Tokyo – Denka Inc. has booked an extraordinary loss of Yen9.4 billion (€52 million) for the first half of its fiscal year, linked to the wind-down of its US-based Denka Performance Elastomer (DPE) ...

Leudelange, Luxembourg – OCSiAl has launched development of the “world’s largest graphene nanotube production facility” in Differdange, Luxembourg.

Frankfurt, Germany – Germany’s rubber manufacturers have urged the federal government to deliver concrete measures to reverse a continuing decline across the industrial sector.

Breaking up segment performance, YRC said its ‘tire segment’, which includes both consumer and off-the-road (OHT) units, reported a 13.5% year-on-year increase in sales to Yen795.8 billion, accounting ...

Bridgestone described 2025 as a “year of emergency and crisis management”, pointing to high raw material costs and an ...

Tokyo – Bridgestone has begun Japan’s first public-road trial of its next-generation “AirFree” tire, which eliminates the need for air filling, in cooperation with Toyama City. The group has also ...

Kobe, Japan – Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) has reported a sharp decrease in business profit (earnings) for the first nine months of 2025, amid weaker sales volumes and higher raw material costs.

The three months to end of September saw earnings (EBITDA) grow 28.7% year-on-year to €16.6 million, on 1.1% higher sales of €163 million, Semperit reported 12 Nov. Earnings were also up compared to ...

While the tariff rate is 50%, the effective rate for PCBL is 20% as PCBL gets exemptions because it imports raw material for the US, explained Gupta. “And 60% of the price at which we sell our ...

Shenzhen, China – Mesnac reported higher revenue but lower earnings for the first nine months of 2025, according to a 27 Oct stock-exchange filing. Revenue for the period reached Yuan5.65 billion ...

Helsinki – Finland-based forest industry and bio-chemical company UPM has joined the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic), with the aim to strengthen the role of renewable chemistry in the ...

Frankfurt – The German rubber industry has welcomed the “Berlin Declaration” issued by 17 EU economy ministers 3 Nov, saying it sends an 'overdue signal of political support' for industrial production ...