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Hankook tire unit posts lower earnings, higher sales
Added: 17 Aug 2025
Division's operating profit down 18% despite increased sales of higher-value products, global OE pa…

Sumitomo Rubber AI-tech centre to target autonomous, skills challenges
Added: 17 Aug 2025
Initiative at Hokkaido University part of strategy to create new 'experiential' value from rubber..…

ERJ Business Briefing
Added: 17 Aug 2025
Sailun to build new tire plant... India rubber body seeks help with 50% US tariffs... Hankook earni…

Tokai carbon black business reports lower volumes, higher costs
Added: 17 Aug 2025
Japanese group cites “continued production adjustments by customers” as reason for lower volumes
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Fukoku posts higher earnings, sales amid market recovery
Added: 17 Aug 2025
Rubber manufacturer links growth to price adjustments, productivity improvements across segments

WDK renews call for ‘first-touch’ clearance for natural rubber under EUDR
Added: 17 Aug 2025
German industry warns of excessive bureaucracy ahead of December enforcement

Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 15 Aug 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

Toyo raises earnings forecast on strong second quarter
Added: 15 Aug 2025
Japanese group posts ‘record second quarter earnings’ on strong large-tire sales in North America
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Goodyear shares stuck in reverse amid ‘forward’ plan
Added: 15 Aug 2025
Akron tire group’s stock-price substantially down almost two years into restructuring plan...
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Japan team develops “highest-performing” underwater adhesive
Added: 15 Aug 2025
‘Postage stamp-sized cutting of hydrogel polymer could support the weight of an adult human…’
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Reka Rubber earnings, sales grow as volumes rise
Added: 15 Aug 2025
Finnish rubber specialist adding new injection moulding machine to support moulded products’ growth…

German union “resolutely opposed” to EU-US trade deal
Added: 15 Aug 2025
IGBCE: ‘Europe already in pincer grip of weak sales, import dumping, high energy and CO2 costs…’
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ERJ Appointments Tracker
Added: 15 Aug 2025
Akzo Nobel exec to lead Goodyear EMEA... YRC China reshuffle... Orion CFO stepping down... Conti TB…

TIP-backed study urges standardisation in tire wear emissions research
Added: 14 Aug 2025
Tire Industry Project: Review shows need for stronger research, harmonised testing in the study of …

Semperit first half results down, sees signs of recovery
Added: 14 Aug 2025
Austrian group rebounds from first-quarter project delays in conveyor belt, LSR moulding segments

Akzo Nobel exec to lead Goodyear EMEA operations
Added: 14 Aug 2025
Decorative paints MD Van Kesteren also has leadership experience from sales & marketing roles at Un…

Pirelli: Key role for Mexico plant in tariff-response strategy
Added: 14 Aug 2025
Facility in Silao, Guanajuato currently ‘fully saturated’, according to chief executive Casaluci
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Titan says 'only way is up' after first half declines
Added: 14 Aug 2025
Wheel and tire inventories throughout the chain reaching levels "where the only path forward is up.…

Akwel second quarter sales down on currency headwinds
Added: 14 Aug 2025
French automotive supplier reports lower revenue across all regions

Yokohama Rubber raises outlook on record half-year results
Added: 13 Aug 2025
Japanese group posts double-digit gains in sales, earnings over first six months of year