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Leadership changes at Dunlop Aircraft Tyres
Added: 18 Apr 2023
Susan McKenna named as CEO to lead DATL in "next phase of sustained growth"

Update: Synthetic rubber pricing data
Added: 18 Apr 2023
Weekly data compiled by ChemAnalyst based on selected commodity trading activity in Europe

Sumitomo Rubber, Conti ‘to make major investments in Brazil’
Added: 17 Apr 2023
Regional state: SRI to invest €200m in tire plant, Continental expanding conveyor belt unit
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US reviewing China truck & bus tire duties
Added: 17 Apr 2023
Commerce reports “timely requests” for review of duties with February anniversary dates

Rubber futures back on an upward track
Added: 17 Apr 2023
JPX: 'Rubber price sentiment remains steady and will try to consolidate over the next few weeks...”…

Rapid screening 'can help tire makers address 6PPD issues'
Added: 17 Apr 2023
Sharp: 'Based on standard compound formulations, about 60% of 6PPD in a tire comes from the sidewal…

RubberCon 2023: less that four weeks to go
Added: 17 Apr 2023
Clock ticking for event being held 9–11 May at the University of Edinburgh
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Versalis to invest €80m in Ravenna elastomer facilities
Added: 14 Apr 2023
Project at Italian site to enhance production of 'highly specialised' materials

Vibracoustic expanding production capacities amid rising demand
Added: 14 Apr 2023
"Significant investment" in new customer projects at facilties in Europe and North America

EV batteries, consumer devices to drive Rogers elastomers business
Added: 14 Apr 2023
Portable electronics and EVs represented respectively 18% and 11% of sales in 2022

Tire factory included in Egypt-China partnership deal
Added: 13 Apr 2023
Arab Organisation for Industrialisation previously outlined plans to build manufacturing capacity f…

Sinopec starts up 170ktpa synthetic rubber plant
Added: 13 Apr 2023
Project by Hainan subsidiary adds capacity for styrene butadiene copolymers in China

KEF adds tire & rubber machinery maker Konstrukta
Added: 13 Apr 2023
Karl Eugen Fischer has ambitious plans for extrusion and cutting equipment specialist

Semperit expects gloves divestment by mid-2023
Added: 13 Apr 2023
First closing will see large parts of gloves business sold to Singapore-based Harps

Update: EU reimposes anti-dumping duties on Chinese truck & bus tires
Added: 12 Apr 2023
Commission addresses legal issues with previously applied five-year anti-dumping and countervailing…

US to maintain tariffs on off-road tires from India
Added: 12 Apr 2023
Sunset review determines that revoking duties would cause material injury to local industry

Equity firm backs liquid crystal elastomers start-up
Added: 12 Apr 2023
LC AuxeTec developing auxetic materials which become thicker rather than thinner when stretched

Pyrum to recycle waste tires from Mercedes-Benz
Added: 12 Apr 2023
Deal marks ‘next step’ in partnership that sees pyrolysis oil used for Mercedes parts
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New chloroprene limits in EPA emissions proposals
Added: 12 Apr 2023
US agency updates chemical plant regulations with rubber monomer among its targets
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Silicone key to growth in regulation-driven EV markets
Added: 12 Apr 2023
Global market “very dynamic with the supply-chain realigning at the moment…”