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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…

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…

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
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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…

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
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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...'
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Turkey launches antitrust probe into 17 tire companies
Added: 12 Dec 2024
Findings of preliminary review support launch of full investigation, says competition authority
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Brenntag expands rubber technical centre in Italy
Added: 12 Dec 2024
New additive packaging line to serve both tire and industrial rubber goods segments