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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’
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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 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

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

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

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…

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 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…

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 in €30m expansion at Egypt tire factory
Added: 11 Jan 2023
Tire group's investment project is supported by €350m green loan

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