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Kossan hints US China tariffs could benefit group’s export sales
Added: 25 Feb 2025
Gloves division reports improved quarter and year-on-year performances

Flexitallic, TT Gaskets collaborate for Nordic/Baltic growth
Added: 24 Feb 2025
Target is northern Europe's market for products used in new-energy applications

Apollo looks to add 10% production capacity for passenger car tires
Added: 23 Feb 2025
Addressing high utilisation rates in Europe, India while targeting growth opportunities in the US, …

Synthomer taps Neste-PCS linkup to offer ISCC nitrile latex to gloves industry
Added: 23 Feb 2025
Using feedstock supplied as a replacement for fossil raw materials processed at PCS facilities in S…

WDK reports ‘worrying situation’ facing German rubber industry
Added: 23 Feb 2025
Survey of member companies finds 40% of manufacturers facing 'strained or threatened' earnings posi…

Pyrum targets expansion with 'world’s largest' rCB mill
Added: 23 Feb 2025
Production of recovered carbon black grinding unit scheduled for third quarter of 2025

Yokohama Rubber to close US off-road tire plant
Added: 21 Feb 2025
Spartanburg facility part of the Japanese group's €2.1bn acquisition of Trelleborg Wheel Systems in…

Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 21 Feb 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

Cooper-Standard earnings up 52% despite dip in sales
Added: 21 Feb 2025
Posts improved profit, cash flow and margin for 2024 amid lower production and foreign exchange hea…

ETRMA highlights threats facing tire manufacturers in Europe
Added: 21 Feb 2025
European Commission is urged to address competitiveness barriers within the EU single market

Nexen develops 70% sustainable tire
Added: 21 Feb 2025
Tire features 53% bio-based materials and 17% recycled resources, according to Korean tire maker

Prism and Sherwood partnership to recycle tire materials for TPE sheets
Added: 21 Feb 2025
Partners say products can match the durability and performance of virgin materials

Malaysia increases natural rubber production 25% in fourth quarter
Added: 21 Feb 2025
China remained biggest buyer accounting for 49% of overall exports

Orion rubber black earnings decline on lower volumes
Added: 20 Feb 2025
Soft rubber demand due to low tire production levels in West, was “Orion’s single largest obstacle …

Yokohama Rubber posts record results, expects further gains in 2025
Added: 20 Feb 2025
Japanese group reports revenue of over Yen1,000 billion for first time

Bridgestone outlines premium strategy, restructuring plans
Added: 20 Feb 2025
Focus on premium tires, cost-reductions, restructuring in key American and European markets
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Trade bodies demand consultation on Ireland’s new waste tire charges
Added: 20 Feb 2025
Scheme broadened to apply charges on agricultural, construction, industrial, truck and bus tires

Biesterfeld acquires silicones, lubricants distribution business in Singapore
Added: 20 Feb 2025
Tat Lee Engineering’s distribution unit works primarily with DuPont and Dow Chemical

Apollo Tyres appoints chief supply chain officer
Added: 20 Feb 2025
Parmeshwaran Iyer joins tire maker from Beiersdorf AG where he most recently served as global suppl…

Yokohama India expands tire size to meet demand
Added: 20 Feb 2025
Local production of 20 inch lines will service premium car segment