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Hankook introduces iON technology for EV tires
Added: 6 Sep 2023
Composed of four core technologies, platform lowers noise, while enhancing tire durability, efficie…
Nokian’s former Russian business rebranded as Ikon
Added: 6 Sep 2023
Andery Pantyukhov, previously EVP Nokian Russia and Asia, takes over leadership of Tatneft-owned bu…

Zeon to produce rubber-based Li-ion battery binders in US
Added: 6 Sep 2023
Site in Pasadena, Texas currently undergoing expansion for HNBR production

Green light for Wastefront’s tire pyrolysis plant
Added: 6 Sep 2023
UK project approval follows deal with VTTI to advance and scale-up ELT pyrolysis technology

Essentially rubber: Adidas gains traction with Conti rubber
Added: 6 Sep 2023
Leading-edge designs and applications showing how elastomer materials...

Fire impacts tire production at Goodyear plant in Poland
Added: 5 Sep 2023
Truck tire manufacturing continued without disruption; some consumer tire production resumed

Yokohama Rubber posts tire-sales recovery in Russia
Added: 5 Sep 2023
Sales back up to 3% of overall group total, Japanese group's first half results show
Heinz squeezes out silicone from ketchup bottle caps
Added: 5 Sep 2023
Mono-material design is said to eliminate the need for flexible silicone rubber valve...

Nokian Tyres names new finance chief
Added: 5 Sep 2023
Niko Haavisto brings finance, M&A experience in private equity, industrial companies

IoM3 event to study elastomers in the rail industry
Added: 5 Sep 2023
Elastomer group to hold afternoon technical discussion meeting 15 Sept at its London HQ
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India Rubber Board to produce directory of industry suppliers
Added: 5 Sep 2023
Publication will include details of machinery, rubber, chemicals, reclaimed materials producers...

Conti CityPlus tire delivers 10% energy-efficiency gain
Added: 5 Sep 2023
Based on EcoContact 6 series, concept tire offers ‘optimised behaviour’ during stop-and-go traffic …

Hexpol CEO and president Georg Brunstam passes away
Added: 4 Sep 2023
Joined compounding group in 2008, Brunstam is credited for turning group into 'world-leading player'

Rubber futures markets reach eight-month high
Added: 4 Sep 2023
Gains made amid optimism about China economic recovery “later this year”

Toyoda Gosei moves carbon-neutral target to 2030
Added: 4 Sep 2023
Group previously aimed to achieve carbon-neutrality in production activities by 2050

GRI advances use of recovered carbon black in tires
Added: 4 Sep 2023
Sri Lankan group raises use of rCB in manufacture of material handling, agricultural tires
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EU car markets see “solid growth” in July
Added: 4 Sep 2023
New car registrations rise 15.2% as ACEA reports 12th consecutive month of gains

Zeon raising synthetic latex prices
Added: 4 Sep 2023
Rising costs involved in manufacturing of products cited for upward revision

Safic-Alcan expands PU distribution deal with Dow
Added: 4 Sep 2023
French group now supplying Dow polyurethanes in central and eastern Europe

Industrial sector continues to be prime cyber target
Added: 4 Sep 2023
NCC: July saw the highest number of attacks within the sector for the year