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Axens to licence ExxonMobil’s technology for ‘high purity’ isobutylene production
Added: 9 Jun 2023
MTBE decomposition technology used for manufacture of feedstock for polyisobutylene and butyl rubbe…

Nokian Tyres issues €100m sustainability-linked bond
Added: 9 Jun 2023
Security bonds linked to tire maker's progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Essentially Rubber: Green goals
Added: 9 Jun 2023
Leading-edge designs and applications showing how elastomer materials...

Pirelli postpones board nominations amid ownership probe
Added: 8 Jun 2023
Italian government investigating Chinese share in Pirelli under 'golden power' procedure

Zeon aims to more than double elastomer earnings by 2026
Added: 8 Jun 2023
Japanese group to invest €1.5bn over three years to deliver mid-term targets

Sentury outlines details of Morocco greenfield tire project
Added: 8 Jun 2023
Tire maker set to start construction work, having obtained investment certificate from Qingdao auth…

Hutchinson researching 6PPD replacement options
Added: 8 Jun 2023
‘Protection against fatigue degradation represents the main challenge for substitution'

Enviro leaders appointed to board of tire recycling 'JV'
Added: 8 Jun 2023
Antin-Enviro tire recycling 'joint venture' holds first board meeting

KAIST develops human-inspired elastomer muscle fibre
Added: 8 Jun 2023
New material composition incorporates graphene fillers into liquid crystalline elastomer matrix

Tire Tracker – New FAW Toyota EV rolls on YRC’s BluEarth
Added: 8 Jun 2023
Latest news on tire fitments, testing and related innovations...

Bridgestone ‘making progress’ with Russia withdrawal
Added: 7 Jun 2023
Japanese tire group remains "firmly committed to exit,” Bridgestone informs ERJ
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LWB targets growth with expanded management team
Added: 7 Jun 2023
German rubber processing machinery maker has now created a managing director role for technology
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Denka in link-up to produce ‘low-carbon’ acetylene
Added: 7 Jun 2023
Joint agreement with Transform Materials to help cut emissions from rubber, acetylene black product…

Update: Synthetic rubber pricing data
Added: 7 Jun 2023
Weekly data compiled by ChemAnalyst based on selected commodity trading activity in Europe

Essentially Rubber – Wave power
Added: 7 Jun 2023
Leading-edge designs and applications showing how elastomer materials...

ERJ Machinery Survey - Powering through
Added: 7 Jun 2023
Market pressures keep lid on growth but business fundamentals remain strong for rubber and tire mac…

Tire Tracker – Goodyear real-time tire 'first'
Added: 7 Jun 2023
Latest news on tire fitments, testing and related innovations...

Wanli Tire studying Cambodia as location for overseas plant
Added: 6 Jun 2023
If selected, southeast Asian country would be home to four Chinese tire makers

VDMA: PFAS proposals "overshooting the mark by far"
Added: 6 Jun 2023
Potential ban “threatens existence of many mechanical engineering companies"

Mexico agrees to probe Goodyear labour practices
Added: 6 Jun 2023
US request identified ‘violations of collective labour rights’ at tire maker's facility in central …