Berlin, Germany – Germany’s rubber industry (WDK) has called for urgent industrial policy measures, warning that weakening sales, lower production and rising pressure on the country’s manufacturing ...

In particular, the sales share of high-value-added products such as ‘premium OE tires’ and tires for SUVs and electric vehicles (EVs) continued to expand, while high-inch tires (18 inches and above) ...

Milan, Italy – Pirelli has signed a partnership agreement with Swedish AI vision startup Univrses and acquired a 30% stake in the business to expand applications for its cyber tire technology.

A team led by Professor David Simmons at USF’s College of Engineering has identified the mechanism of how adding carbon black strengthens rubber. According to Simmons, reinforced rubber has been used ...

London - The European Commission has decided the level of import duties to impose on passenger car and light vehicle (PC/LT) tire imports from China. The tariffs range from 30% on companies ...

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has opened a new European service centre in Gaertringen, Germany, combining logistics operations with materials development a ...

Over the three months to end of March, group sales rose 7.5% to €8.5 million, from €7.9 million reported the year before, while earnings (EBITDA) reached €600,000, up from €500,000 reported in the ...

Michelin has been urged by officials in China’s Liaoning province to expand its local investment and develop “higher value-added businesses” such as airc ...

China has seen its month-on-month improvement in tire exports in the month of March, but figures remain below prior-year levels in terms of both value and volume. In M ...

The European Commission has approved a €71.6 million (HUF28 billion) Hungarian state aid to Hankook Tire & Technology Co., it was announced 27 April. The measure wi ...

Shanghai, China – Shanghai International Energy Exchange (INE) has launched TSR20 options, expanding its derivatives suite for the natural rubber market and opening the product to overseas investors.

Tokyo – Natural rubber futures have gained across major exchanges as commodity funds and speculators appeared to build long positions. Stronger crude oil prices and the ongoing stalemate in the Middle ...