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Adidas link-up shortlisted for prestigious Royal Academy of Engineering award

Added: 16 Oct 2023

Collaboration with Loughborough University has contributed to the development of iconic products – …

Jury clears Michelin in Texas product liability case

Former Zeon Medical president 'indicted on bribery charge'

Added: 16 Oct 2023

Japanese group working to prevent recurrence of alleged misconduct and to further strengthen compli…

ContiTech to expand US industrial hose plant

ContiTech industrial markets on downward track in Q2

Added: 16 Oct 2023

Hanover group assesses global demand across sectors including rail transport, mining, agriculture..…

General Science breaks ground on €240m expansion at Thai tire plant

Added: 13 Oct 2023

Move in response to increasing overseas demand and lower anti-dumping tariffs on Thai tires

Indian government decides against duties on NBR from EU, China, Japan and Russia

India to probe dumping duties on Chinese TPUs

Added: 13 Oct 2023

Investigation launched upon petition by 'sole manufacturer', Covestro India

Birla Carbon acquires carbon nanotube manufacturer Nanocyl

Added: 13 Oct 2023

Purchase to drive growth in battery materials for lithium-ion batteries

Sumitomo Rubber develops sustainable NR risk assessment tool

Added: 13 Oct 2023

Tool “statistically analyses” data to asses environmental and social issues

Tire Tracker: Hankook OE on all-electric Hyundai Ioniq 6

Added: 13 Oct 2023

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Emerald Performance Materials sells additives businesses

Makrochem “working intensively” to resume operations

Added: 12 Oct 2023

Carbon black distributor “astonished” by Polish government decision to place it on sanctions list

Tire recycler Pyrum starts trading on Euronext Growth Oslo

Pyrum mulls tire pyrolysis plant in Czechia

Added: 12 Oct 2023

Planned facility would be built at Czech power supplier's site near German border...

Conti delays spin-off of powertrain unit due to Covid

Conti recalls 3.5k tires due to rubber contamination

Added: 12 Oct 2023

Zinc oxide used at Cuenca, Ecuador factory was contaminated with small metal fragments 

Freudenberg Medical expands manufacturing plant in Ireland

Added: 12 Oct 2023

Project doubles footprint and expands workforce by 25% at Galway production facility

Makrochem hit by Polish government sanctions

Added: 11 Oct 2023

Major carbon black supplier's operations halted by measures signed off 2 Oct by Polish minister of …

ChemChina reaches agreement to acquire more Pirelli shares

Pirelli selected as Formula 1 tire partner until 2027

Added: 11 Oct 2023

Fellow bidder Bridgestone says will continue close cooperation with FIA

Denka to build acetylene black plant in Thailand

Added: 11 Oct 2023

Joint venture facility with SCG Chemicals to be built in Rayong Province

INEOS Oxide site at Saltend, Hull

UK chemicals makers post decline in business sentiment

Added: 11 Oct 2023

Participants largely report declining sales, production and capacity utilisation

Freudenberg names new technology, finance chiefs in management rejig

Added: 11 Oct 2023

Thomas Herr taking over as CFO and Frank Heislitz as CTO at German rubber technology group

Tire rubber sales contribute to Asahi gains

Tire Tracker: Dunlop showcasing ‘active tread’ rubber technology

Added: 11 Oct 2023

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Synthomer advances nitrile latex for gloves manufacturers

Berenberg analyst upgrades Synthomer to ‘buy’ rating

Added: 10 Oct 2023

Four-fold increase in 'target price' as German bank sees signs of a "shake-out” in nitrile latex ma…

Update: Synthetic rubber pricing data

Added: 10 Oct 2023

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