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Synthetic rubber recovery helps lift Zeon results 

Zeon elastomers business returns to profit

Added: 28 Jul 2023

Synthetic rubber sales up, but latex and chemicals units report declines

Italian rubber machinery makers to continue operations

Italian plastics & rubber machinery sector reports ‘second highest’ results

Added: 28 Jul 2023

Official data: Revenue reached €4.3 billion in 2022, mainly buoyed by exports

ERJ: News stories of the week 

Added: 28 Jul 2023

The most-read news reports posted on the European Rubber Journal website over the last seven days

UK elastomer seals maker names new leader

Added: 28 Jul 2023

Hynek Jakubicek appointed as general manager of Precision Polymer Engineering

ERJ Tracker: Global pandemic response

Michelin revises up outlook on strong first half

Added: 27 Jul 2023

Delivers sales growth of 6% and increase in segment operating income of 11%

VCI sounds alarm over competitiveness of German chemicals industry

Added: 27 Jul 2023

"An industrial electricity price is the only way we can survive in international competition...." 

Strikes end at Trelleborg UK plants following improved pay deals

Added: 27 Jul 2023

Workers accept significantly increased offers at sites in Leicester, Tewkesbury, Bridgewater

GPSNR tackling sustainability costs for smallholders

Common Fund for Commodities promises more support for rubber growers

Added: 27 Jul 2023

CFC leader discusses further financial support options with IRSG secretary general Josef Adelegan

Nynas opens depot in the US

Eric Gosse to take over as chief executive of Nynas

Added: 27 Jul 2023

"His leadership will ensure that Nynas' transformation journey continues at a high pace...”

Nordmann, Era Polymers sign distribution deal for PU elastomers

Added: 27 Jul 2023

German distributor to market Era products in a number of European countries

Goodyear names new Europe, Asia unit leaders

Goodyear shares dip after leadership, strategy deal

Added: 26 Jul 2023

Akron group appoints three “highly experienced” leaders supported by major investor Elliot

Wacker unveils €150m silicones expansion plans at German site

Wacker adjusts outlook on weak second quarter results

Added: 26 Jul 2023

Silicones division reports 82% decline in earnings for the three months to end of June

Marangoni, Ceat join forces to expand retreading in India

Added: 26 Jul 2023

Partnership links Italian group's Ringtread technology with Ceat truck and bus tire offerings 

Enterprise begins service at isobutane dehydrogenation plant

China unveils €125m project for ‘bio-based degradable rubber’

Added: 26 Jul 2023

Project partners open ‘green elastomer innovation centre’ in eastern port county of Rudong

Continental Carbon,  US tire recycler in 'sustainable' carbon black link-up

Bolder signs long-term supply agreement for recovered carbon black

Added: 26 Jul 2023

Quebec-based Soucy Techno has been using Bolder rCB since 2016

Kraton increases styrenic copolymer prices

Kraton appoints new president for polymer business

Added: 26 Jul 2023

Torsten Schmidt most recently served as VP commercial for pine chemicals

Datwyler adapts to market pressures, loss of Covid business

Added: 25 Jul 2023

Amid economic woes is working on new projects with “considerable future revenue potential...”

Michelin commits to a green economic restart

Michelin urges industry-wide definition for sustainability

Added: 25 Jul 2023

French tire maker highlights need for "stringent definition" for sustainable materials

NR prices recover in August, deficit continues   

Southeast Asian governments lend support to rubber farmers

Added: 25 Jul 2023

Malaysia, Thailand and The Philippines launch initiatives to improve livelihoods of NR smallholders…

Update: Synthetic rubber pricing data

Added: 25 Jul 2023

Weekly data compiled by ChemAnalyst based on selected commodity trading activity in Europe