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Lanxess speciality additives segment reports 8% earnings rise
Added: 31 Mar 2025
Segment sales decline year-on-year despite higher volumes across most businesses

Yokohama Rubber announces executive changes in China
Added: 31 Mar 2025
Effective 28 March, changes are made across Chinese tire and non-tire operations

Update: Tariffs 'will hit manufacturers in US, worldwide'
Added: 28 Mar 2025
ACEA issues vehicle trade fact-sheet following US move to impose 25% duties on imports

WDK calls for “binding” end-of-waste regulation for tires
Added: 28 Mar 2025
German rubber industry wants regulated support for retreading, mechanical and chemical recycling in…

Michelin claims competitive lead in reducing impact of tire wear
Added: 28 Mar 2025
Environmental impact of tire abrasion is “up to 50% higher" for other manufacturers than for Michel…

Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 28 Mar 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

Black Donuts in €600m project to establish new tire plant in US
Added: 27 Mar 2025
Facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma designed to produce 4.3 million units of passenger car tires a year

Pirelli delays board meeting amid reports of tensions with Chinese stakeholders
Added: 27 Mar 2025
Italian government has previously acted to reduce influence of major shareholder Sinochem in tire m…

Covestro to open automated lab for coatings, adhesives
Added: 27 Mar 2025
Focused on crosslinkers and binders, centre to enable testing of thousands of formulations per year

Essentially Rubber – Innovation
Added: 27 Mar 2025
Ultra-thin sensor... Hot wheels... Michelin garden... Road barrier... TG/Asics shoe II... EV charge…

TRA slams UK government over scrap tire exports to India
Added: 26 Mar 2025
“Tires burn while government ministers fiddle,” claims Tyre Recovery Association statement
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Nokian Tyres adding new logistics centre in Finland
Added: 26 Mar 2025
“Modern and cost-effective warehouse” for passenger car tires to streamline logistics and supply-ch…

Evonik earnings up 25% helped by silicas business gains
Added: 26 Mar 2025
Efficiency programme in “full implementation mode,” with an expected cost reduction of €400m by end…

Hutchinson rolls out smart belt drive app
Added: 26 Mar 2025
Can identify potential problems before they escalate and ensure systems runs smoothly...

Michelin advances digital passport initiative for tires in Europe
Added: 25 Mar 2025
Pilot project for tire manufacturers, recyclers, ELT collectors, retreaders and fleet managers...
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Natural rubber markets remain subdued
Added: 25 Mar 2025
RSS3 futures edge lower in Far East trading but TSR20 prices make marginal gains...
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Top Glove sees earnings rise 200% in second quarter
Added: 25 Mar 2025
Gloves market uptrend continues as orders increase amid recovery in global demand

ASTM targets standard for synthetic turf used in playgrounds
Added: 25 Mar 2025
Proposed guidelines will cover specification, purchase, installation and maintenance

KTL develops non-destructive system for tire deflation tests
Added: 25 Mar 2025
Controlled from inside the test vehicle or remotely, device simulates rapid deflation without punct…

Bridgestone raising tire prices in Japan
Added: 25 Mar 2025
Decision in response to soaring prices of raw materials, logistics costs in domestic market