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Orion opens second carbon black plant in China

Added: 21 Nov 2023

Facility in Anhui to 'enable reallocation of production in US and Europe...'

Datwyler ‘scaling business model’ to deliver medium-term growth

Added: 21 Nov 2023

Swiss group impacted by “very rapid and almost complete loss of the Covid business”, higher costs i…

Remondis, Pyrum mull joint tire recycling plant in Germany

Added: 21 Nov 2023

BASF to purchase pyrolysis oil from proposed 20ktpa facility in Bremen

Kuraray's isoprene unit sees 41% decline in profits

Kuraray's isoprene unit hit by 'defect' at new Thai plant, low demand

Added: 21 Nov 2023

Japanese group notes “intensifying competition” for elastomers business

Update: Synthetic rubber pricing data

Added: 21 Nov 2023

Weekly data compiled by ChemAnalyst based on selected commodity trading activity in Europe

Opinion: Goodyear must be open about Danville

EMEA costs-spike a trigger for Goodyear restructuring

Added: 20 Nov 2023

Closures of tire plants in Fulda and Furstenwalde will leave a major dent in US group's operations …

ETRMA, IRSG sustainability meeting in Brussels

Year-end demand, rainy season support rubber futures

Added: 20 Nov 2023

Main Far East markets make ‘modest gains’ last week amid lower trading activity

Toyo posts 60% earnings hike on higher sales, lower costs

Added: 20 Nov 2023

Tire maker's revenues buoyed by North America sales, as volumes grow 8% in region

BASF in financial loan deal with tire recycler Pyrum

Added: 20 Nov 2023

Loan facility to support construction of planned German ELT pyrolysis plant, other facilities

Hutchinson rolls out new digitalisation plan

Hutchinson opening second Asian polymer technical centre

Added: 20 Nov 2023

Chinese unit to develop rubber, TPE materials for applications including sealing, automotive...

German chemical makers halt production slide at Q3 stage

Added: 20 Nov 2023

VCI: Down-trend 'appears to have reached the bottom of the curve' but cost and market pressures per…

Goodyear 'to close down two German tire factories'

Added: 17 Nov 2023

US group to fully close its tire plants in Fulda by 2025 and Fürstenwalde by 2027

Pirelli announces plans to expand Italian digital centre

Added: 17 Nov 2023

Bari technology unit to see number of employees rise to 80 by 2025 from current 30

Lanxess off to clean start with acquisition from Chemours

Lanxess to divest PU business as 'last remaining polymer' operation

Added: 17 Nov 2023

Cologne-based group also launching restructuring measures to reduce costs by €150m 

Sumitomo earnings plunge; sales up 12%

Sumitomo Rubber points to recovery trends as cost pressures ease

Added: 17 Nov 2023

Japanese group's Tire business delivers a more than eight-fold increase in earnings for first nine …

US postpones Indian OTR anti-dumping ruling

Update: Ceat cleared to restart tire manufacturing plant

Added: 17 Nov 2023

Indian tire maker had been directed to close down facility in Bhandup, Mumbai due to pollution issu…

Freudenberg develops advanced sealing for ‘demanding’ cobot applications

Added: 17 Nov 2023

FST enhances polyurethane seal design while improving performance with solid film lubricant coating…

Pirelli results up in 9-month report

ERJ: News stories of the week

Added: 17 Nov 2023

Most widely-read news reports posted on the European Rubber Journal website over the last seven days

Goodyear recalls 1,600 truck tires

Goodyear selling rubber business as part of ‘transformation plan’

Added: 16 Nov 2023

Dunlop brand and off-road tires also to be divested as strategy looks to double margins by 2025

Goodyear suffers double-digit drop in operating income

Goodyear's long-time leader Richard Kramer to retire

Added: 16 Nov 2023

US tire maker also unveils ‘transformation plan’ to optimise portfolio, expand margins