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Huntsman, Räder-Vogel roll out anti-static elastomer wheels
Added: 19 Mar 2025
Hot cast urethane elastomer wheels designed for use in industrial applications for trolleys, carts,…

Michelin in tie-up for vertical tire-based gardens
Added: 19 Mar 2025
Pilot phase at Spanish airports to be extended to urban environments

Rubber futures dip further amid global economic concerns
Added: 18 Mar 2025
Japan Exchange Group posts marked price declines on major Far East exchanges

Michelin in R&D collaboration for green hydrogen production
Added: 18 Mar 2025
Link-up targets challenges of emerging energy resource which continues to be difficult to use on an…

Akwel reports reversal in 2024, further challenges ahead
Added: 18 Mar 2025
Automotive industry 'still weakened by the economic situation and uncertainty surrounding the devel…

Georgios Dermentzakis joins Desma management team
Added: 18 Mar 2025
New sales & service MD brings international strategic management experience to moulding machinery m…

Klean, Viva Energy mull tire recycling plant in Australia
Added: 18 Mar 2025
Plans for facility at Melbourne refinery to process 80,000 tonnes per annum of waste tires

LyondellBasell, Covestro announce closure of Dutch styrene monomer plant
Added: 18 Mar 2025
Joint venture site in Maasvlakte produces propylene oxide and styrene monomers (POSM)

Conti names new US tire chief executive
Added: 18 Mar 2025
Tansu Isik to replace Jochen Etzel who is retiring as CEO of Continental Tire the Americas

ANRPC forecasts only marginal growth in natural rubber output for 2025
Added: 17 Mar 2025
Indonesia to see “significant decline” in production levels due to shift from rubber to other crops…

Hankook on track with capacity expansion project at US tire plant
Added: 17 Mar 2025
Once completed, factory will have an annual production capacity of 10 million PC/LT and 1 million T…

Wacker expects growth in all business divisions this year
Added: 17 Mar 2025
Group says demand for silicones, particularly for speciality products, showing “very positive devel…

Eneos mulls suspending production at ‘synthetic resins’ plant
Added: 17 Mar 2025
Move in view of potential closure of ethylene production plant in Kawasaki by parent group

Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 14 Mar 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

Bridgestone develops new technology for TRWP collection
Added: 14 Mar 2025
Efficient tire & road wear particle collection enables advances in R&D

Semperit eyes second-half recovery in key markets
Added: 14 Mar 2025
EBITDA for first quarter of 2025 projected to come in well below previous year’s figure

NOK buoyed by earnings gains at seals, electronics units
Added: 14 Mar 2025
Japanese group see profits rise despite issues in automotive manufacturing sector

Laos PM welcomes further Vietnam Rubber Group investment
Added: 14 Mar 2025
Sonexay Siphandone meets leaders of the Vietnam rubber industry body in Ho Chi Minh City

Conti board approves ‘automotive spin-off'
Added: 13 Mar 2025
Set to be listed in September, company to have cash funds of €1.5bn and a credit facility of €2.5bn…

Romania ramp-up, efficiency top priorities for new Nokian Tyres leader
Added: 13 Mar 2025
Paolo Pompei outlines North America, branding and consumer focus as further key targets