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Conti tire plant in Romania classified as low-tier hazardous
Added: 24 Jan 2023
Seveso assessment reflects management of hazardous 'chemical substances and preparations'
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Engel expanding robot production plant in Austria
Added: 24 Jan 2023
Project will see more injection moulding machines integrated with robotics

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
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China stock market rally buoys rubber futures
Added: 23 Jan 2023
Beijing sees economic recovery as ‘worst phase over’ in battle against Covid

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..."

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

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

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 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"

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 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
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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

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