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German union in pay dispute with sports goods, footwear industry

Added: 17 Jul 2023

Adidas, representing 8,000 industry workers, as well as Puma, Lloyd and Ara are among the employers…

Rubber futures subdued amid fears of weak Chinese economy

Added: 17 Jul 2023

Major markets saw limited trading activity, while prices remained within a narrow range

Maxxis wheels out marine waste-based bicycle tires

Added: 17 Jul 2023

Taiwan-based Formosa Chemical & Fibre Corp. recycles fishing net into polyamide fibre

Conti targets 5% sales growth after robust 2014

Conti rubber units expect sales growth in second quarter

Added: 14 Jul 2023

Tires and ContiTech units post higher sales for three months to end of June, preliminary report sho…

Norway's Wastefront teams up with US company for tire recovery projects

Wastefront in link-up to progress global scale-up of tire pyrolysis plants

Added: 14 Jul 2023

Signs deal with VTTI to advance current UK project, study jointly-owned facilities worldwide

US rubber makers seek anti-dumping duties on ESBR imports

Egypt selling stake in rubber & plastics producer Ethydco

Added: 14 Jul 2023

Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund to acquire minority holding in Egyptian petrochemicals company

US tire makers weigh up impact of Brexit

UK REACH: CBA welcomes extension to deadlines

Added: 14 Jul 2023

Chemical Business Association backs revised timelines but still warns of negative impacts across UK…

Hexpol-Polykemi project cuts 77% CO2e emissions in 2K products

Added: 14 Jul 2023

Swedish compounders trial combinations of materials to cut emissions, improve recyclability 

UK tire recycler fined for waste offences

Greenergy to set up UK tire pyrolysis plant

Added: 14 Jul 2023

Energy group targets sustainable aviation fuel, low-carbon road fuel with new Teesside facility

ZC Rubber eyes tire plants in North America and Europe, post-IPO

Added: 13 Jul 2023

China’s largest tire maker sets out ambitious international growth strategy ahead of planned public…

Washington — The US Department of Commerce is recommending stiff tariffs on steel imports into the US, encouraging representatives of the domestic steel industry but alarming US tire manufacturers dependent on imported tire-grade steel cord.

US to maintain duties on ESBR imports following review

Added: 13 Jul 2023

Anti-dumping measures to continue on emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber from Brazil, Mexico, Poland,…

Kraton names Marcello Boldrini as chief executive

Added: 13 Jul 2023

Boldrini served as co-CEO, along with Holger Jung since March 2022

Bridgestone adds curing bladder facility in China

Bridgestone resumes operations at tire plants following heavy storms

Added: 13 Jul 2023

Production temporarily suspended at three tire production facilities, tire cord factory

Update: Synthetic rubber pricing data

Added: 13 Jul 2023

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

Sinopec now world's largest synthetic rubber producer

Added: 12 Jul 2023

Replaces long-time leader Arlanxeo in terms of active capacity,, IISRP figures show

Brenntag in link-up to offer rubber powder, granules from large ELTs

Added: 12 Jul 2023

Partners with Italian recycler RubberJet Valley to commercialise materials recovered through waterj…

Trelleborg launches “advanced” hydrogen sealing materials

Added: 12 Jul 2023

Range of materials suitable “for every application of the hydrogen value chain”,

Denka completes €30m upgrade at chloroprene rubber plant

Denka forms investigation committee for fatal accident at rubber plant

Added: 12 Jul 2023

One person was killed and two others were injured in a pipe-burst incident at Omi plant in June

Essentially Rubber – Pushing the right buttons

Added: 12 Jul 2023

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

India moves to raise duties on South Korean synthetic rubber 

India initiates anti-dumping probe into butyl rubber imports

Added: 11 Jul 2023

Investigation covers isobutylene-isoprene rubber from China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, US