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Big three producers say “soft launch” for new NR market

Michelin 'supports' natural rubber inclusion in EU deforestation regulation

Added: 1 Dec 2022

French group's backing conditional on traceability requirements "being adapted to NR supply-chain"

Kordsa opens new tire cord facility in Indonesia

Kordsa to add tire cord capacity in Turkey

Added: 1 Dec 2022

Reinforcement materials supplier currently carrying out two expansion projects in Turkey, US

Rubber shares tracker: Ups & downs

Ground sulphur force majeure adds to EU rubber industry disruptions

Added: 1 Dec 2022

German supplier Kandelium declares supply restrictions following ‘major damage’ at production site

GRI tracking growth with Dutch acquisition, US appointment

Added: 1 Dec 2022

Tire maker buying distributor Klumpenaar Industriebanden in The Netherlands

Pay-as-you-go to ‘accelerate digitalisation’ in rubber & tire industry

Added: 1 Dec 2022

AVEVA flexible subscription model ‘set to shake up manufacturing software ownership’

Latest issue of ERJ magazine now available

Added: 30 Nov 2022

European Rubber Journal Nov/Dec issue includes Global Tire Report, new E4S Top 10 ranking and news …

NR prices recover in August, deficit continues   

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 prepares to weather fluctuating demand

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

SR price pressures ‘set to ease’ after Q2

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



Workers stage 1-day strike at Goodyear Mexico plant

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

Kopernik helping rubber farmers to cap lost yields 

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…