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Goodyear unveils '90% sustainable' road-approved tire
Added: 5 Jan 2023
US tire maker also announces plans to sell 70% sustainable-materials tires this year

BKT readjusts expansion project at Indian tire plant
Added: 5 Jan 2023
Off-road tire maker reverts to ‘building new factory’ at Waluj site

UK-French partnership to study rCB production for new tires
Added: 5 Jan 2023
Recycler Murfitts partnering with France’s ETIA for commercial-scale pyrolysis of ELTs

Liaoning Dingjide to establish olefinic elastomers plant in China
Added: 5 Jan 2023
Company unveils five-year project to build 400ktpa olefinic polymers facility in Yingkou City
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From Christmas trees to rubber latex
Added: 5 Jan 2023
Pine needles could be processed into coagulant for the production of dry rubber from natural rubber…

Sentury to build $300m tire plant in Morocco
Added: 4 Jan 2023
Facility in Tangier to have a production capacity of 6m passenger, light truck tires

Linglong changes location, scope of €700m tire plant project in China
Added: 4 Jan 2023
Seventh domestic facility to now include waste tire recycling plant

GPSNR progresses response to EU deforestation regs
Added: 4 Jan 2023
Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber addressing challenges presented by EU deforestation …

Ineos acquisitions bolster petchem partnership with Sinopec
Added: 4 Jan 2023
Deals include SECCO with 4.2m petrochemicals production capacity, including butadiene

China Covid moves shape rubber futures trends
Added: 4 Jan 2023
Final full trading week of 2022 saw world rubber futures dip sharply on news of sharp surge in Covi…

Latest synthetic rubber pricing data
Added: 3 Jan 2023
Weekly data compiled by ChemAnalyst based on selected commodity trading activity in Europe

Yokohama Rubber’s purchase of Trelleborg Wheel Systems delayed
Added: 3 Jan 2023
Two companies now expect to complete the deal “within the next few months”

Ansell ships first rubber gloves from $80m plant in India
Added: 3 Jan 2023
‘Zero-liquid discharge plant’ to mark new glove-industry milestone

Denka Performance Elastomers enters consent agreement with US environment agency
Added: 3 Jan 2023
EPA issues order to Denka to address certain waste management practices

Semperit announces change to supervisory board leadership
Added: 3 Jan 2023
Cord Prinzhorn will be proposed for election at next AGM as chairman Herbert Ortner resigns

Synthetic rubber pricing under pressure as year ends
Added: 23 Dec 2022
Fall-off in demand “has been more glaring” this year amid global economic upheaval

Car maker Stellantis negotiating stake in Michelin hydrogen JV Symbio
Added: 23 Dec 2022
Amsterdam-based group in exclusive negotiations over a “substantial stake” in hydrogen mobility com…

ERJ: Review of the year
Added: 23 Dec 2022
Impact of Covid crisis eased but new challenges emerged for global rubber industry

ANRPC: Rubber production outpaced demand in November
Added: 23 Dec 2022
Global natural rubber output up 2.7%, while consumption rose by just 0.6%

Sumitomo Rubber launches natural rubber transparency project in Indonesia
Added: 23 Dec 2022
Project in collaboration with Halcyon Agri and Indonesian rubber processor Hok Tong