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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 Thai tire plant running at full capacity

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

Rubber shares tracker: Ups & downs

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

Cabot increases prices for speciality compounds globally

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

Study indicates OE brand loyalty near 37%

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…

In its full-year results for the 12 months ended 30 June, Ansell posted a 4-percent drop in profit (EBIT) down to $236.7 million, on the sales of $1,572m down 4-percent compared to 2015.

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...

Leicester, UK – Maxxis is to supply OE tires for London EV Co.’s (LEVC) ‘zero-emissions capable’ taxi, the TX, until at least 2023, the tire maker has announced.

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 ‘outperforms’ industry with strong Q1 results

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

Green shoots start to appear in natural rubber markets

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

Conti rubber units grow sales amid “sluggish” market

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...

Enviro to supply rCB for ‘customer-specific’ Trelleborg rubber compound 

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