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Apollo sees June recovery in Indian replacement tire market 

Apollo profits hit by ‘unprecedented’ raw materials costs

Added: 18 Nov 2024

European operations report revenue growth but tire maker faced weak OE demand in Indian market

ERJ Business Briefing: November-December

Added: 18 Nov 2024

Hankook completes Hanon deal... VMI 'strong' Q3... Sumitomo Riko upgrade... Freudenberg-NOK acquisi…

Freudenberg Medical expands in China

IOM3 to discuss elastomers in biomedical devices

Added: 18 Nov 2024

Rubber group's afternoon technical discussion meeting will provide insights into the future of elas…

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

European Parliament agrees to extend EUDR deadline, other amendments

Added: 15 Nov 2024

Votes through one-year postponement but also proposals of concern to tire and natural rubber suppli…

Pirelli to cut costs, ‘contain' investment under new plan 

Tire industry contributed €44bn to European Union GDP

Added: 15 Nov 2024

Industry supported almost half a million jobs across the EU last year, report commissioned by ETRMA…

Cooper Standard downgrades outlook on automotive production trends

Added: 15 Nov 2024

US-based automotive supplier narrows loss during the first nine months but earnings dip

Rubber & tire industry in numbers

Added: 15 Nov 2024

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

Bridgestone sales up, operating income down in 2017

Bridgestone signals further restructuring in Brazil

Added: 15 Nov 2024

Business continues to face ‘deficit’ in Brazil “due to inability to adapt to structural changes 

Kemya, Continental Carbon start Saudi carbon black plant

Denka impacted by higher costs, weak chloroprene rubber demand

Added: 15 Nov 2024

Business division ‘falls short of expectations’ as operating loss nearly doubles

NR prices recover in August, deficit continues   

Rubber industry urges European Parliament to retain 'substance of EUDR'

Added: 14 Nov 2024

ETRMA, GPSNR say proposed amendments could cause more uncertainty regarding the content of the regu…

Update: Yokohama consolidating off-highway tire operations

Yokohama Rubber to close off-road tire plant in Israel

Added: 14 Nov 2024

Japanese group cites cost, logistics challenges in decision to close facility in Hadera

DL Chemical opens ‘world’s largest’ polyisoprene latex plant in Singapore

Added: 14 Nov 2024

Cariflex facility in Jurong Island to cater for synthetic rubber surgical gloves, medical devices

Toyo raises full-year outlook amid ‘record high’ third-quarter results

Added: 14 Nov 2024

Japanese tire & rubber group saw earnings grow over 50% for three months to end of September

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German rubber industry reports 5.3% decline in nine-month sales

Added: 14 Nov 2024

WDK sounds the alarm over ‘loss of global competitiveness’ within Germany's rubber manufacturing se…

TPC Group raising di-isobutylene capacity

Added: 14 Nov 2024

Efficiency improvements, infrastructure upgrades add 27% to production capacity

Seals makers note 'important distinction' by PFAS committee

Added: 13 Nov 2024

RAC revision acknowledges differences between fluoropolymer particles and non-polymeric PFAS

Tire Industry Project launches emissions research initiative

Added: 13 Nov 2024

Targets innovation around assessment and mitigation of wear-particle impacts on environment

Tokai carbon black unit delivers higher sales, earnings

Added: 13 Nov 2024

Nine-month volumes decline but results up due to weaker yen, pass-through of costs...

US agency determines material injury caused by NBR imports

China extends anti-dumping tariffs on NBR from Japan, Korea

Added: 13 Nov 2024

Ministry of commerce decision reinstates exiting tariffs, ranging between 12% and 56%

NOK exceeds half-year targets as weaker yen supports sales

Added: 13 Nov 2024

Operating income came in 34% higher than initial estimates announced in August