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Tire Tracker: Yokohama launches all-season tire for crossover SUVs

Added: 4 Oct 2023

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Kemya, Continental Carbon start Saudi carbon black plant

Indian Oil taps ThyssenKrupp for 60ktpa synthetic rubber plant

Added: 3 Oct 2023

State-owned company's butadiene rubber project represents an investment of around €170m

GPSNR tackling sustainability costs for smallholders

Natural rubber supply rises 4% amid flat demand

Added: 3 Oct 2023

Late-August 'pick-up' in market driven by optimism about economic outlook of major consumers

Solvay targets 20% emissions cut at silica production site

Added: 3 Oct 2023

Switch to electric furnace at Collonges plant in France set for 2025

International Rubber Consortium appoints new CEO

Added: 3 Oct 2023

Flora Susan takes up two-year tenure at Bangkok-based natural rubber organisation

Chemicals industry 'must face up to image problem'

Added: 3 Oct 2023

Report: Recruitment impacted by perception gap among young people about sector's role in the green …

Toyoda Gosei invests in vehicle-safety device firm

Added: 3 Oct 2023

Pyrenee is developing driving assistance devices designed to ensure safer mobility

Elkem starts new electronic adhesive silicones line in China

Added: 3 Oct 2023

Production line in Shanghai mainly produces ‘high-end thermal conductive series products’

NR supply deficit fails to rekindle market

Natural rubber pricing recovery stalls ahead of China holiday

Added: 2 Oct 2023

Commodity market expected to trade “sideways”, with a relatively quiet week ahead...

Covestro IPO to raise €2.5bn

Covestro breaks ground on major TPU production project in China

Added: 2 Oct 2023

Facility to have 120ktpa of capacity to produce thermoplastic polyurethanes

Trelleborg advances marine solutions plant in Vietnam

Added: 2 Oct 2023

Facility to manufacture marine fenders, infrastructure products for region

Yokohama reports higher fiscal earnings, record sales

Yokohama Rubber reshuffles senior management team

Added: 2 Oct 2023

Current Europe chairman Hiroyuki Shioiri to serve as head of corporate planning

Tire Tracker: Conti CrossContact tires for Maserati SUV

Added: 2 Oct 2023

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Cabot raising prices for silica, aqueous dispersion products

Cabot receives ISCC Plus certification for six sites

Added: 2 Oct 2023

Claims to have “more ISCC Plus certified sites than any carbon black manufacturer"

Essentially Rubber: Dunlop gloves 'born from trees'

Added: 2 Oct 2023

Leading-edge designs and applications showing how elastomer materials...

Essentially Rubber: Gloves from trees

Added: 1 Oct 2023

Leading-edge designs and applications showing how elastomer materials...

Some 36,000 jobs were acceptedin 2015, with an average time of 62 minutes taken from the time the first call was made to the moment help arrived at the roadside,  said a 27 Jan Bridgestone release.

Bridgestone to discontinue truck & bus tire OE business in China

Shahrzad Pourriahi | Added: 29 Sep 2023

Japanese group to maintain production of replacement tires for the market

Goodyear names global talent VP

Goodyear expects $40m sales drop after fire at Polish tire plant

Shahrzad Pourriahi | Added: 29 Sep 2023

Capacity full ramp up at Debica facility not expected until fourth quarter of 2024

Hyosung 'modestly upbeat' for full year tire cord outlook

Added: 29 Sep 2023

South Korean supplier notes ‘ongoing momentum’ for China replacement tire market

Elkem signs €120m silicone deals at China expo

Shin-Etsu sets up department for ‘sustainable silicone’ development

Added: 29 Sep 2023

Move part of group’s recently announced Yen100bn investment programme