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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 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'
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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%
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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 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 reports double-digit growth in sales, earnings
Added: 15 Aug 2022
Tighter control on costs, pricing helps offset increase in raw material prices

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…”
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Zeon elastomer profits down on lower volumes, latex decline
Added: 15 Aug 2022
Japanese group reports sales up 10% driven by price adjustments

Rubber futures in the doldrums
Added: 15 Aug 2022
JPX reports “no clear market direction, keeping many traders on the side-line.”

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

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…

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 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
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