Frankfurt – Germany’s chemical industry association VCI has called for “rethinking Europe” as it urged policymakers in Berlin ...

At the Future Tire Conference 2025 in Prague, secretary general Adam McCarthy said the EU industry is facing soaring input costs while competing with significantly lower-cost imports. In recent years, ...

London - TSR 20 prices held within a narrow band throughout November, continuing the pattern seen in recent months, according ...

Le Meux, France – Continental has entered “exclusive negotiations” with ASC Investment over the sale of ContiTrade France, its 1,200-employee French retail operation. As part of the transaction, the ...

Hiratsuka, Japan – Yokohama Rubber Co (YRC) has released the findings of a five-year research programme to “develop technologies to prevent and control rubber tree leaf-fall disease.” ...

Neu-Ulm, Germany – The European Sealing Association (ESA) is preparing “a coordinated industry response” ahead of the public consultation by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) on restrictions on per ...

To compete, the rubber industry must “navigate stagnant automotive production, a more gradual than expected shift to BEVs, continuing geopolitical risks and intensified regulatory pressures,” the ...

Tokyo – Eneos Materials has developed an AI system designed to accelerate the creation of new materials through combining the company’s in-house “knowledge graph” with “AI agent technology”.

Bridgestone and Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have developed a two-stage chemical-recycling process that can break do ...

Furthermore, the group said it will “double down” on investment in high-growth, high-value materials – notably solution styrene butadiene rubber (SSBR) for EV and green-tire applications, and ...

According to JPX, the “broadly flat forward curve” across exchanges suggests prices are likely to remain weak in the coming weeks, with sentiment expected to stay subdued until after the New Year.