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Desma in expansion mode to meet increasing mould demand

Added: 20 Jan 2025

Rubber machinery major says order backlog provides “very positive outlook” for 2025

Sumitomo Rubber centres focus on Dunlop as “premium brand”

Added: 20 Jan 2025

Falken brand to compete as a “top contender” in ‘tier two’ category

Bridgestone names new Japan tire business head

Bridgestone cutting jobs, production in Argentina

Added: 20 Jan 2025

"Business and markets are challenging and the outlook for 2025 looks even tougher..."

Tire market to reach €263 billion by 2020 - research

Tire Industry Project adds new affiliate members

Added: 20 Jan 2025

Australian Tyre Industry Council, British Tyre Manufacturers’ Association, Automotive Tyre Manufact…

Yokohama Rubber to axe Czech off-road tire plant

Added: 17 Jan 2025

“Production of cross-ply tires faces persistent inefficiencies and relies on an outdated platform…”…

Emerald Performance Materials sells additives businesses

Longxing Chemical starts production at €400m carbon black plant

Added: 17 Jan 2025

Expansion project adds 200ktpa of carbon black production capacity at Shanxi facility

Fenner UK business hit by Ukraine conflict

Fenner restructure to deliver 'more unified product-alignment'

Added: 17 Jan 2025

Addresses issues linked to 'multiple brands which have sometimes fragmented group, confused custome…

Rubber & tire industry in numbers

Added: 17 Jan 2025

Review of the key figures and data to emerge this week from leading players in the global industries

European chemicals industry at ‘breaking point’

Added: 17 Jan 2025

Cefic competitiveness report highlights need for urgent action from EU decision makers

People: Orion reshuffles executive team

Orion announces 'discrete' job cuts to improve rubber segment performance

Added: 16 Jan 2025

Houston-based supplier lowers earnings outlook on currency rates, restructuring and weak rubber vol…

South Korea’s Kolon Industries opens tire cord plant in Vietnam

Kolon Industries raising tire cord production by 60% in Vietnam

Added: 16 Jan 2025

Manufacturer adding a new plant using idle equipment from its Nanjing factory in China

TPC Group expands butadiene production by 20% at Texas plant

Added: 16 Jan 2025

Production facility in Houston can now produce 500ktpa of butadiene

Smiley Monroe announces expansion plans, launches new brand identity

Added: 16 Jan 2025

Norther Irish belting major signals ‘new locations’, growing business in sectors such as recycling,…

New management team takes over at Freudenberg Sealing Technologies

Added: 16 Jan 2025

Matthias Sckuhr named as CEO, succeeding Claus Moehlenkamp who will serve as deputy CEO at Freudenb…

Mesnac breaks ground on “most modernised” tire mould production plant

Added: 15 Jan 2025

Vietnam project “crucial" to Chinese group’s globalisation strategy, focused on building up oversea…

The plant is being built to meet growing demand in Asia as airlines convert their fleets to radial tires from bias ones, said Goodyear Thailand’s managing director Finbarr O'Connor.

Goodyear repurposing TBR factory for aircraft tire production

Added: 15 Jan 2025

Majority of plant’s commercial tire production to be moved to other Goodyear facilities

Zhongzhe Group breaks ground on 200ktpa rubber plant

Added: 15 Jan 2025

€400m project to produce SSBR and BR to meet local demand for new energy/green tires

Continental Tire cuts production at Ecuador plant amid low demand

Added: 15 Jan 2025

South American manufacturer reducing working days from seven to five per week

Canadian recycler Ecolomondo advances tire pyrolysis plant

Added: 15 Jan 2025

Expects delivery of new milling line to improve output, rCB particle size

ANRPC report: Improved fundamentals fail to lift rubber prices

Rubber futures mixed amid ‘steady’ market sentiment

Added: 14 Jan 2025

RSS3 futures decline while TSR20 make week-on-week gains, according to JPX