Geleen, The Netherlands – Dutch biotech startup Mevaldi BV has closed a funding round with High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and ICIG Ventures, aimed at scaling up its production of bio-based chemicals.

During the first half of 2025, Michelin’s sales fell 3.4% year-on-year to €13.0 billion at current exchange rates, down from €13.5 billion in the first half of 2024. The decline was largely driven by ...

New Delhi –India’s tire industry could deliver 12-fold revenue growth by fiscal year 2047, reaching INR13,000 billion (€125 ...

Geneva – The Tire Industry Project (TIP) has announced five awardees under its first open call for projects (OCP), and confirmed plans to continue the scheme with a fresh round of funding.

Lisburn, Northern Ireland – Smiley Monroe has strengthened its reach in the UK and Ireland with the opening of a new conveyor belt depot in the Midlands, UK.

London – European majors Group Michelin, Continental and Pirelli retained their top five positions in the latest ranking by sales of the world’s 75 largest tire manufacturers. This was despite higher ...

Stockholm – A grouping of Swedish stakeholders, including refiner and process oil specialist Nynas AB, has launched an initiative to study tire & road wear particle (TWRP) emissions. The project, ...

Shouguang, China – Shandong Haohua Tire Co. has received official approval for its expansion and upgrade project, which will lift overall annual capacity at its Shouguang city plant, in Shandong ...

Carabobo, Venezuela – The government of Venezuela has announced a strategic alliance with international investors to “modernise and revive” a tire plant in Carabobo state, northern Venezuela.

Fushun Petrochemical, a subsidiary of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), has produced its first qualified batch of “oil-extended styrene-butadiene ru ...

Veendam, Netherlands – Kisuma Chemicals, a supplier of magnesium-based additives, has presented its hydrotalcite-like DHT-4 additive as a potential contributor to developing alternatives to fluorine ...

Houston, Texas – NASA has launched the ‘rock and roll with NASA challenge’, inviting inventors, researchers and companies to ...