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ANRPC upgrades forecasts for rubber supply and demand

Malaysia rubber production registers double-digit declines

Added: 22 Nov 2022

Country registers a sharp year-on-year fall in natural rubber production in September

Bridgestone investing $250m in Costa Rica tire expansion

Added: 21 Nov 2022

Project to increase production capacity at Belen de Heredia site by 36%

Rubber futures inch up amid moderating trade activities

Added: 21 Nov 2022

Positive US-China talks help to support trading on Chinese markets

Toyoda Gosei swings to black as markets recover from Covid

Toyoda Gosei revises up sales target, maintains profit outlook

Added: 21 Nov 2022

Lower revenue from Japan to be offset by overseas recovery

World new car registrations down 7% in May

EU new car sales up 12% to mark third month of growth

Added: 21 Nov 2022

But year-to-date figures remain 8% lower than last year

Asahi Kasei starts selling ISCC-certified synthetic rubber

Added: 21 Nov 2022

Products include butadiene rubber, SSBR manufactured with sustainable feedstock

Canada firm advances tire rubber devulcanisation project

Added: 21 Nov 2022

Windsor Industrial Development Laboratory to developing rubber goods from waste truck tires

Update: Tariff-hit Chinese tire makers to “intensify” EU trade

ECHA targets imports for next REACH enforcement project

Added: 18 Nov 2022

EU-wide project triggered by “high levels of non-compliance” in imported goods

Pyrowave ships first batch of recycled styrene for Michelin tires

Added: 18 Nov 2022

Canadian recycling startup reaches milestone with “100% traceable” recycled styrene

Report: James Walker to unveil new O&G elastomer family

Market, energy issues concern UK seals makers

Added: 18 Nov 2022

Industry remains generally optimistic about outlook for 2022 as a whole

Bridgestone awarded $35m grant to advance guayule rubber project

Added: 18 Nov 2022

Funding to be used to expand tire maker’s natural rubber production in southwestern US

Compounder Mocom advances bio-EPDM, recycled content TPVs

Added: 18 Nov 2022

German manufacturer says up to 90% of CO2 savings possible with new mix of materials

India set to impose anti-dumping duties on Chinese TBR tires

Aeolus unveils €82m expansion plan to add ‘giant tire’ capacity

Added: 17 Nov 2022

Project at Jiaozuo manufacturing facility to be completed in 18 months

Toyo revises down earnings forecast amid low utilisation rate in US

Added: 17 Nov 2022

Strong dollar helps drive ‘record-high’ sales over the first nine months of the year

Top Glove doubles sales orders ahead of “very robust” H2

Top Glove expects demand to return next year as customers deplete stocks

Added: 17 Nov 2022

Full year earnings fall 93% amid soft demand, low selling prices for latex gloves

New-look Bridgestone to emerge under 10-year plan

Goodyear in link-up to advance mobility efforts in Israel

Added: 17 Nov 2022

Tire maker to offer collaboration and investment opportunities for Drive’s startup network

Asahi Kasei sets up EU base for automotive focus

Asahi Kasei gains sustainability recognition for synthetic rubber, other materials

Added: 17 Nov 2022

Japanese group receives ISCC Plus certification on multiple products at multiple sites

Evonik seeks buyer or partner for acrylics business

German chemicals makers issue energy price-break plea

Added: 16 Nov 2022

VCI reports 1.6% fall in quarterly revenue to mark first decline in two years

Apollo responds to BSE question over Malaysian plan

Apollo buoyed by 'better-than-market' European results 

Added: 16 Nov 2022

Indian tire maker upbeat as raw materials prices “tapering off”

In its half-yearly financial report, the Austrian speciality rubber and plastics products group said it was also expecting to continue capacities expansion in the second half of 2015, in both the medical and industrial sectors, with €50 million earmarked for growth investments.

Semperit reports 73% decline in earnings as gloves unit swings to loss

Added: 16 Nov 2022

Industrial sector 'defies market environment', reports doubel-digit growth