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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

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