1+ hour, 35+ min ago   (168+ words) Battery-electric vehicles gain 20.7% market share, up from 15.6% a year earlier Brussels – New EU car registrations rose by 5.7% year-on-year to just under 5.9 million units in the first half of 2026, with a strong performance in June, reported European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA)....

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (482+ words) Industry body calls for stronger backing under EU act to reverse almost a decade of decline in market-share Brussels – Europe's tire manufacturers have called on the European Commission to strengthen the proposed Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA), warning that the draft…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (162+ words) Other tire makers will continue to receive tariff rate calculated in 2021 Washington, DC – The US Department of Commerce has preliminarily determined that passenger vehicle and light truck (PC/LT) tires from Vietnam continued to benefit from countervailable government subsidies during…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (153+ words) New facility to support vehicle electrification and tighter emissions standards Nagoya, Japan – Sumitomo Riko is establishing a research and development centre in India to strengthen support for customers as the country's automotive industry responds to vehicle electrification and stricter environmental…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (169+ words) Zorge Rubber Solutions has now supplied almost one million of its rubber-PTFE composite components for Li-ion batteries to a tier 1 supplier of a leading German car manufacturer, the company has reported. The innovative elastomer-membrane system plays a crucial role in…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (301+ words) Weinheim, Germany – Freudenberg Sealing Technologies (FST) has developed a new generation of battery cell caps that uses liquid elastomers to integrate terminals directly into the cell cap structure for prismatic and cylindrical battery cells. In a 3 June statement, the company…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (121+ words) By minimising binder migration during electrode drying, the binder achieves a homogeneous distribution across the electrode coating, said a Trinseo release issued 13 May. This, it said, "improves adhesion to the current collector, providing mechanical cohesion through the mid and top…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (179+ words) Project to supply part of power demand at Medicine Hat carbon black manufacturing site Medicine Hat, Alberta – Cancarb Ltd has completed and commissioned a solar power facility at its carbon black manufacturing operation in Medicine Hat, Alberta. The project involved…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (202+ words) Chennai, India – TVS Srichakra Ltd. has approved capital expenditure of up to INR2.2 billion (€20 million) to expand production capacity at its manufacturing complex in Vellaripatti, Madurai, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. In a 27 May stock exchange filing, the Indian…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (383+ words) Geneva – A major scientific review of global research on tire wear emissions has concluded that current evidence remains insufficient to quantify potential human health impacts specifically linked to tire wear particles. Published in April, the third and final paper in…...