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Bridgestone names new EMEA leader
Added: 4 Feb 2025
Mete Ekin takes over as group president of Bridgestone EMEA, effective 1 Feb
EU vehicle manufacturers back urgent action after ‘strategic dialogue’
Added: 4 Feb 2025
CEOs of several vehicle manufacturers discuss competitiveness with European Commission president vo…
Enviro advances tire pyrolysis JV with staff moving to local site
Added: 4 Feb 2025
Infiniteria, joint venture company with Antin and Michelin, to be based in Uddevalla, Sweden
Dow notes pick-up in downstream silicone volumes
Added: 3 Feb 2025
Significant capacity additions, particularly in China, impacting upstream siloxane operations
ContiTech plant closures in response to market declines
Added: 3 Feb 2025
German-based supplier notes “persistent decline in demand” in customer sectors such as automotive, …
WDK dismayed by policies of German parties ahead of elections
Added: 3 Feb 2025
Rubber manufacturers' association warns of failure to recognise the severity of situation facing in…
Hutchinson targets more efficient, lower-cost fuel cells
Added: 3 Feb 2025
Aims to achieve mass-production of compact bipolar plates with integrated sealing systems
Synthomer signals “robust progress” in 2024
Added: 3 Feb 2025
UK-headquartered polymer group issues positive trading update for the 12 months to 31 Dec 2024
Trelleborg acquires US aerospace specialist
Added: 3 Feb 2025
Aero-Plastics specialises in “precision injection moulding, thermoforming, and machining of high-pe…
Essentially Rubber: Arkema TPEs for carbon capture
Added: 3 Feb 2025
Collaborating with Japanese startup OOYOO to advance the development of a gas separation technology
Nokian Tyres sharpens focus on Central Europe, North America with new management team
Added: 3 Feb 2025
Effective March, leadership structure will include regional SVPs for Europe, North America
Bridgestone taps McLaren Racing for new motorsports head
Added: 3 Feb 2025
Hiroshi Imai to lead the new ‘motorsports organisation’ operating under chief technology officer
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European tire market buoyed by all-season demand
Added: 31 Jan 2025
All replacement market segments, except truck & bus tires, see year-on-year increase in volumes
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PCBL selects site for new carbon black facility
Added: 31 Jan 2025
Indian supplier to meet 1,000ktpa carbon-black target with addition of sixth manufacturing plant
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Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 31 Jan 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the previous seven days from leading industry pla…
US vehicle industry suppliers urge halt to Trump tariffs
Added: 31 Jan 2025
MEMA issues statement on proposed 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada
Pirelli recalls over 2k run-flat tires in US
Added: 31 Jan 2025
‘Mislabled’ P7 Cinturato tires produced at Pirelli’s manufacturing site in Romania
ETRMA welcomes European move to simplify regulations
Added: 30 Jan 2025
Calls on EU for ‘rubber strategy’, better enforcement of regulations and reduction of manufacturing…
Italian rubber parts makers Argomm and Gapi announce merger
Added: 30 Jan 2025
Bergamo-based companies have “complementary” technology that will expand range of products, optimis…
Bridgestone to build pilot tire pyrolysis plant at Japan factory
Added: 30 Jan 2025
Set for operation in 2027, pilot project in Seki aims to scale up joint technology with Eneos
