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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
Latest news on tire fitments, testing and related innovations...

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…

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…

Continental extends term of ContiTech chief Philip Nelles
Added: 7 Jul 2023
Nelles has "repositioned ContiTech for the future" by focusing on industrial business

ChemSpec to distribute Orion carbon black in US, Canada
Added: 7 Jul 2023
Safic-Alcan subsidiary to promote products to rubber mechanical goods manufacturers

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 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

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 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
Latest news on tire fitments, testing and related innovations...

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
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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
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