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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

India's rubber industry urges brake on import duties
Added: 10 Jan 2023
AIRIA wants India government to ease trade restrictions on compounds and natural rubber

EU project combines 11 partners to develop circular elastomer materials
Added: 10 Jan 2023
REPurpose project on ‘safe and sustainable design’ of elastomers from waste PET

US agency backs bio-rubber asphalt project
Added: 10 Jan 2023
Soylei wins grant for Soya-based thermoplastic rubber to be used for pavement

Latest synthetic rubber pricing data
Added: 10 Jan 2023
Weekly data compiled by ChemAnalyst based on selected commodity trading activity in Europe

Datwyler advances elastomers technology for electric vehicles
Added: 10 Jan 2023
Swiss group focuses on new materials, technology to address requirements of EV industry

UK chemicals sector backs proposed three-year extension to REACH
Added: 10 Jan 2023
CBA “working incessantly with the government to highlight the impact of UK REACH and its implicatio…

‘Firmer’ start to New Year for natural rubber futures
Added: 9 Jan 2023
China’s reopening of borders positively impacts trading on Far East markets

Iran’s Barez breaks ground on giant tire project
Shahrzad Pourriahi | Added: 9 Jan 2023
First giant OTR project of country funded by four major local mining companies

Sargomma taking creative route to rubber sustainability
Added: 9 Jan 2023
Italian manufacturer leads EU-backed project to use silicone rubber waste in exterior & interior de…