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Update: Maxam Tire unveils new solid tire factory
Added: 26 Aug 2020
Facility for “advanced manufacturing” of solid OTR, construction and material-handling tires

Hexpol TPE expands bio-based compound offerings
Added: 26 Aug 2020
Feature levels of renewable-content "to over 90%", for applications including automotive interior p…

Bridgestone EMIA restructures sales leadership
Added: 26 Aug 2020
Part of plan to transform “from a premium tire business to a leader in mobility solutions”

Petronas, LG to build nitrile rubber plant in Malaysia
Added: 25 Aug 2020
Construction of 200ktpa facility to begin in 2021, with production scheduled to start in 2023

Magna rolls out Made in Holland earthmover tIre
Added: 25 Aug 2020
“Demand from the market for Made in Holland tyres is increasing strongly...."

China’s tire exports flip into recovery mode
Added: 25 Aug 2020
Official data for July signals turnaround after months of sharp decline

Mixed week for NR, butadiene in Chinese markets
Added: 24 Aug 2020
SCI's commodity trading analysis shows natural rubber and synthetic rubber on different tracks
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Malaysia rubber gloves sector attracts another new producer
Added: 21 Aug 2020
Property development group Aspen moves to manufacture latex gloves as part of 'diversification stra…

Trelleborg targets ‘bluer skies’ in China
Added: 21 Aug 2020
Company intensifies environmental investments at two Chinese production plants

GRI develops OTR winter tire for Japanese market
Added: 21 Aug 2020
Designed in collaboration with Japanese partners, the tire can withstand distinct terrain of northe…

Leoni 'on track' with wire & cable business divestment
Added: 21 Aug 2020
German components manufacturer mulls sub-unit carve-outs

ERJ: Players of the Week
Added: 21 Aug 2020
Stand-out comments, developments and performances this week in the international rubber industry

Governance 'key to Apollo's global industry ambitions'
Added: 21 Aug 2020
Central to becoming ‘a premier tire company with a diversified and multinational presence’

Goodyear CEO: Controversial slide made without authorisation
Added: 21 Aug 2020
US tire maker says the slide was created by an employee at its Topeka, Kansas plant

Apollo Covid-relief reaches over 1m people
Added: 21 Aug 2020
Kanwar: “Pandemic continues to impact all of us... being safe is the need of the hour.”

ERJ Tire Maker Shares
Added: 21 Aug 2020
Share values show a ‘general uptick’ over the four-week period

Rodolfo set for remote start-up at new India tire plant
Added: 21 Aug 2020
Project at new tire plant being brought on line by the Mahansaria group

Apollo advances “premier player’ plan amid pandemic
Added: 21 Aug 2020
Chairman Kanwar: “We continued to work to achieve our vision of being ‘a premier tire company’"

Wastefront inks deal to establish UK tire recycling plant
Added: 21 Aug 2020
Sunderland unit will have a daily capacity to process 180 tonnes of ELT waste

Tokai progress on carbon black emission cutbacks
Added: 21 Aug 2020
Work includes installation of NOX and sulphur dioxide reduction equipment at different plants