Wacker Chemie AG has expanded its Panagarh site in northeastern India to produce silicone emulsions, as it moves to position the facility as a key silicones su ...

The improvements follow restructuring steps centred on the closure of Denka Performance Elastomer (DPE), the group’s chloroprene rubber production unit in LaPlace, Louisiana, which halted operations ...

Hyogo, Japan – Toyo Tire Corp. has broken ground on a new R&D centre in Serbia, as part of a strategy to strengthen its European and consolidate research, production and sales functions at a single ...

Tokyo – Natural rubber futures have decline across major Far East exchanges, “on long liquidation as the recent rally faded,” according to Japan Exchange Group (JPX). Over the week ended 20 March, ...

Milan, Italy — Shareholders in Camfin, the second-largest investor in Pirelli, have moved to extend their long-term commitment to the tire maker, proposing to delay the potential dissolution of key ...

New Delhi – India’s Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has concluded its probe into the imports of emulsion styrene butadiene rubber (E-SBR) 1500 series from the EU, Japan, South Korea, ...

The German rubber industry association (WDK) has called on the federal government to “switch to crisis mode” amid intensifying economic pressures. In a ...

The Malaysian Rubber Glove Manufacturers Association (MARGMA) and Monash University Malaysia have signed an MoU to strengthen talent development, research c ...

Vienna – Semperit Group has reported an “operational recovery” in the second half of 2025, with earnings coming in ahead of expectations and the group targeting further growth in 2026. “Operating ...

Lion Elastomers has announced plans to expand its production facility in Port Neches to add manufacturing capability for nitrile rubber (NBR). The move will ...

Ikon Tyres is preparing a “major product portfolio update” in 2026, including new tire models, an expanded size range and the launch of a new in-house brand, Credo, ...

Titan International Inc. is to close its tire manufacturing facility in Jackson, Tennessee by the end of October as part of plans to “consolidate prod ...