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Rubber futures dip as Chinese demand wanes
Added: 30 May 2023
Far East natural rubber markets see week-on-week decrease amid selling pressure

Avon Protection improves profitability amid lower sales
Added: 30 May 2023
UK manufacturer expects ‘better second half’ supported by strong order book

Bridgestone shifting to 'hot-cure' retread tires
Added: 30 May 2023
‘Multi-million-pound’ investment in UK will emphasise shift from cold- to hot-cure products
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Essentially Rubber: Coffee time
Added: 30 May 2023
Leading-edge designs and applications showing how elastomer materials...

ERJ July/August: get the inside track
Added: 29 May 2023
Stay ahead in the global rubber & tire industry with the next issue of European Rubber Journal maga…

Natural rubber prices under pressure despite production slowdown
Added: 26 May 2023
Positive market fundamentals offset by risks seen across global financial markets

Trelleborg completes acquisition of automotive parts manufacturer
Added: 26 May 2023
Acquired Indian business located close to automotive manufacturing hub in Kanpur

Apollo demands ‘sustainable' NR for plants in Europe
Added: 26 May 2023
New requirements for natural rubber supplied to tire maker's factories in The Netherlands, Hungary

Akwel 'uncertain' despite 12% increase in first quarter sales
Added: 26 May 2023
French parts supplier expects automotive and transport markets to remain “disrupted”

Update: Synthetic rubber pricing data
Added: 26 May 2023
Weekly data compiled by ChemAnalyst based on selected commodity trading activity in Europe

Cimcorp: More automation equal less scrap
Added: 26 May 2023
Tire components can be ‘tracked and traced to avoid scrapping of entire inventories…’
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Tire Tracker - SportContact for Audi RS 6
Added: 26 May 2023
Latest news on tire fitments, testing and related innovations...

SaarGummi opens new production plant in Poland
Added: 25 May 2023
Facility in Sedziszow Malopolski, southern Poland, manufactures both dynamic and static seals

Hankook, Kumho Petrochemical in 'eco-tire' link-up
Added: 25 May 2023
Korean companies sign MOU for production of tires with SSBR offering enhanced sustainability
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Italian rubber processor Oldrati expanding in Turkey
Added: 25 May 2023
Group opens second production plant, with focus on silicone-based materials

Michelin-Sumitomo group divesting 595 retail shops
Added: 25 May 2023
TBC Corp. divesting retail network to focus on wholesale, distribution and franchise businesses

Yokohama Rubber tackles counterfeit sellers in China
Added: 25 May 2023
Foshan authorities simultaneously raided five companies and seized the counterfeit aluminium wheels

Trelleborg to build marine products plant in Vietnam under restructuring plan
Added: 24 May 2023
Restructure will see closures in The Netherlands, Singapore, manufacturing concentrated in Vietnam …

Euro 7 costs '10 times higher than EC estimates'
Added: 24 May 2023
ACEA warns that Brussels is vastly underestimating cost of new emissions proposals for industry and…

Goodyear facing probe over labour practices in Mexico
Added: 24 May 2023
Allegations of “obstructing worker freedom of association and right to collective bargaining...”
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