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Hexpol Compounding adding rubber devulcanisation capabilities in Europe

Added: 14 Mar 2024

New line to enable in-house mechanical devulcanisation of scrap rubber produced by customers

Elkem appoints new acting SVP for Silicones division

Added: 14 Mar 2024

Sandy Chen temporarily takes over from Larry Zhang who is taking up a new position in Sinochem

Workers injured in explosion at Metso rubber plant in Mexico

Added: 14 Mar 2024

Property also damaged in a ‘steam explosion’ at the Irapuato site, central Mexico

Continental Carbon, Maxxis in link-up for rCB use in tires

Added: 14 Mar 2024

Chinese carbon black maker supplies recovered carbon black to Cheng Shin for production of bicycle …

GRI sets out ambitious plans for agricultural tire market

Added: 13 Mar 2024

'Infrastructure already set, and we have pipeline to increase utilisation because of the way we hav…

Analysis: China tire industry getting to grips with market difficulties

Tire makers 'facing more challenging trading conditions'

Added: 13 Mar 2024

HSBC Global Research: Raw materials prices, volumes could impact profitability in tire manufacturin…

ANRPC reports improvement in natural rubber market sentiment

Added: 13 Mar 2024

Producers' association attributes positive change to ‘unexpected tight supply of rubber’

Report: Indonesia to build €88m rubber oil refinery

China’s Zhongzhe Group to build 200ktpa synthetic rubber plant

Added: 13 Mar 2024

Signs deal with local government in Ningbo area for €380-million project to produce SSBR/LCBR

More European industry leaders sign up to Antwerp Declaration

Added: 13 Mar 2024

Over 500 corporate leaders, industry officials across 20 sectors support a European “industrial dea…

Conti finance chief Katja Garcia Vila to step down

Added: 13 Mar 2024

German group's CFO will not “seek to extend contract” after it expires at the end of the year

Sailun to expand TBR capacity in China

Sailun unveils plan to establish $250m Indonesia tire plant

Added: 12 Mar 2024

Facility to have the capacity to produce 3.6 million passenger car tires, 37ktpa of off-highway pro…

Sri Trang launches ‘GPS tires’ scheme to meet rubber traceability rules

Added: 12 Mar 2024

Development intended to increase competitiveness of Thai NR industry ahead of EU deforestation-free…

Updated: Bridgestone investing over €200m in Spanish tire plant

Added: 12 Mar 2024

Burgos facility will see a 75% increase in larger-rim tire capacity to over 7 million units/year...

Sinopec trials China’s first SEPS elastomers facility

Marubeni investing in German 'refined' recovered carbon black maker

Added: 12 Mar 2024

Funds to go towards construction of RCBNano's commercial facility to produce ‘chemically refined’ r…

Camso extends R&D partnership on rubber tracks for farming robots

Added: 12 Mar 2024

Links up with farming robotics experts Naio Technologies to advance ‘electrically driven rubber tra…

Dayco starts ‘full scale’ production of automotive belts at Mexico plant

Added: 12 Mar 2024

Facility in San Luis Potosi produces “original equipment-quality” drive belts

Goodyear to close Malaysian tire manufacturing plant by yearend

Added: 11 Mar 2024

Decision part of Goodyear Forward plan which targets savings across group's production footprint wo…

Guizhou Tyre expanding engineering tire capacity

Guizhou Tyre planning €200m passenger car tire plant in Vietnam

Added: 11 Mar 2024

Chinese tire maker completes first phase of TBR tire project in the south east Asian country

Akwel reports business gains but plant closure to weigh on 2024 result

Added: 11 Mar 2024

Automotive supplier sales up strongly in 2023 though group foresees impact from facility closure in…

Rubber futures rise on speculation around Chinese recovery

Added: 11 Mar 2024

Major Far East exchanges monitored by JPX reported week-on-week increases in NR pricing