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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
The German rubber industry association (WDK) has called on the federal government to “switch to crisis mode” amid intensifying economic pressures. In a ...
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, ...
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 ...
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, ...
The proposed changes will impact 600 roles across sales and support functions and aims at creating a “more customer centric ...
Germany’s chemical and pharmaceutical industry remained under pressure in the fourth quarter of 2025, with declining output, sales and prices in the chemi ...
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 ...
The Malaysian Rubber Glove Manufacturers Association (MARGMA) and Monash University Malaysia have signed an MoU to strengthen talent development, research c ...