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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

While limited production started at the plant three years ago, the factory is still far from complete, with a 32,000-sq.-ft. research and development centre under construction, a bank of curing presses still to be installed, and an area set aside for adding a building and curing area dedicated to 57-inch tires.

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

Omnova sells rubber facility in India

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

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 IPO to fund aircraft tire project halted

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 mulls tire plant locations in Europe

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

Report: Thailand to cut rubber plantations in long-term

GPSNR progresses response to EU deforestation regs

Added: 4 Jan 2023

Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber addressing challenges presented by EU deforestation …

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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

Trelleborg to start expansion project at Czech plant soon

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 says acquisitions help strong half-year results

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 rubber sales drop, full year outlook down

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 earnings “significantly weaker than expected”

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

Lanxess hikes prices for urethane products

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

Michelin hydrogen fuel venture Symbio enters the US market

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: Outlook remains weak for short-term NR price recovery 

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%

Natural rubber still weak, cartel mooted

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