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Industry alert over EU moves to restrict fluorinated chemicals
Added: 16 Mar 2023
EU proposal could lead to 'restrictions or even an EU ban on the use of fluoroelastomers...'
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Pirelli expects EV markets to accelerate in 2023
Added: 16 Mar 2023
European environmental regulations to drive growth of electric vehicles market

Top Glove reports loss despite uptick in sales volumes
Added: 16 Mar 2023
Headwinds continue in second quarter as group reports 58% dip in sales revenues
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Michelin investing €200m in Canadian tire plants
Added: 15 Mar 2023
Investments to be made across three production facilities in Nova Scotia

Update: Wacker expects silicones revenue to decline as prices drop
Added: 15 Mar 2023
German group expects weaker results in 2023 due to global economic slowdown

Hankook confirms arrest of chairman
Added: 15 Mar 2023
Korean tire maker 'actively cooperating with the investigation by the related authorities...'

UK event to study elastomers in power generation
Added: 15 Mar 2023
IoM3 Elastomer Group plans technical afternoon for 17 March
Tatneft gains Russian government’s approval to buy Nokian Tyres operations
Added: 14 Mar 2023
But “uncertainties still remain related to the transaction and the timing…”

Hankook halts production at major tire plant after fire
Added: 14 Mar 2023
Daejeon facility generates a large proportion of the Korean group's production and sales
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Sumitomo Rubber targets European EV market with new product launch
Added: 14 Mar 2023
Japanese group ‘accelerating development of EV tires’ in response to growing demand

Lummus to supply technology for Kazakh butadiene plant
Added: 14 Mar 2023
New facility to feed Butadiene LLP's new synthetic rubber production facility

Update: Synthetic rubber pricing data
Added: 14 Mar 2023
Weekly data compiled by ChemAnalyst based on selected commodity trading activity in Europe

VCI says German chemical industry undergoing ‘reorganisation’
Added: 14 Mar 2023
Companies seeking to reduce dependency on raw materials from ‘high-risk’ countries

Versalis showcasing sustainable materials advances
Added: 14 Mar 2023
Elastomer innovations with a focus on the circular-economy and sustainability...

Rubber futures drop sharply as sentiment turns bearish
Added: 13 Mar 2023
“Speculative selling and long liquidations pushed prices downward amid heavy trading activities…”
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Arlanxeo upgrades China elastomers lab for battery applications
Added: 13 Mar 2023
New 'pouch cell' line to develop innovative synthetic rubber-based technologies for lithium-ion bat…

Sinochem company building 70ktpa carbon black plant in China
Added: 13 Mar 2023
Facility to provide ‘better and more diversified’ products for downstream industry

Russia sanctions ‘drive up interest in recovered carbon black’
Added: 13 Mar 2023
Enviro: “Many companies are reviewing their long-term risks related to the supply of materials…”
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Smiley Monroe notes ‘significant changes’ in materials-handling industries
Added: 13 Mar 2023
Conveyor belt maker reports trends towards sustainability, safety and the adoption of digital techn…

Malaysian gloves makers seek to address US, UK human rights concerns
Added: 10 Mar 2023
MARGMA meets with representatives of national agencies to discuss efforts to prevent forced labour
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