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Conti seeks balanced approach to automation

Conti tire plant in Romania classified as low-tier hazardous

Added: 24 Jan 2023

Seveso assessment reflects management of hazardous 'chemical substances and preparations'

Engel expanding robot production plant in Austria

Added: 24 Jan 2023

Project will see more injection moulding machines integrated with robotics

Nokian reports strong first half, cautions about raw material, logistics woes 

Romania approves €100m grant for Nokian tire plant

Added: 23 Jan 2023

Project to build €650-million factory in northwestern town of Oradea, near Hungarian border

China stock market rally buoys rubber futures

Added: 23 Jan 2023

Beijing sees economic recovery as ‘worst phase over’ in battle against Covid

Bangladesh joins ANRPC

Rubber organisation ANRPC appoints new leader

Added: 23 Jan 2023

Toh Heng Guan takes over as secretary general for a three-year term

Zeon suspends operations at synthetic rubber factory

Shahrzad Pourriahi | Added: 23 Jan 2023

Temporary halt to production at Tokuyama plant due to equipment problems

Bridgestone partners with Lamborghini for “world-first” supercar run-flat, all-terrain tire

Added: 23 Jan 2023

“World's first” supercar all-terrain tire to feature run-flat technology..."

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Fourth quarter decline leaves EU replacement tire market in negative territory

Added: 20 Jan 2023

But OE sales volumes grow in 2022 despite “a challenging second half”, reports ETRMA

Sailun investing €110m to convert off-road tire plant in China

Shahrzad Pourriahi | Added: 20 Jan 2023

Project will see upgrade to production of 49-inch-plus tire products

Rubber Price Monitor: Markets dip

Natural rubber makes strong start to 2023 as prices strengthen

Added: 20 Jan 2023

All Far East markets observed by ERJ showed price gains during the second week of the year

More chloroprene rubber hikes on the way

Showa Denko relaunches as Resonac

Added: 20 Jan 2023

Japanese group changes business structure "substantially"

Toyoda Gosei, Asics making 'circular' shoes from airbags

Added: 20 Jan 2023

Partnership will use hard-to-recycle remnants of airbag fabric from Toyoda Gosei's plants

Conti supervisory board gives greenlight for reorganisation plan

Conti posts sales gains for tire and rubber component units

Added: 19 Jan 2023

But lower-than-expected earnings at ContiTech on increased production costs, Covid restrictions in …

Petlas invests $20m in “smart” tire warehouse

Added: 19 Jan 2023

Storage system designed to handle 1m tires "without human touch" 

Italy automotive sales fall 9% in February 

EU new car registrations fell 4.6% in 2022

Added: 19 Jan 2023

ACEA links decline to impact of component shortages in the first half of the year

Cefic highlights ‘water challenges’ facing European chemicals industry

Added: 19 Jan 2023

Warning follows the “most severe drought in 500 years” in Europe last summer

Solvay to add silica capacity at US plant

Solvay expanding Italian site to produce rice-based silica

Added: 18 Jan 2023

Tire maker Conti a “key partner” in project to produce bio-circular silica, starting in Europe

Firestone industrial products to rebrand as Firestone Airide

Added: 18 Jan 2023

Firestone Airide is a supplier of air springs to the truck/trailer, bus and automotive markets

Latest synthetic rubber pricing data

Added: 18 Jan 2023

Weekly data compiled by ChemAnalyst based on selected commodity trading activity in Europe

Automation experts join J2A judging panel

Apollo Tyres opens ‘digital innovation centre’ in India

Added: 18 Jan 2023

Facility to focus on technologies such as Industry 4.0, IoT, AI and machine learning