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Brazil preliminary ruling extends antidumping duties on Chinese car tires

Added: 13 Mar 2025

Third sunset review finds likelihood of a resumption of dumping if existing measures are removed

VCI calls for ‘economy first’ policy as German chemicals industry reports “severe setback”

Added: 13 Mar 2025

Weak fourth quarter sees production fall 4.2% year-on-year with utilisation rate down to 74.7%

VMI: 75 years of making tire production possible

VMI parent reports strong growth at tire systems major

Added: 12 Mar 2025

TKH posts double-digit gains in sales, earnings at ‘smart manufacturing’ division in 2024

Red Avenue to build €65m rubber additives plant in Thailand

Added: 12 Mar 2025

Chinese chemicals producer to establish 30ktpa facility under JV agreement with affiliate Gold Dyna…

Reddiplex acquires UK rubber products maker Veker

Added: 12 Mar 2025

Midlands-based extrusion specialist brings ‘complementary product and process solutions…’

Sumitomo Rubber 2020 forecast up on Q3 improvements

Sumitomo Rubber sharpens focus on Dunlop brand, non-tire in 10-year strategy

Added: 11 Mar 2025

Japanese group launches structural reform centred around rubber-based value creation, brand managem…

Conti, Pirelli raise North America tire prices

Commercial tire market facing “rollercoaster ride” in N America

Added: 11 Mar 2025

But Yokohama Tire VP remains optimistic despite raft of challenges confronting commercial tire segm…

Hainan Rubber to build plant for deproteinised NR 

Rubber futures remain weak amid slowing global economy

Added: 11 Mar 2025

Impact of tariffs and sharp decline in oil prices also influence pricing

Update: Korean consortium acquiring Momentive

Momentive in JV deal to produce silanes in Asia

Added: 11 Mar 2025

Signs agreement with Jiangxi Hungpai New Material to better serve growing Asia-Pacific market

Cimcorp appoints Jarno Honkanen to VP role

Added: 11 Mar 2025

Has over two decades of experience in solution management, sales and software development at Finnis…

Linglong starts construction work on seventh Chinese tire facility

Added: 10 Mar 2025

Facility to produce 14 million units/year of passenger car and truck & bus tires once fully complet…

US drops case against Denka chloroprene rubber plant

Added: 10 Mar 2025

Justice department dismisses lawsuit citing ‘racial preferencing’ motives in EPA actions against Lo…

Tire makers see major gains from US infrastructure plan

USTMA expects record tire shipments in 2025

Added: 10 Mar 2025

Tire industry body forecasts continued strong growth within US tire market led by OE sales

Conti R&D boss takes pop at airless tires

Boiler blast impacts unit at Conti Hanover site

Added: 10 Mar 2025

Investigations underway into cause of explosion which interrupted production in an area of the buil…

Orion scaling up tire pyrolysis oil capabilities

Added: 10 Mar 2025

Company's TPO-based circular carbon black recognised by EU’s ‘Innovation Radar’

Michelin opens first zero-emissions plant

'New' American Tire Distributor to focus on inventory rebuilding, footprint

Added: 9 Mar 2025

Largest US tire distributor completes sale to buyer-entity formed by lenders, following bankruptcy …

Hexpol acquiring Spanish rubber compounder Unica

German rubber manufacturers see chance to reverse three years of steep decline

Added: 7 Mar 2025

WDK: 'Changing EU and German political landscape offers opportunity to address industry contraction…

Emerald Performance Materials sells additives businesses

China’s Sinochem adding 80ktpa carbon black capacity

Added: 7 Mar 2025

Project to bring total carbon black capacity at Sinochem Quanzhou Petrochemical site to 150ktpa

Rubber & tire industry in numbers

Added: 7 Mar 2025

Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwid…

Datwyler cuts resource consumption, eyes CO2 neutrality

Datwyler joins Circular Rubber Platform to enhance carbon-reduction strategy

Added: 7 Mar 2025

Swiss manufacturer says it will "intensify” commitment to environmentally friendly output