Goodyear expects first-quarter earnings to be pressured by lower volumes, tariffs and weak trading conditions, as headwinds that impacted its 2025 results persist.

The study, conducted by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), concluded that exposure to crumb rubber infill is “not likely to harm users or spectators”, including ...

Svay Rieng, Cambodia — A tire brand owned by Chinese-based Best Choice International Trade Co., has inaugurated its first overseas manufacturing facility in Cambodia. Signalling the group’s ...

BASF has begun commercial production of flame-retardant (FR) Elastollan-branded thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) grades at ...

Frankfurt, Germany – Germany’s chemical industry association VCI has warned that the escalation of the US-Israeli war with Iran is pushing up energy prices and geopolitical uncertainty.

Chennai, India — Indian tire maker MRF Ltd. has signed an MoU with the government of Tamil Nadu to establish a new manufacturing facility. The project will be located at the ‘SIPCOT industrial park’ ...

Frankfurt, Germany — Germany’s rubber industry association (WDK) has warned that the military conflict involving Iran could create disruptions across the rubber value chain, particularly through ...

Hanover, Germany - BKT Carbon is strengthening its presence in global tire markets, with plans to nearly double carbon black output to 660 kilotonne per annum (ktpa) over the coming years.

Helsinki – The European Chemicals Agency’s Socio-Economic Analysis Committee (SEAC) has agreed its draft opinion on the proposed EU-wide restriction of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), ...

Aarhus, Denmark — Researchers at Aarhus University have developed a laboratory method to convert used nitrile rubber gloves into materials capable of capturing carbon dioxide (CO2), offering a ...

Tokyo — Natural rubber futures ended the first trading week of March lower across major exchanges amid active trading, reported Japan Exchange Group (JPX) 9 March. The decline was driven by “long ...

The technology, it added, allows researchers to focus more on creative research activities rather than manual information gathering. Mitsui Chemicals said it plans to continue applying digital ...