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TÜV Rheinland expands PFAS testing capabilities
Added: 20 Mar 2025
Demand for testing of fluorochemcial substancess has increased by more than 30% globally...
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Biesterfeld to distribute Deurex waxes in Europe
Added: 20 Mar 2025
Biodegradable and synthetic waxes used in rubber and cable industry

SPC extends calendering capabilities with investment at UK site
Added: 19 Mar 2025
Installs new line at Merdy facility to expand product offerings for the UK rubber market
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General Science set to complete China tire plant expansion
Added: 19 Mar 2025
Project to add passenger car tire capacity at Wuxi site 'about to reach full production...'
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Robust Synthomer ‘helping itself’ to further gains in 2025
Added: 19 Mar 2025
CEO: “Growth in profitability driven by our self-help cost and reliability programmes and strategic…

Michelin in tie-up for vertical tire-based gardens
Added: 19 Mar 2025
Pilot phase at Spanish airports to be extended to urban environments

Huntsman, Räder-Vogel roll out anti-static elastomer wheels
Added: 19 Mar 2025
Hot cast urethane elastomer wheels designed for use in industrial applications for trolleys, carts,…

BKT appoints new marketing leader to strengthen focus on US
Added: 19 Mar 2025
Indian off-highway tire manufacturer targets brand visibility and presence in US market

Rubber futures dip further amid global economic concerns
Added: 18 Mar 2025
Japan Exchange Group posts marked price declines on major Far East exchanges

Michelin in R&D collaboration for green hydrogen production
Added: 18 Mar 2025
Link-up targets challenges of emerging energy resource which continues to be difficult to use on an…

Georgios Dermentzakis joins Desma management team
Added: 18 Mar 2025
New sales & service MD brings international strategic management experience to moulding machinery m…

Akwel reports reversal in 2024, further challenges ahead
Added: 18 Mar 2025
Automotive industry 'still weakened by the economic situation and uncertainty surrounding the devel…

Klean, Viva Energy mull tire recycling plant in Australia
Added: 18 Mar 2025
Plans for facility at Melbourne refinery to process 80,000 tonnes per annum of waste tires

Conti names new US tire chief executive
Added: 18 Mar 2025
Tansu Isik to replace Jochen Etzel who is retiring as CEO of Continental Tire the Americas

LyondellBasell, Covestro announce closure of Dutch styrene monomer plant
Added: 18 Mar 2025
Joint venture site in Maasvlakte produces propylene oxide and styrene monomers (POSM)

ANRPC forecasts only marginal growth in natural rubber output for 2025
Added: 17 Mar 2025
Indonesia to see “significant decline” in production levels due to shift from rubber to other crops…

Hankook on track with capacity expansion project at US tire plant
Added: 17 Mar 2025
Once completed, factory will have an annual production capacity of 10 million PC/LT and 1 million T…

Wacker expects growth in all business divisions this year
Added: 17 Mar 2025
Group says demand for silicones, particularly for speciality products, showing “very positive devel…

Eneos mulls suspending production at ‘synthetic resins’ plant
Added: 17 Mar 2025
Move in view of potential closure of ethylene production plant in Kawasaki by parent group

Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 14 Mar 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide