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Nokian Tyres receives payment for sale of Russia operations

Added: 17 Mar 2023

Sale to Tatneft now set to be completed “after registration formalities”

Testing times for silicones industry

Wacker raising investment in silicone operations under mid-term plan

Added: 17 Mar 2023

German chemicals supplier eyes particular growth opportunities in China, US markets

Hutchinson expands aerospace parts facility in Morocco

Added: 17 Mar 2023

Government-backed investment to create 400 additional jobs at Casablanca site

Trelleborg to discontinue motorcycle tire production in Czech Republic

Added: 16 Mar 2023

'High production costs and inefficiencies' have prompted plan to move production to Slovenia and In…

Industry alert over EU moves to restrict fluorinated chemicals

Added: 16 Mar 2023

EU proposal could lead to 'restrictions or even an EU ban on the use of fluoroelastomers...'

Pirelli expects EV markets to accelerate in 2023

Added: 16 Mar 2023

European environmental regulations to drive growth of electric vehicles market

Top Glove reports loss despite uptick in sales volumes

Added: 16 Mar 2023

Headwinds continue in second quarter as group reports 58% dip in sales revenues

Michelin upgrading Canada plant for winter tire launch

Michelin investing €200m in Canadian tire plants

Added: 15 Mar 2023

Investments to be made across three production facilities in Nova Scotia

Update: Wacker expects silicones revenue to decline as prices drop

Added: 15 Mar 2023

German group expects weaker results in 2023 due to global economic slowdown

Hankook Q1 results decline

Hankook confirms arrest of chairman

Added: 15 Mar 2023

Korean tire maker 'actively cooperating with the investigation by the related authorities...'

Bridgestone European locations powered by renewable energy

UK event to study elastomers in power generation

Added: 15 Mar 2023

IoM3 Elastomer Group plans technical afternoon for 17 March

Tatneft gains Russian government’s approval to buy Nokian Tyres operations

Added: 14 Mar 2023

But “uncertainties still remain related to the transaction and the timing…”

Hankook earnings fall on lower sales in key markets

Hankook halts production at major tire plant after fire

Added: 14 Mar 2023

Daejeon facility generates a large proportion of the Korean group's production and sales

Sumitomo creates regional HQs in major restructuring

Sumitomo Rubber targets European EV market with new product launch

Added: 14 Mar 2023

Japanese group ‘accelerating development of EV tires’ in response to growing demand

Lummus to supply technology for Kazakh butadiene plant

Added: 14 Mar 2023

New facility to feed Butadiene LLP's new synthetic rubber production facility

Update: Synthetic rubber pricing data

Added: 14 Mar 2023

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

Evonik performance materials' sales drop 11%

VCI says German chemical industry undergoing ‘reorganisation’

Added: 14 Mar 2023

Companies seeking to reduce dependency on raw materials from ‘high-risk’ countries

Versalis-owned JV produces bio-rubber from sugars

Versalis showcasing sustainable materials advances

Added: 14 Mar 2023

Elastomer innovations with a focus on the circular-economy and sustainability...

Halcyon Agri in €28m deal to acquire RCMA’s polymer business

Rubber futures drop sharply as sentiment turns bearish

Added: 13 Mar 2023

“Speculative selling and long liquidations pushed prices downward amid heavy trading activities…”

Arlanxeo upgrades China elastomers lab for battery applications

Added: 13 Mar 2023

New 'pouch cell' line to develop innovative synthetic rubber-based technologies for lithium-ion bat…