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US union files dumping petition against tire imports from Thailand
Added: 18 Oct 2023
USW says truck & bus imports have been fuelled by a surge in Chinese investment in recent years
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Update: Synthetic rubber pricing data
Added: 18 Oct 2023
Weekly data compiled by ChemAnalyst based on selected commodity trading activity in Europe

Origin starts commercial production of bio-based carbon materials
Added: 18 Oct 2023
‘Carbon-negative’ products to improve the performance end-products, including tires
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ACEA: European Parliament Euro 7 vote "falls short"
Added: 18 Oct 2023
Regulation must not make “vehicles unaffordable nor jeopardise industry competitiveness for little …

Trelleborg debuts new hydrogen sealing product range
Added: 18 Oct 2023
Swedish group creating "application-specific solutions" to support all aspects of hydrogen value-ch…

Tire Tracker: SRI claims ‘Japan first’ with RFID tires
Added: 18 Oct 2023
Latest news on fitments, testing and related innovations...

Yokohama Thai rubber processing company obtains FSC certification
Added: 18 Oct 2023
Chain-of-custody certification endorses processing and distribution of products harvested from FSC-…

ANRPC voices 'deep concern' over EU deforestation regulation
Added: 17 Oct 2023
Rubber producers' association urges constructive dialogue to avoid “catastrophic outcome” for rubbe…

HF appoints new member to group's board of management
Added: 17 Oct 2023
Karsten Stern will 'co-lead HF TireTech Group and HF FoodTech Group future business...'

Conti wins 42-mile conveyor belting contract in US
Added: 17 Oct 2023
‘Dune Express’ project delivers proppant from Atlas Energy's sand mine in Texas to New Mexico.
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Freudenberg Sealing develops PTFE-alternative polyurethane seal
Added: 17 Oct 2023
Material claimed to offer cost-effective sealing alternatives to PFAS-based products

USTMA names Michelin exec Garcin as board chair
Added: 17 Oct 2023
Michelin North America president and CEO to hold position for a two-year term

OCSiAl test finds no free-standing nanotubes from tire tread wear
Added: 17 Oct 2023
Results expected pave the way for “mass use” of single wall carbon nanotubes in tire industry
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Enviro’s recovered oil, rBC receive renewed ISCC sustainability certification
Added: 17 Oct 2023
Asensbruk facility manufactures oil and carbon black from pyrolysis of end-of-life tires

Natural rubber futures surge on China economic prospects, supply issues
Added: 16 Oct 2023
Buying 'rush' amid growing belief in Chinese recovery, weather disruption in producing countries...…

Trelleborg admits lack of clarity over Russia deliveries
Added: 16 Oct 2023
Regrets that information “not sufficiently clear in the press release issued in April 2022...”
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Steinl Group appoints Martin Schürmann as managing director
Added: 16 Oct 2023
Former Desma leader heading machinery and automation group alongside Peter Steinl and Reinhard Danz…

Avon Protection reports improved margins in second half
Added: 16 Oct 2023
Order book shows growth of 10% as demand remains strong for military helmets...

German rubber-product makers' group joins Fair Rubber initiative
Added: 16 Oct 2023
WDK boards multi-stakeholder scheme to promote fairness and transparency in the natural rubber trad…

UK new car market buoyed by fleet operators’ demand
Added: 16 Oct 2023
But SMMT notes significant decline in electric vehicle demand among private consumers
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