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Difficult markets, JV demerger impact Semperit results

Semperit earnings fall 70% on high costs, gloves decline

Added: 17 Aug 2022

Austrian rubber group says medical sector divestment “coming back into focus”

Conti expects car tire demand to “normalise” in third quarter

Conti expects lower purchasing power to impact tire markets

Added: 17 Aug 2022

'Consumers could potentially shift to cheaper brands and all-season instead of winter tires'

Synthetic rubber prices show signs of easing

Added: 17 Aug 2022

Declines for EPDM, SBR and halobutyl rubber, BR and nitrile steady, data compiled for ERJ shows

Contrasting quarter for Nitta rubber component units  

Added: 17 Aug 2022

Earnings up 24% on ‘belt and rubber products’ unit but ‘hose and tube’ down 54%

Sumitomo Rubber returns to profit as tire business grows

Sumitomo to raise ‘advanced’ tire capacity in Asia, Turkey

Added: 16 Aug 2022

Part of a series of measures to counter turbulent trading conditions in markets worldwide

Bekaert reinforced by strong rubber showing

Added: 16 Aug 2022

Reports “good demand and margin performance” in all regions except China

Scientists replace 100% of concrete aggregates with waste tire

Added: 16 Aug 2022

New ‘greener and lighter’ concrete to reduce manufacturing, transportation costs

Klean progresses tire pyrolysis projects

Klean Industries tapping blockchain for waste tire recycling

Added: 16 Aug 2022

Platform enables "end-to-end" supply management for any recycling, waste processing and waste-to-en…

Workers start strike at four Elkem sites

Added: 16 Aug 2022

Norwegian supplier ‘working to evaluate’ operational impacts

Apollo responds to BSE question over Malaysian plan

Apollo reports double-digit growth in sales, earnings

Added: 15 Aug 2022

Tighter control on costs, pricing helps offset increase in raw material prices

Under WTO rules, companies buying in from the US or the Middle East, for example, pay tariffs of 6.5 percent, though these extra costs might be offset in the UK by a fall in the value of sterling.

Pirelli expects to offset rising costs in second half

Added: 15 Aug 2022

Casaluci: “We will more than cover all the inflation with price/mix and efficiencies…”

Zeon starts full-scale production at Thai acrylic rubber plant

Zeon elastomer profits down on lower volumes, latex decline

Added: 15 Aug 2022

Japanese group reports sales up 10% driven by price adjustments

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Rubber futures in the doldrums

Added: 15 Aug 2022

JPX reports “no clear market direction, keeping many traders on the side-line.” 

Press Release: Kuraray develops new photocurable elastomer

Kuraray raising prices for liquid rubber

Added: 15 Aug 2022

Adjustment prompted by 'extra-ordinary increases' in raw materials, freight costs

Bridgestone, Microsoft extend collaboration to advance tire analytics

Added: 15 Aug 2022

Japanese group to use Microsoft Azure to better understand tire wear and casing condition

Testing times for silicones industry

Wacker bringing bio-based silicone rubbers to K expo

Added: 15 Aug 2022

ERJ spotlights rubber-related technologies lined up for K2022, the world’s largest plastics & rubbe…

Technology: Pirelli simulator brings F1 experience to road

Virtual tire development delivering real gains for Pirelli

Added: 14 Aug 2022

Italian tire maker reports 30% reduction in material development times through use of AI technologi…

Cabot launches engineered elastomer composites for tires

Cabot looks into expansion, M&As for next phase of growth

Shahrzad Pourriahi | Added: 12 Aug 2022

Carbon black supplier sees substantial increase in demand amid war woes

Bridgestone investing €26m in SE Asia NR plantations

Added: 12 Aug 2022

Group to introduce “elite trees” to double harvest volume 

Cooper Standard in link-up for EV fluid control technology

Added: 12 Aug 2022

Signs joint development agreement with Italian thermal management systems maker Industrie Saleri