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Conti to advance digital technologies with new facility in Portugal

Added: 25 Apr 2023

Lousado centre to apply AI, industrial engineering and e-commerce technologies to group's tire proc…

Hankook loses racing-tire supply deal due to plant fire

Added: 25 Apr 2023

Bridgestone to supply tires for Japanese series, as Hankook gives over one-year waiting time 

Tokai Carbon to build on record carbon black gains

Added: 25 Apr 2023

Aims to leverage strong position in US where plants meet strict environmental requirements

Akwel cautiously optimistic about recovery prospects

Added: 25 Apr 2023

French automotive parts supplier aims to pass higher costs on to customers

Update: Synthetic rubber pricing data

Added: 25 Apr 2023

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

Safic-Alcan, Orion extend partnership in South Africa

Safic-Alcan expands African footprint with Kenya subsidiary

Added: 25 Apr 2023

Safic-Alcan East Africa to complement existing regional hubs in South Africa, Egypt

Rubber gloves maker Supermax extending labour compensation to ex-employees

Added: 25 Apr 2023

Urges former migrant employees to come forward for reimbursement

Halcyon Agri in €28m deal to acquire RCMA’s polymer business

ANRPC revises up estimates for global rubber consumption

Added: 24 Apr 2023

Growing demand in China, India set to buoy natural rubber demand for 2023

NR futures gain as China sees ‘faster-than-expected’ growth

Added: 24 Apr 2023

Prices strengthen on optimism over recovery in China, supply shortages in Indonesia

Michelin recall after tires fail 'snow spin' testing

Added: 24 Apr 2023

Over 540,000 Agilis CrossClimate tires recalled for not offering “sufficient snow traction”

Hankook partners with US cloud specialists for AI data platform

Added: 24 Apr 2023

Links with Amazon Web Services and Snowflake to create an artificial intelligence platform for tire…

Freudenberg FKM 'meets latest food & pharma regulations'

Added: 24 Apr 2023

Fluoroelastomer developed to meet constantly changing hygienic requirements, particularly in Europe…

European Tire Market - Supplier Survey

European Parliament votes through controversial deforestation regulation

Added: 21 Apr 2023

Companies must prove products, including all rubber-based items, are not linked to deforestation

Conti to “upcycle” PET bottles into tire reinforcement from 2022

Tire cord major link-up targets bio-based polyesters

Added: 21 Apr 2023

Kolon Industries partners with forestry firm Stora Enso to develop bio-based polymers

VF rolls out ‘regenerative rubber’ across key brands

Added: 21 Apr 2023

Rubber being used in selected Timberland, Vans and North Face products

Forbo taps Saint-Gobain exec for top role

Rubber parts supplier Singer Industrial to expand after €350m deal

Added: 21 Apr 2023

US group to invest in “greenfields, digital lead generation and enhanced technology infrastructure.…

Fraunhofer team develops smart materials for orthodontic treatment

Added: 21 Apr 2023

Shape memory TPUs offer more effective alternative to existing materials

Yokohama shifts to renewables at motorsports tire plant

Added: 21 Apr 2023

Move part of efforts to achieve carbon neutrality and circular economy in motorsports

Pirelli to cut costs, ‘contain' investment under new plan 

Tire makers aim to build on 2022 gains amid rising costs

Added: 21 Apr 2023

Ability to manage and offset higher materials, energy, labour costs will be key to maintaining prof…

Phillips Carbon Black to complete expansion project early next year

Phillips Carbon Black commissions new production facility

Added: 20 Apr 2023

Chennai carbon black plant to ultimately have production capacity of almost 150ktpa