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Yokohama Rubber opens Japan’s “largest” indoor ice circle test facility

Added: 10 Feb 2023

Facility located at tire maker’s test centre in Hokkaido

Goodyear names new Europe, Asia unit leaders

Goodyear to cut 200 jobs in Europe to optimise operations

Shahrzad Pourriahi | Added: 9 Feb 2023

EMEA unit reports $80 million operating loss in fourth quarter of 2022

Elkem breaks even, silicones profits hit by Covid

Elkem reports ‘record year’ but silicone market weak

Added: 9 Feb 2023

Silicone division particularly impacted by Covid situation in China

Strike ends at Nexen’s Czech tire production plant

Added: 9 Feb 2023

Union says succeeded in enforcing ‘significant part of demands’

Apollo develops tire with 75% sustainable content

Added: 9 Feb 2023

Concept tire features nine compounding ingredients from sustainable sources

Lehmann & Voss sets up Korean office

Lehmann & Voss widens scope of sales deal with Dorf Ketal

Added: 9 Feb 2023

Gains distribution rights for elastomer & other chemicals in Switzerland and Austria

Nokian starts commercial production at US tire plant

Nokian Tyres profits fall following Russian output cut

Added: 8 Feb 2023

Tire maker enters 2023 with focus on “adding new capacity”

Toyoda Gosei reorganising executive structure

Toyoda Gosei buoyed by higher sales, overseas automotive recovery

Added: 8 Feb 2023

Europe remains in red while profits in Americas soar by more than 900%

Evonik project to transform greenhouse gas to C4 chemicals

Added: 8 Feb 2023

PlasCO2 aims to extract synthesis gas from carbon dioxide and hydrogen using a plasma reactor

Pirelli pledges €250m investment in Latin America

Pirelli revamps B2B tire sales platform

Added: 8 Feb 2023

Move to ensure ‘faster, simpler and more sustainable online sales’

Evonik performance materials' sales drop 11%

EU chemicals industry sees signs of recovery

Added: 7 Feb 2023

Cefic notes 'pick-up' in confidence amid "significant reduction" in energy costs

Rubber futures drop, prices set to ‘consolidate’

Added: 7 Feb 2023

Market ‘concerned about risk of global recessions’, according to JPX

ContiTech in link-up for 'global IT transformation'

Added: 7 Feb 2023

Signs six-year agreement with DXC Technology to modernise processes 

Trelleborg ‘joining the dots’ in wearable medical devices market

Added: 7 Feb 2023

Highlights role of partnerships, R&D, expertise and technologies in this rapidly expanding area.

Rubber decline hits Ube group-profits

Ube rubber gains ISCC Plus sustainability recognition

Added: 7 Feb 2023

Butadiene rubber manufactured in Chiba certified by International Sustainability and Carbon Certifi…

Industrial dispute escalates at Nexen’s Czech tire plant

Added: 6 Feb 2023

Union plans demonstration following company moves to prevent strike action

Chairman issues assurance over Rubber Board’s future

Added: 6 Feb 2023

Dhanania allays concerns after policy think-tank questions need for its existence

Avon Rubber seeking new CEO as business grows

Avon eyes further growth with ‘strong order pipeline’

Added: 6 Feb 2023

UK manufacturer says expects 2023 to be a “year of good progress”

Cooper Standard restructures purchasing organisation

Cooper Standard completes refinancing process

Added: 6 Feb 2023

Supplier of automotive sealing, fuel, brake and fluid-transfer systems resets financial position

ContiTech says will close Veyance deal by yearend

ContiTech restructuring to sharpen focus on customer, market proximity

Added: 3 Feb 2023

Rubber-based components major to transition from “a traditional product supplier to a provider of i…