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Evonik reports "no meaningful turnaround" in second quarter
Added: 23 Aug 2023
Chairman: "Germany is in a recession, Europe as well, and the economy in China is not picking up as…

Covestro appoints Christian Baier as new CFO
Added: 23 Aug 2023
German polymers company names technology office Thorsten Dreier for ‘labour director’ role
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Essentially Rubber: A brush with sustainability
Added: 23 Aug 2023
Leading-edge designs and applications showing how elastomer materials...

ANRPC raises natural rubber supply, demand forecasts
Added: 22 Aug 2023
Upgrade based on increased consumption and production data from member countries for July
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Tokai first-half profits rise on carbon black growth
Added: 22 Aug 2023
Group's carbon black sales up 15% year-on-year while operating income more than doubled...

Conti revises up car production expectations for 2023
Added: 22 Aug 2023
Europe saw 16% growth in vehicle production in first half, helped by “stabilised supply-chains...”
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Yokohama Rubber expands marine fender portfolio
Added: 22 Aug 2023
New 'solid' products in addition to pneumatic fenders, which YRC has supplied for many years...

Sumitomo Rubber in link-up to monitor vehicle status in real-time
Added: 22 Aug 2023
Working with Viaduct, a US developer of AI-based vehicle-failure prediction technology
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Bekaert announces CEO succession
Added: 22 Aug 2023
Kerstens previously a Bekaert executives and CEO of speciality business

EV sales buoy growth in UK new-car market
Added: 22 Aug 2023
SMMT: One battery electric vehicles registered every 60 seconds, as deliveries surge 88%

Pirelli investing €400m in Romania, North America upgrades
Added: 22 Aug 2023
Technological upgrades target 'high value' tire production capacity

Natural rubber futures show continued weakness
Added: 21 Aug 2023
Uptick in Japan, but 'renewed selling pressure" impacts NR futures pricing on Chinese exchanges
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NOK downgrades forecasts on changed automotive, industrial trends
Added: 21 Aug 2023
Japan rubber-products major also notes slower-than-expected growth in key Asian markets
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Bridgestone launches $550m expansion project at Warren site
Added: 21 Aug 2023
TBR facility will be one of Bridgestone’s first plants globally able to produce its Enliten ‘techno…

Indorama cutting jobs at German tire, automotive yarn plant
Added: 21 Aug 2023
Move follows cost pressure in production of ‘individual polyester-based yars’

Goodyear confirms employee fatality at US tire plant
Added: 21 Aug 2023
Investigations into fatal incident at Arkansas facility as well as tragic event on German test trac…

Conti records €80m expenses for Russian exit
Added: 21 Aug 2023
Announces €78m price tag for operations in Kaluga

Brazil raises import tariffs on natural rubber
Added: 21 Aug 2023
Move to strengthen local producers, as prices for southeast Asian imports fall sharply

Tire tracker: Nokian introduces ‘Electric Fit’ symbol
Added: 21 Aug 2023
Latest news on fitments, testing and related innovations...

Austrian metrology group Anton Paar acquires Brabender
Added: 18 Aug 2023
German equipment maker purchased mainly for its know-how in the field of measuring instruments