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Nokian lowers 2023 guidance after third-quarter reverses
Added: 26 Oct 2023
Finnish tire maker reports 38% lower sales, earnings down 65% for three months to end of September
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Elkem evaluating costs reductions, investment plans
Added: 26 Oct 2023
Reviews as silicones producer post negative Q3 earnings development on 30% lower sales
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Michelin launches major water-saving project at French tire plant
Added: 26 Oct 2023
Investing €3 million at tire factory in Gravanches to reduce water extraction by 60%

BASF supplies bio-feedstock for Asahi stretch fibres
Added: 26 Oct 2023
'Biomass balanced' tetrahydrofuran to enhance sustainability of sportswear, other textiles

Adidas-Loughborough University team win prestigious UK award
Added: 26 Oct 2023
Royal Academy of Engineering recognises joint achievements in making sports safer, more accessible.…

Essentially Rubber: Mondo bags scrap tires
Added: 26 Oct 2023
Leading-edge designs and applications showing how elastomer materials...

Michelin sales up 2% in “complex” trading environment
Added: 25 Oct 2023
Group “tightly steering operations and adapting to the market’s shifting needs...”

Trelleborg divesting Czech anti-vibration components maker
Added: 25 Oct 2023
“Antivibration solutions for automotive light and heavy vehicles is not a core business for us...” …

Update: Synthetic rubber pricing data
Added: 25 Oct 2023
Weekly data compiled by ChemAnalyst based on selected commodity trading activity in Europe

Nordmann to market HB Fuller rubber bonding agents in Germany
Added: 25 Oct 2023
Substances enable rubber to adhere to wide range of substrates, including steel, thermoplastics and…

EU car registrations grow for 14th consecutive month
Added: 25 Oct 2023
Petrol vehicles remain buyers' top choice despite decline in market-share to 34%

Michelin ‘launches major cutbacks programme in Germany,' reports union
Added: 24 Oct 2023
IGBCE: Planned withdrawal from truck tire production would lead to two plant closures, downsizing o…

Mercedes-Benz makes Conti ‘preferred tire partner’ in Asia-Pacific
Added: 24 Oct 2023
German-based tire maker receives favoured status in China, Australia, Malaysia, and Indonesia...
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Hose maker Nichirin integrating 500 robotic units at facilities worldwide
Added: 24 Oct 2023
Japanese rubber processor to bolster automation capabilities as it seeks to drive up overseas sales…

Enviro starts search for new finance chief
Added: 24 Oct 2023
Tire pyrolysis company announces departure of CFO, who took up role in September last year

Datwyler combiseals to reduce burden on pharma manufacturers
Added: 24 Oct 2023
Washing and sterilisation of rubber materials will enable pharma companies to focus more on drugs m…

COIM reduces carbon footprint with 70%-renewables TPU
Added: 24 Oct 2023
Products based on feedstock derived from “controlled supply-chain plant cultivation products...”
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Rubber futures prices ease back as markets realign
Added: 23 Oct 2023
Prices last week “retraced from technically overbought condition” inline with dip in open interest.…

Covestro mulling Adnoc bid ahead of Q3 results
Added: 23 Oct 2023
German-based urethanes and polycarbonate maker involved in “open-ended discussions...”

Yokohama Europe announces top management reshuffle
Added: 23 Oct 2023
Former Pirelli exec Giovanni Angelo Ponzoni takes over as chief executive officer