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Hankook earnings fall on lower sales in key markets

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

Sumitomo creates regional HQs in major restructuring

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

Evonik performance materials' sales drop 11%

VCI says German chemical industry undergoing ‘reorganisation’

Added: 14 Mar 2023

Companies seeking to reduce dependency on raw materials from ‘high-risk’ countries

Versalis-owned JV produces bio-rubber from sugars

Versalis showcasing sustainable materials advances

Added: 14 Mar 2023

Elastomer innovations with a focus on the circular-economy and sustainability...

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

Rubber futures drop sharply as sentiment turns bearish

Added: 13 Mar 2023

“Speculative selling and long liquidations pushed prices downward amid heavy trading activities…”

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

Enviro sees “favourable conditions” for large-scale tire recovery plant in UK 

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…”

Smiley Monroe opening conveyor belt plant in US

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

Tire rubber sales contribute to Asahi gains

Mutares rolls out new tier 1 automotive supplier

Added: 10 Mar 2023

Frankfurt-headquartered Amaneos to combine three Murates companies with over €1.2bn sales

Camfin, Chinese partner seek to strengthen Pirelli stake

Russia 'a drag on Pirelli profitability'

Added: 10 Mar 2023

The country accounted for 4% of group sales and 11% of total capacity in 2022

Mood starts to lift but challenging year ahead for German chemicals industry

Added: 10 Mar 2023

Business sentiment improves though industry association VCI sees “no powerful recovery this time”

At the Nyíregyháza site, which manufactures air spring systems, ContiTech has invested €16 million in upgrading the 4000 m2 production space to be completed this year.

Conti posts diverging results for ContiTech, Tires units

Added: 9 Mar 2023

Industrial rubber unit reports 42% profit decline, while tire earnings come in 5% higher

Evonik to expand silicone production in Germany, China

Evonik relocates North America HQ, moves to hybrid work model

Added: 9 Mar 2023

Move part of larger site rationalisation plan, aimed at retaining talent

 Michelin Chennai plant

Michelin steps up energy-transition programme

Added: 9 Mar 2023

Initiatives in response to "current geopolitical situation and spiralling energy costs"

Datwyler launches innovation campaign for ‘electrically conductive rubber’

Added: 9 Mar 2023

Swiss group initiative to collect feedback on potential applications for innovative materials

Update: Tariff-hit Chinese tire makers to “intensify” EU trade

Comment: Impact of Russia sanctions on rubber industry

Added: 9 Mar 2023

There is enough time, until the middle of next year, to organise the supply-chains, approvals and a…