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Michelin supporting natural rubber capacity building in Sri Lanka
Added: 30 Nov 2022
Project to “strengthen” economy of 6,000 small rubber plantation owners

Trelleborg fined for disclosure failures regarding TWS sale
Added: 30 Nov 2022
Nasdaq Stockholm said Trelleborg should have “acted more swiftly” in disclosing divestment informat…

Natural rubber futures fall as Covid cases rise in China
Added: 30 Nov 2022
“Struggling Chinese economy puts downward pressure on rubber prices,” according to JPX

Analysis: Ceat sees double-digit declines in rubber material costs
Added: 30 Nov 2022
Tire maker notes continuing reductions in natural rubber and synthetic rubber pricing

Wickert announces family succession to leadership team
Added: 30 Nov 2022
Stephanie Wickert is the fourth generation to join the management board of machinery maker

Cooper Standard realigns management to focus on ‘key strategic initiatives’
Added: 30 Nov 2022
Move to help company with ‘optimisation strategies’ and ‘right-sizing’ of the business for today’s …

Lion Elastomers names Safic-Alcan subsidiary as Canada distributor
Added: 30 Nov 2022
ChemSpec Canada is “a growing supplier” of speciality chemicals in the country

Brenntag in 'preliminary discussions' to acquire US chemicals distributor Univar
Added: 29 Nov 2022
Among other products, Brenntag supplies synthetic rubber to various industries, including tires

Goodyear links replacement tire volumes decline to Asian imports blip
Added: 29 Nov 2022
‘Shipping disruptions last year led to a large number of tire shipments from Asian sources being de…

Butadiene sinks further as synthetic rubber prices decline
Added: 29 Nov 2022
Trend reversal after three weeks of positive development for synthetic rubber futures

ANRPC lowers natural rubber demand outlook
Added: 29 Nov 2022
Rubber prices across major producing countries decline in October

Conti building basketball court from recycled Extreme E tires
Added: 29 Nov 2022
Employs “complex manufacturing process” to extract all chemical components from the waste tires
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EU backs project to turn paper-industry waste into additives
Added: 29 Nov 2022
End-products to substitute existing fossil fuel-based additives for applications including rubber

Marangoni, Recacor mark retreading collaboration milestone
Added: 29 Nov 2022
Spanish major produces over 45k retreaded truck tires a year, using Ringtread materials and technol…

Trelleborg acquiring automotive boots manufacturer in India
Added: 28 Nov 2022
To-be-acquired business located close to automotive manufacturing cluster in Kanpur

Michelin, Bridgestone see potential for rCB demand to reach 1m tonnes by 2030
Added: 28 Nov 2022
But existing rCB specs do not allow for total substitution of virgin carbon black

Royal Mail progresses ENSO EV tire trials
Added: 28 Nov 2022
Programme has entered second phase of testing with assessment report due in early 2023

Bridgestone launches proof of concept for rubber-powered ‘soft-robot hand’
Added: 28 Nov 2022
Rubber actuators used for piece-picking robots that will help mobility of people, objects

Cooper Standard using cutting-edge tech at German profiles plant
Added: 28 Nov 2022
Measurement and inspection technology minimises waste at automotive profiles facility

Deadline approaching for abstract submission for RubberCon 2023
Added: 28 Nov 2022
IOM3 Elastomer Group provides updates on IRCO event, final technical afternoon session of the year