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Freudenberg FKM 'meets latest food & pharma regulations'
Added: 24 Apr 2023
Fluoroelastomer developed to meet constantly changing hygienic requirements, particularly in Europe…

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

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

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

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 commissions new production facility
Added: 20 Apr 2023
Chennai carbon black plant to ultimately have production capacity of almost 150ktpa

Trelleborg to consolidate India seals operations at greenfield site
Added: 20 Apr 2023
New facility in Bangalore area to increase local production capacity by 60%

Yokohama Rubber begins production of high load tires
Added: 20 Apr 2023
Tires developed for both OE and replacement markets, according to manufacturer

Electric vehicles buoy EU passenger car market
Added: 20 Apr 2023
ACEA records a 29% year-on-year increase, surpassing the one-million mark in March

Fatal accident reported at Michelin earthmover tire plant
Added: 20 Apr 2023
Mississippi plant worker found “pinned between machinery” by co-workers

Supermax to start rubber gloves production in US by yearend
Added: 19 Apr 2023
Malaysian group update on project to establish $550 million plant in Texas

Goodyear releasing inventory from tornado-hit tire plant
Added: 19 Apr 2023
“Remediation efforts are progressing" at Cooper Tire Mississippi factory idled since 1 April

Warning over ‘fragility’ of tire pyrolysis industry
Added: 19 Apr 2023
Von Wolfersdorf: Start-ups in recovered carbon black field running “cash-dry”

USITC sets date for styrene-butadiene rubber imports hearing
Added: 19 Apr 2023
Five-year review of duties imposed on ESBR from Brazil, Mexico, Poland and South Korea

UK seals makers issue PFAs consultation advice
Added: 19 Apr 2023
ECHA consultation over possible ban on materials, including fluroelastomers, from 2025...

Evonik doubling global capacity for PEBA elastomers
Added: 18 Apr 2023
Investing in added capacity for polyether-amide block copolymers in Shanghai, Marl

Semperit to acquire silicones specialist Rico Group
Added: 18 Apr 2023
Austria-based acquisition to enhance Semperit’s toolmaking capabilities