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Wacker announces €150m speciality silicone expansion plan
Added: 27 Sep 2023
German group to add capacity at production facility in Zhangjiagang, China

Double Coin investing in smart TBR tire factory in China
Added: 27 Sep 2023
Plant to be located at tire maker’s Chongqing production facility in western China

EVs, China growth to drive global rubber demand in 2023
Added: 27 Sep 2023
IRSG expects natural and synthetic rubber consumption to increase 2% year-on-year

MakroChem terminating Russian activity as carbon black sanctions loom
Added: 27 Sep 2023
Polish carbon black distributor closes representative office in Russia

Waverly Carbon appoints rCB distributor in UK
Added: 27 Sep 2023
Lawrence Industries to market materials destined for rubber, plastics sectors

Egypt announces €1bn greenfield tire factory project
Added: 26 Sep 2023
Rolling Plus partners with Black Donuts to build facility with capacity to produce 7m units per yea…

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