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German rubber show set to open call for papers

Added: 10 Jul 2023

 Deutsche Kautschuk-Tagung 2024 to be held next July in Nuremberg

Conti to close automotive components plant in Germany

Added: 10 Jul 2023

In addition to automive electroic parts, facility includes a rubber brake hose assembly line

Tire Tracker – Pirelli rolls out ‘most sporting tire’ for road

Added: 10 Jul 2023

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Cefic calls for more open PFAS consultation process

Added: 7 Jul 2023

“Stakeholders will not have the opportunity to fully understand the process, and to have their conc…

Interview: Market changes, growth spur upgrades for Cabot

Cabot stays on track with sustainability targets

Added: 7 Jul 2023

Achieves 2025 goal for NOX reduction, while cutting GHG emissions and waste

OCSiAl licences nanotube technology to latex gloves maker

Added: 7 Jul 2023

Sri Lankan conglomerate Hayleys to employ graphene nanotubes to dissipate electrostatic discharge i…

Philip Nelles named to lead ContiTech

Continental extends term of ContiTech chief Philip Nelles

Added: 7 Jul 2023

Nelles has "repositioned ContiTech for the future" by focusing on industrial business

Orion cautious as pandemic continues to impact tire markets 

ChemSpec to distribute Orion carbon black in US, Canada

Added: 7 Jul 2023

Safic-Alcan subsidiary to promote products to rubber mechanical goods manufacturers

Omnova sells rubber facility in India

Ineos to buy TotalEnergies’ assets in French petrochemical site

Added: 7 Jul 2023

Naphtachimie steam cracker produces ethylene, propylene and butadiene, among other products

AirBoss wins €20m defence supply contracts

Added: 7 Jul 2023

Orders include moulded gloves and Bandolier line charge system for military

Bridgestone, Arlanxeo, Solvay launch tire technology platform

Bridgestone eyeing more collaborations like TechSyn

Added: 6 Jul 2023

“We continue to explore collaborations with our partners Arlanxeo, Solvay as well as others for fut…

Pirelli acquiring ‘Brazil’s biggest’ independent natural rubber processor

Added: 6 Jul 2023

The €21-million deal to buy Hevea-Tec expected to be completed by end of 2023

Michelin advances hydrogen mobility with two partnership contracts 

ContiTech opens tech centre for hydrogen technologies

Added: 6 Jul 2023

Move an “important step” to increase existing material competencies for hydrogen handling solutions…

Essentially Rubber – Chloe sandals from recycled rubber

Added: 6 Jul 2023

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

Bridgestone names new Japan tire business head

Bridgestone to invest €1.8bn in expanding ‘premium’ products

Added: 6 Jul 2023

In passenger car tire segment, the group will replace equipment in 20 plants, and expand in Brazil,…

Tire Tracker – Pirelli Elect for Lotus Electre

Added: 6 Jul 2023

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Michelin, BFG tire prices going up in North America

Michelin expanding production at Chinese tire plant

Added: 5 Jul 2023

Increasing production of high-performance radials, adding new 'silent' and self-sealing tire lines

Datwyler raises elastomer O-ring capacity in China, Mexico

Added: 5 Jul 2023

New manufacturing capabilities to support local-to-local supply of sealing products

Goodyear employees protest outside German tire plant

Added: 5 Jul 2023

Nearly 1,000 workers gather in protest at employment and production cuts at Fulda factory

Update: UK bans ‘rubber’ imports from Belarus

Added: 5 Jul 2023

Builds on existing measures to block import and export of goods worth around £60 million