Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber Co. is "considering the acquisition of Euro Tire Manufacturing in Romania," the Japanese tire manufacturing group has confirmed to ERJ.

Over recent years, SPC has enhanced the capabilities of its UK facilities, including a £1.2-million investment in a fully automated chemical weighing system. The latest investment is part of a broader ...

Zhuhai, China – Jiangsu General Science Technology Co. is set to complete an upgrade of its plant in Wuxi, China to include production of passenger car tires. The project will add a capacity to ...

Leverkusen, Germany – LyondellBasell and Covestro have decided to permanently close the propylene oxide / styrene monomer (POSM) production unit (PO11) at their joint venture Maasvlakte site in The ...

Tokyo – Natural rubber futures registered a general decline on Far East exchanges for a third consecutive week, Japan Exchange Group (JPX) reported 17 March. During the trading week ending 14 March, ...

Frankfurt, Germany – German Chemical Industry Association (VCI) has called on the new federal government to prioritise ...

Tokyo – Eneos Materials Corp. is studying the suspension of production of synthetic resins at its Jushi plant in Japan, due to a wider group restructuring of refinery operations.

Munich, Germany – Wacker Chemie AG expects to see growth across all its divisions in 2025, including a significant increase in volumes within its silicones business. For 2025, the Munich-based group ...

Brasilia – Brazil is set to extend antidumping duties on the imports of Chinese car tires, according to a recent ruling by the country’s foreign trade office.

Nashville, Tennessee – Hankook Tire is on track with a €1.6-billion project to increase production capacity for passenger car and light truck (PC/LT) and truck & bus radial tires at its US plant in ...

Shanghai, China – Red Avenue New Materials Group is planning to build a rubber chemicals production unit in Thailand, the Shanghai-based group said in an 8 March filing. The project, it stated, will ...

The US tire distributor, it stated, is “set to accelerate growth” with a focus on its core tire distribution business. Backed ...