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Update: Tariff-hit Chinese tire makers to “intensify” EU trade

ETRMA welcomes green light for European anti-deforestation law

Added: 18 Dec 2024

McCarthy: “Clear, timelines and practical guidance are essential for our industry to comply effecti…

Chinese construction group wins tire plant project in Cambodia

Added: 18 Dec 2024

Factory to have an annual capacity of nearly 8 million units of passenger car and truck & bus tires…

Evonik earnings rise 40% in first half-year

Evonik introduces new management model for ‘leaner’ operations

Added: 18 Dec 2024

German chemicals group consolidates operations under two segments of custom solutions, advanced tec…

Teknor Apex showcases advances in EV coolant hose technology

Added: 18 Dec 2024

Event at Maillerfer's R&D centre highlighted advances in elastomer materials for electric vehicles

UK free trade deal 'to boost' natural rubber trade with Malaysia

Added: 18 Dec 2024

CPTPP entering into force from mid-December, enabling free trade with 12 countries, including Malay…

Industry launches global platform for sustainable NR

Rubber futures dip as weather conditions improve

Added: 17 Dec 2024

Flooding subsided in Thailand, Vietnam and Malaysia with only scattered showers last week

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…