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Michelin signs agreement to extend employee support

Added: 16 Jan 2023

'Quality of working life' deal with unions part of French group’s ‘all sustainable vision’

But while Arlanxeo will continue to buy feedstock from suppliers, such as Ineos, Shell and Sabic, de Vries said the JV would have a “totally different position” in raw materials than the business had in the past.

Lanxess, TotalEnergies to cooperate on sustainable styrene

Added: 16 Jan 2023

Chemical companies working on ‘biocircular styrene’ based on tall oil

Nexeo Plastics to market Teknor Apex elastomers in Europe

Added: 16 Jan 2023

Agreement covers Sarlink and Monprene brands of thermoplastic elastomers

BASF breaks ground on MDI capacity expansion in US

Added: 16 Jan 2023

Project to increase production capacity to 600ktpa at Geismar site

Guizhou Tyre expanding engineering tire capacity

Guizhou Tyre scraps plans for 3m unit TBR factory amid oversupply

Shahrzad Pourriahi | Added: 13 Jan 2023

Funds raised to go towards completion of ongoing off-road tire project

Arlanxeo ups sales of EPDM made in Saudi Arabia

Petro Rabigh in partnership for 50ktpa rubber, polymer compounding project

Added: 13 Jan 2023

Signs agreement with Saudi Top Plastic for facility in Saudi Arabia

Malaysia NR market remains weak amid lacklustre trade

Natural rubber prices make headway in first week of 2023

Added: 13 Jan 2023

Most Far East markets observed by ERJ registered elastomers over six-week period

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Lummus crude-to-chemicals technology to debut at Korean megaproject

Added: 13 Jan 2023

Saudi Aramco-backed S-Oil will deploy TC2C at site producing ethylene, propylene, butadiene and oth…

Albis unveils polyamide adhesion modified TPV grades

Brenntag ends talks over Univar acquisition

Added: 13 Jan 2023

Univar continues discussions relating to 'other indications of interest'

Nizhnekamsk resumes rubber production after fire

Shahrzad Pourriahi | Added: 12 Jan 2023

Blaze broke out 12 Dec at ‘rubber extraction shop’ of Tatarstan company

Nokian to restart US tire plant early May

Nokian announces €160m US tire plant expansion

Added: 12 Jan 2023

Project to double output as factory in Tennessee approaches full capacity

UK manufacturers welcome energy discount but point to Germany

Added: 12 Jan 2023

Situation will maintain long-standing competitive disadvantage for UK producers, warn industry lead…

In an immediate response to the vote, the UK’s Chemical Industries Association (CIA) said it would “do everything to help members through any period of uncertainty.”

Cefic calls for recognition of ‘mass balance’ method for circular polymers

Added: 12 Jan 2023

Approach “key” to accelerating chemical recycling and meeting EU circularity targets

Holcim buys Italian calcium carbonate supplier

Added: 11 Jan 2023

Low-carbon calcium carbonate advances Holcim’s green formulation strategy

Michelin, DHL partner to trial Uptis airless tires

Added: 11 Jan 2023

Puncture-proof prototype tires to be fitted on delivery vans in Singapore

Prometeon opens new R&D centre in Turkey

Prometeon in €30m expansion at Egypt tire factory

Added: 11 Jan 2023

Tire group's investment project is supported by €350m green loan

DRAFT Third-party tests indicate dandelion rubber may be hypoallergenic

Linglong progresses dandelion rubber project

Shahrzad Pourriahi | Added: 11 Jan 2023

Chinese alliance reaches ‘breakthrough’ in rubber content, industrialisation of planting

Goodyear advances smart tire technology with ‘friction’ detection

Added: 11 Jan 2023

Trials proof-of-concept tire with autonomous trucking company Gatik in Canada

Mesnac opens ‘intelligent equipment’ industrial park

Added: 11 Jan 2023

Site in Zhuji to focus on materials for new-energy industry, the Chinese group has announced

Chinese majors advance ‘iron-based’ synthetic rubber for tire applications

Shahrzad Pourriahi | Added: 10 Jan 2023

Tire makers Linglong, Sentury and Haohua take part in SBR development and production project