Singapore — The Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR) has described 2025 as a “landmark year”, citing progress in collective responsibility, accountability and member-driven ...

SHFE rubber futures gained 1.1% week-on-week, supported by short-covering, accompanied by a decline in open interest. INE rubber prices rose 2.7%, while in Singapore SICOM's active March-2026 contract ...

Shanghai – Shandong Dawn Polymer Co. Ltd has agreed to acquire an 80% equity stake in Ningbo SK Synthetic Rubber Co, for Yuan516 million (€62 million), the Chinese supplier of rubber and polymers has ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

In addition, Krings said water seals make a significant contribution to the environment and ecosystems, meeting strict ...

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 ...

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.” ...

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 ...