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UNECE progresses tire particle emissions project with measurement methodology

Added: 26 Feb 2024

Data collected through proposed methods to be used for determining tire abrasion limits

Kemya, Continental Carbon start Saudi carbon black plant

SI Group reorganises China production under new local partnership

Added: 26 Feb 2024

Links up with Liaoning Dingjide Petrochemical for manufacture of certain products, to sell assets i…

Continental divesting Finnish stud specialist Tikka Spikes

Added: 26 Feb 2024

Management buyout option will see both parties continuing supply, development and testing partnersh…

Sumitomo Rubber exceeds mid-term targets, turns North America profitable

Added: 23 Feb 2024

Japanese group to continue work on US tire plant, improve profitability of imported tires to the co…

ERJ: Rubber & tire industry in numbers

Added: 23 Feb 2024

Michelin... Bridgestone... Goodyear... Trelleborg... SRI... Continental... Freudenberg... WDK... Ca…

Omnova sells rubber facility in India

Nordmann announces new partnerships in Spain, DACH region

Added: 23 Feb 2024

German distributor signs agreements with Spanish manufacturer Condensia and chemicals supplier Weyl…

Under WTO rules, companies buying in from the US or the Middle East, for example, pay tariffs of 6.5 percent, though these extra costs might be offset in the UK by a fall in the value of sterling.

Pirelli signs insurance agreement linked to UN sustainability goals

Added: 23 Feb 2024

Developed in collaboration with insurance groups Generali GC&C and Aon, initiative focuses on train…

Enviro breaks ground on new Swedish tire recycling plant

Added: 23 Feb 2024

End-of-life tire pyrolysis unit in Uddevalla set to become operational by end of 2025

German rubber industry poised for double-digit decline

German rubber production down as industry loses ground to ‘non-EU’ rivals

Added: 22 Feb 2024

Rubber industry association WDK says a 10% increase in revenue “not enough to fully compensate” ris…

China’s Zhongding starts up automotive parts plant in Brazil

Automotive supplier Zhongding investing €260m in China R&D, chassis project

Added: 22 Feb 2024

Intelligent chassis project to focus on air suspension systems, sealing systems and other rubber pa…

Apollo advances pan-India retreading plan

Apollo Tyres reports 32% higher profits for third quarter

Added: 22 Feb 2024

Tire maker’s European operations “outperformed” market during the three month s to end of December …

Sumitomo to build medical rubber parts plant in Slovenia

Sumitomo Rubber divests Swiss medical rubber subsidiary Lonstroff

Added: 22 Feb 2024

Sells all shares of Lonstroff AG and its 100% subsidiary Lonstroff Medical Elastomers in Slovenia t…

December sales tip EU car demand to positive territory

EU new car registrations up 12% in January

Added: 22 Feb 2024

Market rebounds from slowdown experienced in December last year, according to ACEA

ETRMA pushes for EU-wide ‘end of waste' status for tire-rubber

Tire recycler L4T Group planning first plant in US

Added: 22 Feb 2024

Life for Tyres Group setting up waste tire processing facility at Port of South Louisiana

Goodyear signals restructuring plan in the US

New Goodyear boss to centre focus on rationalisation plan

Added: 21 Feb 2024

Mark Stewart to focus on “clean sheeting and share cost activities”, production complexity and go-t…

European industry leaders call for ‘urgent action’ to restore competitiveness

Added: 21 Feb 2024

Antwerp Declaration calls on EU to address "regulatory incoherence, conflicting objectives, unneces…

Cabot carbon elastomers gain traction in off-road tire market

Added: 21 Feb 2024

Adoption of materials will require changes to mixing plant of tire factories 

Toyo Tire reports record results as costs decline

Added: 21 Feb 2024

Automotive parts business returns to growth, as tires unit posts 65% year-on-year increase in earni…

Trelleborg, Celanese develop recyclable vehicle suspension unit

Added: 21 Feb 2024

New jounce bumper uses a blow-moulded, hollow thermoplastic elastomer as opposed to polyurethane fo…

Greene Tweed names Justine Franchina as chief operating officer

Added: 21 Feb 2024

Appointment comes at ‘transformational period’ for company, as it aims to increase growth