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Sailun investing €110m to convert off-road tire plant in China

Shahrzad Pourriahi | Added: 20 Jan 2023

Project will see upgrade to production of 49-inch-plus tire products

Rubber Price Monitor: Markets dip

Natural rubber makes strong start to 2023 as prices strengthen

Added: 20 Jan 2023

All Far East markets observed by ERJ showed price gains during the second week of the year

More chloroprene rubber hikes on the way

Showa Denko relaunches as Resonac

Added: 20 Jan 2023

Japanese group changes business structure "substantially"

Toyoda Gosei, Asics making 'circular' shoes from airbags

Added: 20 Jan 2023

Partnership will use hard-to-recycle remnants of airbag fabric from Toyoda Gosei's plants

Conti supervisory board gives greenlight for reorganisation plan

Conti posts sales gains for tire and rubber component units

Added: 19 Jan 2023

But lower-than-expected earnings at ContiTech on increased production costs, Covid restrictions in …

Petlas invests $20m in “smart” tire warehouse

Added: 19 Jan 2023

Storage system designed to handle 1m tires "without human touch" 

Italy automotive sales fall 9% in February 

EU new car registrations fell 4.6% in 2022

Added: 19 Jan 2023

ACEA links decline to impact of component shortages in the first half of the year

Cefic highlights ‘water challenges’ facing European chemicals industry

Added: 19 Jan 2023

Warning follows the “most severe drought in 500 years” in Europe last summer

Solvay to add silica capacity at US plant

Solvay expanding Italian site to produce rice-based silica

Added: 18 Jan 2023

Tire maker Conti a “key partner” in project to produce bio-circular silica, starting in Europe

Firestone industrial products to rebrand as Firestone Airide

Added: 18 Jan 2023

Firestone Airide is a supplier of air springs to the truck/trailer, bus and automotive markets

Latest synthetic rubber pricing data

Added: 18 Jan 2023

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

Automation experts join J2A judging panel

Apollo Tyres opens ‘digital innovation centre’ in India

Added: 18 Jan 2023

Facility to focus on technologies such as Industry 4.0, IoT, AI and machine learning

Evonik performance materials' sales drop 11%

Global chemical production edges up but EU output falters

Added: 17 Jan 2023

Production fell by over 13% year-on-year in Europe in November, according to VCI

Green shoots start to appear in natural rubber markets

Sri Trang investing €250m in natural rubber expansion

Added: 17 Jan 2023

Thai producer says business growth being driven by non-Chinese tire makers

JD Power survey: Consumer interest waning in vehicle mobility technologies

Bridgestone report finds major savings from switch to EV fleets

Added: 17 Jan 2023

Webfleet data shows potential savings of up to €3,600 per vehicle each year

Petlas develops aircraft tires for unmanned warplane

Added: 16 Jan 2023

Made with local technology, tires are part of defence project for unmanned combat aerial vehicles 

Rubber futures rise on China economic recovery prospects

Added: 16 Jan 2023

Reuters poll suggests a likely 4.9% economic rebound in China this year

Biesterfeld to supply Denka acrylate rubbers

Denka sues EPA over chloroprene toxicity assessment

Added: 16 Jan 2023

Claims toxicity of the monomer was “overestimated” based on the ‘integrated risk information system…

Michelin signs agreement to extend employee support

Added: 16 Jan 2023

'Quality of working life' deal with unions part of French group’s ‘all sustainable vision’

But while Arlanxeo will continue to buy feedstock from suppliers, such as Ineos, Shell and Sabic, de Vries said the JV would have a “totally different position” in raw materials than the business had in the past.

Lanxess, TotalEnergies to cooperate on sustainable styrene

Added: 16 Jan 2023

Chemical companies working on ‘biocircular styrene’ based on tall oil