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Washington – US president Donald Trump said he plans to impose steep tariffs on steel and aluminium imports, which would be one of his toughest actions yet to implement a hawkish trade agenda that risks antagonizing friends and foes alike.

Shin-Etsu: Chinese market key to silicones business recovery

Added: 10 Nov 2023

Includes volume of exports from China 'as quite a lot of commodity products are made there...'

Kraiburg TPE advances new high recyclate-content TPEs

Added: 10 Nov 2023

Compounds with higher content of post-industry, post-consumer waste offer a range of adhesion optio…

ERJ: News stories of the week

Added: 10 Nov 2023

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

Emerald Performance Materials sells additives businesses

EV polymers growth drives Imerys expansion in China

Added: 9 Nov 2023

Output from new, €43m mineral additives plant in Wuhu includes products for tire inner-liners

Cooper Standard upgrades forecast on Q3 return-to-profit

Added: 9 Nov 2023

Manufacturer revises up earnings guidance on strong Q4 automotive projections

New €600m tire factory planned for Cameroon

Added: 9 Nov 2023

Neptune Holding working with Finnish consulting firm Black Donuts on greenfield project

Apollo boss 'heartened' by OE progress in Europe

Apollo Tyres reports 58% profit growth for first half

Added: 9 Nov 2023

Group sees “encouraging signs”, particularly from India, for increasing demand

Frankfurt, Germany –  Almost 20% of truck tires have failed to meet the rolling resistance efficiency class specified by the manufacturer or importer, according to the WDK.

Hutchinson exec Klein to lead German rubber association

Added: 9 Nov 2023

New WDK president to focus on supporting Germany "as an industrial location"

Essentially Rubber: Smart fashion

Added: 9 Nov 2023

Leading-edge designs and applications showing how elastomer materials...

DuPont opens new elastomer production site in US

Added: 8 Nov 2023

Delaware facility to meet growing demand in semiconductor, industrial sectors

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

Conti improves Tires earnings despite lower sales

Added: 8 Nov 2023

Positive development primarily linked to ‘premium tires’, lower materials costs

Bridgestone, Michelin share rCB research results in joint white paper

Added: 8 Nov 2023

Companies offer “a set of definitions, proposed specifications, and guidelines for regulatory requi…

Cabot taps Cognizant for ‘digital transformation’ 

Agridence, Malaysia Rubber Board link up to advance sustainable NR

Added: 8 Nov 2023

Digital platform to offer “integrated end-to-end trade and traceability system” in Malaysia

Solvay refocusing on automotive, electronics markets

Solvay announces executive teams of spinoff companies

Added: 8 Nov 2023

Current CEO Ilham Kadri to lead Syensqo as Philippe Kehren takes over at ‘new Solvay’

Goodyear names new Europe, Asia unit leaders

Lower volumes, weak truck industry impact Goodyear third quarter results

Added: 7 Nov 2023

EMEA earnings below historical levels due to “continued industry volume weakness and elevated infla…

Toyo Tires launches research on sustainable raw materials in Serbia

Added: 7 Nov 2023

Partnership with Serbian Novi Sad university to study rice husk ash silica, recycled carbon black

Update: Synthetic rubber pricing data

Added: 7 Nov 2023

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

Avon Protection rebrands Artis rubber research arm

Added: 7 Nov 2023

Unit currently working on recovered carbon black, silica; and devulcanised materials from waste rub…

India’s TVS Srichakra acquiring US industrial tire maker Super Grip

Added: 7 Nov 2023

Tennessee-based operations to help expand off-highway tire business in the US

ANRPC: Outlook remains weak for short-term NR price recovery 

‘Mixed picture’ for rubber futures amid reduced trading in China

Added: 6 Nov 2023

JPX: 'Long liquidations' in China linked to limited buying activity in NR markets