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Physical rubber markets decline on rising supply, weak demand
Added: 2 Sep 2022
Far East futures markets monitored by ERJ decline over two-week period

French compounder Benvic to have new owners
Added: 2 Sep 2022
International Chemical Investors Group acquiring company from PVC Europe

Gates increasing presence in Poland
Added: 2 Sep 2022
Industrial parts manufacturer looking to expand Wroclaw office location

Bridgestone taps AWS to progress digital mobility solutions
Added: 2 Sep 2022
Collaboration aims to create "a Bridgestone marketplace" for fleet operators

Freudenberg serves up new food-contact fluoroelastomer
Added: 2 Sep 2022
Offers “outstanding resistance” to various aggressive media that can degrade EPDM and HNBR rubber m…

Return of ‘real’ trade fairs delivers for Desma
Added: 2 Sep 2022
Moulding machinery makers aims to build on success of DKT2022 in Nuremberg

Lion Elastomers expansion project to support EPDM customers
Added: 1 Sep 2022
Project expected to reach full commercial production before yearend

Wanhua gains regulatory approval for €2.5bn chemicals plant
Added: 1 Sep 2022
Facility to produce “high-end polyolefin products”, including 400ktpa of elastomers

IRSG foresees 2.4% annual growth in rubber demand to 2030
Added: 1 Sep 2022
‘Deceleration’ in tire sector impacting overall rubber consumption in 2022

Conti advances alternative to chloroprene rubber in drive belts
Added: 1 Sep 2022
German manufacturer says new synthetic rubber compound enables 50% lower CO2 emissions

Linglong rolls off first tires at Serbian factory
Added: 31 Aug 2022
Company progresses China plants, plans to add further off-road capacity

Mitsui Chemicals to build new elastomer plant in Singapore
Added: 31 Aug 2022
Jurong Island facility to produce 120ktpa of “high performance elastomers” by 2024

Ansell announces decision to exit Russia
Added: 31 Aug 2022
Protection equipment supplier opened factory in Tula in 2021

Rubber futures under pressure amid weak global economy
Added: 31 Aug 2022
Prospect of further interest rate hikes, weaker Chinese economy weigh on market

Semperit names new finance chief
Added: 31 Aug 2022
Petra Preining steps down prematurely to pursue ‘new professional challenge’

Hankook investing €1.6bn in US tire plant expansion
Added: 30 Aug 2022
Two projects at Tennessee facility to ‘more than double’ local manufacturing capacity

Synthetic rubber prices ease back from recent highs
Added: 30 Aug 2022
EPDM, nitrile and butadiene prices decline while SBR markets appear steadier

Kraton adding HSBC capacity in Taiwan
Added: 30 Aug 2022
Expansion project to increase facility's production of styrenic block copolymers by 30%

Bridgestone to commercialise guayule rubber by 2030
Added: 30 Aug 2022
Tire maker investing €40m to expand plantation area in southwestern US

Datwyler expects ‘challenging second half’ as Ukraine war impacts growth
Added: 30 Aug 2022
First half earnings down despite higher revenue from continuing operations