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Ansell announces ‘productivity initiative’ to raise earnings
Added: 26 Sep 2023
Move will see group temporarily slowing production of finished goods to normalise inventory holding…

Update: Synthetic rubber pricing data
Added: 26 Sep 2023
Weekly data compiled by ChemAnalyst based on selected commodity trading activity in Europe

Essentially Rubber: Hutchinson on board Falcon 6X jets
Added: 26 Sep 2023
Leading-edge designs and applications showing how elastomer materials...

Industries call for clarity as UK delays net-zero targets
Added: 26 Sep 2023
Automotive industry association SMMT calls for further attractive incentives for consumers

Goodyear to cut 700 jobs in Asia Pacific
Added: 25 Sep 2023
Proposed plan to change operating model to third-party distribution and retail sales

Toyoda Gosei to dissolve UK subsidiary
Added: 25 Sep 2023
Japanese automotive supplier to focus on Czech operations for European growth

Natural rubber futures fall amid lower trading
Added: 25 Sep 2023
Majority of commodities face downward pressure as US dollar strengthens

Mesnac enhances efficiency with new automated testing machinery
Added: 25 Sep 2023
Chinese tire & rubber machinery major rolls out new developments at RubberTech China in Shanghai

Continental names new head of tires R&D
Added: 25 Sep 2023
Edwin Goudswaard takes over from Boris Mergell who joins Continental Automotive

Kobe Steel exits tire testing machinery business
Added: 22 Sep 2023
Japanese group aiming to further develop tire & rubber machinery products

ExxonMobil starts up 400ktpa elastomers plant in Texas
Added: 22 Sep 2023
Unit part of $2bn expansion project at Baytown production facility

Tire Tracker: Pirelli launches ‘sustainability logo’
Added: 22 Sep 2023
Latest news on fitments, testing and related innovations...

Origin Materials wins funding to develop bio-based carbon black
Added: 22 Sep 2023
California company to supply samples of bio-based carbon black and polymers to Department of Defense

ERJ: News stories of the week
Added: 22 Sep 2023
Most widely-read news reports posted on the European Rubber Journal website over the last seven days

German rubber show DKT sees ‘promising’ registration rate
Added: 22 Sep 2023
Four-day event to be held in July 2024 in Nuremberg

WDK notes ‘immense pressure’ on German rubber industry
Added: 21 Sep 2023
Industry association reports declining production, capacity utilisation and employment

Update: Arlanxeo set to close 150ktpa butyl rubber plant
Added: 21 Sep 2023
Zwijndrecht facility victim to ‘cost rises and increased competition from low-cost countries’
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Anvis moves to new location following Hanh acquisition
Added: 21 Sep 2023
Anvis Holding SAS was created as part of a management buyout from Sumitomo Riko

Essentially Rubber: Energy efficiency hits the roof
Added: 21 Sep 2023
Leading-edge designs and applications showing how elastomer materials...

Belgian company raises funds for waste tire pyrolysis plant
Added: 21 Sep 2023
End-of-life tire pyrolysis plant in Liege to eventually process nearly 2.5 million tires per year
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