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Rubber futures gain following sharp decline
Added: 12 Aug 2025
But volumes remained light in the first trading week of August amid market uncertainty

Orion cuts earnings estimate on low-cost tire influx
Added: 12 Aug 2025
Rubber black segment reports higher volumes but dip in sales, earnings

Sumitomo Rubber eyes €175m cost-savings with reorganisation project
Added: 12 Aug 2025
Japanese group to also respond to impact of US tariffs with price increases

Apollo to open tire testing centre in Finland
Added: 12 Aug 2025
Outdoor facility in Ivalo dedicated to winter, all-season tire testing

US tire industry revises down 2025 volumes forecast
Added: 12 Aug 2025
USTMA shipments forecast still seen rising from last year despite lower outlook

Tosoh to increase sulphur-modified chloroprene rubber prices
Added: 12 Aug 2025
Japanese producer cites “extremely tight” supply and strong global demand for CR

Bridgestone raises first-half profit despite sales dip
Added: 11 Aug 2025
Profit increase driven by ‘premium tire business’, replacement truck & bus growth

Toyo Tire to rejig production in response to US tariffs
Added: 11 Aug 2025
Japanese group tailoring manufacturing capacity to better meet market demand both within and outsid…

Denka "bringing down" US chloroprene plant amid regulatory, cost pressures
Added: 11 Aug 2025
Indefinite production suspension at DPE, group shifting inventory to Japan

Teijin Aramid reports fire at Dutch plant
Added: 11 Aug 2025
Company investigating cause of blaze which broke out at Delfzijl unit 6 Aug

ERJ Business Briefing
Added: 11 Aug 2025
JK Tyre profits down... Sailun joins NTDA... Covestro earnings fall 15.6%... Synthomer earnings ris…

Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 8 Aug 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

Goodyear earnings dive amid ‘difficult’ market conditions
Added: 8 Aug 2025
Stewart: "Second quarter proved challenging in both our consumer and commercial businesses…"

Michelin: 'Tire markets weighed down by weak OE demand'
Added: 8 Aug 2025
Passenger car and truck OE sales under pressure in Europe, North America; China bucks trend with ga…

NOK earnings rise 24% despite pressure on sales
Added: 8 Aug 2025
Japanese rubber group buoyed by higher automotive production in Japan, increased industrial demand

Cefic issues statement on EU-US deal on tariffs and trade
Added: 8 Aug 2025
Additional US tariffs on European exports risk further eroding the competitiveness of the EU chemic…

Chinese tire makers stay on an upward track
Added: 8 Aug 2025
Sales at major China-based manufacturers continue to grow following strong rebound recorded last ye…

Essentially Rubber – Innovation
Added: 8 Aug 2025
TPE for CCTV... Renault seals demo... SRI Open winner... Bio-TPU for skiers... Trelleborg EV sealin…

Amaplast ‘deeply concerned' by EU-US tariff deal
Added: 7 Aug 2025
Agreement could have major impact on Italian plastics and rubber machinery sector

Sumitomo Rubber posts sharp drop in first half earnings
Added: 7 Aug 2025
Tire business sales remain steady but business profit down by almost 35%