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Yokohama breaks ground on €450m Chinese tire factory

Added: 17 Dec 2024

Facility in Hangzhou to produce 14 million units of PCR tires per year once fully ramped up

New LG stretchable display expands 50%

Added: 17 Dec 2024

Micro-LED light source strengthens durability of prototype to be repeatedly stretched over 10,000 t…

Thailand looks to cut back on natural rubber output

Japan’s Green Carbon tapping rubber trees for carbon credit

Added: 17 Dec 2024

Inks MoU with Thai NR government agency to create carbon credits derived from rubber tree-based bio…

Pyrum set to break ground on second tire pyrolysis plant in spring

Added: 17 Dec 2024

German waste tire recycler submits emissions approval, building permit for factory in Perl-Besch, G…

Great Rock closes $55m loan for rubber compounder AirBoss

Added: 17 Dec 2024

Canada-based AirBoss also secures aggregated financing of up to $180m facility agented by Toronto-D…

Expert says NR demand to grow 3.2% in 2015

Malaysia ships first rubber under EUDR compliance scheme

Added: 16 Dec 2024

MSNR set up to trace NR transactions “from the plantation to the final product”

Long March starts €70m expansion at Chinese tire plant

Added: 16 Dec 2024

Chinese manufacturer's facility in Longcheng being upgraded to produce 1.2 million tires a year

Sibur set to launch production at new halobutyl rubber facility

Sibur project looks to use 100% synthetic rubber in tires

Added: 16 Dec 2024

Tests currently being carried out on experimental tires with results to be announced in 2025

Trelleborg acquires marine-tech specialist Mampaey

Added: 16 Dec 2024

Mampaey Offshore Industries produces berthing and mooring systems and ship-to-shore safety links fo…

Hexpol restructuring compounds production, portfolio in US

Added: 13 Dec 2024

Efficiency programme includes closure of site in Texas, divestment of Alabama plant

Covestro investing in pilot plant for recycling of elastomers

Added: 13 Dec 2024

Unit in Leverkusen, Germany, to advance development of chemical recycling process for urethane mate…

Rubber & tire industry in numbers

Added: 13 Dec 2024

Mesnac... Ceat / Camso... Conti spin-off... Pakistan tire project... Black Cat... Camac... Share pr…

Outside Track: Finnish steel maker leading green transition

Added: 13 Dec 2024

ERJ's Outside Track reports cover news, views & developments from across the wider process and manu…

Continental finance chief Olaf Schick stepping down

Added: 13 Dec 2024

Schick to remain “fully committed” to spin-off and listing of automotive group sector before depart…

Aeolus entrusted with majority stake in Prometeon

Change of leadership at Prometeon as Roberto Righi leaves Italian tire maker

Added: 13 Dec 2024

Previously deputy general manager, Yuan Liang takes over the top position at Milan-based company

Ecovyst launches strategic review of silica, catalyst business

Added: 13 Dec 2024

Process technolgies include silica-based catalysis for production of bio-based butadiene monomer

Mesnac to build rubber & tire machinery factory in Mexico

Added: 12 Dec 2024

Chinese equipment & systems major to invest $20m at Leon, Guanajuato to meet demand in North Americ…

Michelin, Brembo tap intelligent solutions to lower tire braking distance

Added: 12 Dec 2024

Develop a connected tire & braking system 'that can improve braking distance by up to 4 metres...'

VDMA notes 'significant' decline in machinery exports to Turkey

Turkey launches antitrust probe into 17 tire companies

Added: 12 Dec 2024

Findings of preliminary review support launch of full investigation, says competition authority

Brenntag expands rubber technical centre in Italy

Added: 12 Dec 2024

New additive packaging line to serve both tire and industrial rubber goods segments