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Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 25 Jul 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

Michelin sales, earnings down on OE decline, currency
Added: 25 Jul 2025
First half results also reflect “powerful price/mix effect,” according to the French group
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EU new-car demand dips further in June as BEV market share remains weak
Added: 25 Jul 2025
Car registrations fall 2% for the first half of year, according to latest data by ACEA

Fraunhofer team develops isocyanate-free polyurethane using CO2
Added: 25 Jul 2025
Carbon-based NIPUs processed into foams, adhesives and tubing

ERJ Tire Tracker - News, developments, fitments
Added: 25 Jul 2025
Michelin / Ferrari F80… Nexen / Kia… Hankook / Porsche Macan... EP Tyres recall... Michelin CrossCl…

ERJ Appointments Tracker
Added: 25 Jul 2025
Nokian North America reshuffle… BTMA taps Michelin… Forbo executive change… Covestro extends CTO co…

Russia's JSC investing in €450m 'giant' tire plant
Added: 24 Jul 2025
Facility in Omsk to produce ‘extreme load’ bearing tires for mining, extractive industries
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SRI, Kyoto University visualise 3D rubber structures
Added: 24 Jul 2025
Technology to be used in the development of tires with improved wear resistance

Aeolus raising €130m for 'giant off-road' tire project
Added: 24 Jul 2025
Chinese tire maker says current capacity ‘near full’, expects improved profitability with added cap…

Parker Lord to supply rotor dampers for Turkish T625 helicopter
Added: 24 Jul 2025
Units to reduce rotor-induced vibration, help lower maintenance costs and improve ride quality

RTAE notes slight downward trend in natural rubber pricing
Added: 24 Jul 2025
Prices for TSR 20 grade drifted lower, from below 160.00 €cents/kg CIF to close just below 150.00 €…

Carbios, Indorama team up to supply rPET-based reinforcement for Michelin tires
Added: 23 Jul 2025
French biotech firm to supply rPET to Indorama for production of polyester filaments

Datwyler upbeat as healthcare gains offset auto dip
Added: 23 Jul 2025
Group notes positive developments in medical, food & beverage segments

China first half tire exports rise 5.5%
Added: 23 Jul 2025
Country exports 3.5 billion units of new tires over the first six months of 2025

Researchers strengthen silicone bonding in soft devices
Added: 23 Jul 2025
Rice team develops a method to 'significantly improve' bonding strength of silicone in soft devices…

Hübner to supply rubber gangway systems for new Skoda trams
Added: 23 Jul 2025
Transition systems to be used in trams for German city of Kassel

Rubber futures continue gains as monsoon season hits producing states
Added: 22 Jul 2025
Stable crude oil prices provided additional support for pricing

Lower North America demand impacts Hexpol results
Added: 22 Jul 2025
Swedish group links Q2 dip in sales, earnings to uncertainty created by proposed tariffs

Wacker lowers full-year outlook as demand weakens
Added: 22 Jul 2025
Silicones division’s performance expected to be on a par with 2024 level

Chinese silicones maker Dongyue reports fire at key production line
Added: 22 Jul 2025
Blaze extinguished with no injuries; damage to equipment, inventory currently being assessed