionate burden on machinery, plant engineering companies
Kuraray hiking elastomer prices globally
Added: 3 Nov 2026
Group raising prices for Septon, Hybar elastomers as well as TU polymers
General Science unveils $295m Egyptian tire plant project
Added: 2 Nov 2026
Third overseas production base to have capacity to manufacture 6.8m PCR and TBR tires annually
Zeon raises earnings outlook on stronger elastomer performance
Added: 2 Nov 2026
Increases full-year elastomer sales, profit forecasts following 66% rise in H1 operating income
Sailun profits nearly halve as costs outpace price increases
Added: 2 Nov 2026
Chinese manufacturer reports higher sales volumes but lower selling prices amid rising raw-material…
Global natural rubber output falls 5.5% in September
Added: 2 Nov 2026
Consumption also declines 2.1% as ANRPC maintains full-year supply and demand forecasts
ENEOS completes TPC acquisition, begins integration of C4 chemicals business
Added: 2 Nov 2026
Group moves to strengthen N. American BD operations, supply chain for high-performance elastomers
Bridgestone tests airless tires on autonomous vehicles at Japan plant
Added: 2 Nov 2026
Trials with eve autonomy confirm stable operation of Level 4 driverless transport vehicles fitted w…
Rubber & Tire Industry in Numbers
Added: 30 Oct 2026
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide
Toyoda Gosei earnings buoyed by volumes, cost improvements
Added: 30 Oct 2026
Japanese automotive supplier maintains full-year forecast amid ‘greater-than-expected market downtu…
ZC Rubber profits slump as raw-material costs rise 21%
Added: 30 Oct 2026
Higher selling prices fail to offset cost increases, currency pressures
EU new-car registrations jump 9% in September
Added: 30 Oct 2026
Battery-electric vehicle market share rises to 22.7% from 16.1% reported in first nine months of 20…
Queen Mary research targets tire wear reduction through new testing methods
Added: 30 Oct 2026
Study into ‘smear wear’, rubber compounds helping development programmes at Conti, SRI and Birla Ca…
Firemax secures approval for major tire plant expansion
Added: 29 Oct 2026
Chinese manufacturer plans to raise capacity in two phases at existing Shandong facility
Brisa swings to profit as third-quarter earnings grow
Added: 29 Oct 2026
Turkish tire maker reports 41% rise in quarterly net profit helped by premium tire sales and effici…
Freudenberg Medical signals plans to expand silicone moulding operations
Added: 29 Oct 2026
Company targets growth in N. America, Costa Rica as it strengthens moulding & assembly business
