Rubber has been named among the materials facing tightening availability as global supply chain pressures reached a three-year high in March, driven by disru ...

Milan, Italy – Pirelli has outlined a mitigation plan to offset the impact of the Middle East crisis, warning that ongoing tensions are placing “great pressure” on energy markets and raw material ...

Mumbai, India — India’s Nocil Ltd has commissioned a new rubber chemicals facility in Dahej, in eastern India, as part of a INR2.5 billion (€23 million) investment programme, while separately ...

Geneva, Switzerland — The Tire Industry Project (TIP) has published a new study introducing an "advanced mass balance model” to track and predict the movement of tire and road wear particles (TRWP) ...

Frankfurt, Germany – The German rubber industry association (WDK) has strongly criticised recent demands by car makers for financial concessions as “reckless,” warning that there was no further room ...

Baramati, India – Austrian vibration isolation specialist Getzner Werkstoffe has expanded its international footprint with the opening of a new production facility in Baramati, in the western Indian ...

Tokyo, Japan — Bridgestone has launched a joint research project with Japanese and Indonesian universities to carry out ...

China's rubber machinery and moulds industry achieved overall positive growth in 2025 despite multiple challenges, Mesnac chairman and president Guan Bingzheng re ...

Tokyo – Natural rubber futures have depicted a mixed picture amid “prevailing uncertainties,” according to the latest weekly report by Japan Exchange Group (JPX). “Volatile crude oil prices and profit ...

Milan, Italy – The Italian government has imposed a series of restrictions on Pirelli’s Chinese shareholder Sinochem and its subsidiary the China National Tire & Rubber Co. (CNRC), under its “golden ...

China has launched a new round of measures to upgrade ageing petrochemical and chemical facilities, with explicit ...

Malmo, Sweden – Hexpol is targeting spring 2027 for the start-up of a technology-led initiative to modernise and automate its rubber compounding processes and operations in Europe.