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Goodyear adopting sustainable natural rubber procurement policy

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 introduces EPA surcharge in North America

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 creates regional HQs in major restructuring

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 shipments likely to fall 18% in 2020

US tire industry revises down 2025 volumes forecast

Added: 12 Aug 2025

USTMA shipments forecast still seen rising from last year despite lower outlook

Denka's elastomers unit reports declines

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 Tires moving to new HQ on 70th anniversary

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 raises neoprene prices again

Denka "bringing down" US chloroprene plant amid regulatory, cost pressures

Added: 11 Aug 2025

Indefinite production suspension at DPE, group shifting inventory to Japan

Report: Kolon to invest $500m in new tire cord plant

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 highlights sustainability in CSR report

Goodyear earnings dive amid ‘difficult’ market conditions

Added: 8 Aug 2025

Stewart: "Second quarter proved challenging in both our consumer and commercial businesses…"

Michelin opens first zero-emissions plant

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…

Sailun to expand TBR capacity in China

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…

Freudenberg targets fuel cell, battery technology with acquisitions

Essentially Rubber – Innovation

Added: 8 Aug 2025

TPE for CCTV... Renault seals demo... SRI Open winner... Bio-TPU for skiers... Trelleborg EV sealin…

Trump to impose stiff steel, aluminium tariffs

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 said in 2012 when the partners announced their venture that it would serve as a strategic base for both production and sales of tires bound for the Middle East, North Africa and Russia, as well as for markets in Europe.

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%