Frankfurt, Germany – The German rubber industry has registered a marked decline for the first half in 2025, with overall production down 8.2% year-on-year at 560,000 tonnes.

Coventry, UK – Production and commercial operations at Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) are still down almost two weeks after the UK vehicle maker was hit by a cyber attack.

Houston, Texas – NASA has launched the ‘rock and roll with NASA challenge’, inviting inventors, researchers and companies to ...

Hanover, Germany – Continental AG has stepped up its sustainability efforts by using synthetic rubber based on recycled cooking oil. In a 9 Sept statement, the group said it is "prioritising the use ...

Fairlawn, Ohio – ContiTech has officially started production at its new hydraulic hose manufacturing facility in Aguascalientes, Mexico. The $90 million (€70 million) facility will increase ...

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Lanxess AG is expanding its rubber additives production capacity in the US to meet increasing demand and improve supply reliability in the country.

Beijing – Chinese ministry of commerce (Mofcom) has extended the duration of an antidumping probe into the imports of halogenated butyl rubber (HIIR) from Canada, Japan and India. In a 5 Sept ...

London – Consumer replacement tire volumes in the UK fell sharply in the first half of 2025, according to data released by the British Tyre Manufacturers’ Association (BTMA). Over the six months to ...

Hanover, Germany – ContiTech has acquired pyrolysis technology from UK start-up LowSulphurFuels for the recycling of “complex rubber compounds,” parent group Continental announced 3 Sept.

Zhongce Rubber (ZC Rubber) has decided to reallocate unused IPO proceeds originally earmarked for its Thailand radial tire expansion to its local factory in Jintan, C ...

Clermont-Ferrand, France – Michelin has urged EU regulators to adopt 'real-world' testing methods for measuring tire emissions under Euro 7, arguing that laboratory-based approaches remain “unreliable ...

Sailun acquired the former Bridgestone manufacturing plant in Shenyang for Yuan265 million (€31 million) in July. The 10-year-old facility was idled at the end of 2023 as Bridgestone exited the TBR ...