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Opulentia to build €100m-turnover plastics & rubber group in UK

Added: 11 Oct 2022

Equity firm establishes Ruplas Group with remit to acquire converters in “very fragmented” sector

Synthetic rubber futures pricing in general retreat

Added: 11 Oct 2022

All rubber commodities monitored by ERJ registered decline in prices last week

Korean institute claims tire-wear measurement advance

Added: 11 Oct 2022

“World’s first integrated measurement of exhaust and non-exhaust particulate matter emissions”

UK rubber company J-Flex under new ownership

Added: 11 Oct 2022

Management buyout sees Retford business now controlled by Clockpress Holding

Interview: Dow working towards a low-carbon economy

Added: 11 Oct 2022

Dr Olaf Henschke Elastomers discusses advances in process technology, chemical recycling and the in…

Electrification shaking up rubber auto-parts sector

Call for input: Rubber developments for vehicles of the future

Added: 10 Oct 2022

We are asking machinery makers, materials suppliers and processors to identify significant elastome…

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

EU sanctions target range of rubber-industry imports

Added: 10 Oct 2022

Imports of rubber chemicals, machinery and products on latest trade restrictions list

NR futures close higher amid monsoon fears

Added: 10 Oct 2022

Prices continue to strengthen though China exchanges closed for week-long holiday

Pirelli starts headhunting for new leader

Pirelli names new chairman as Sinochem boss resigns

Added: 10 Oct 2022

Li Fanrong proposed for the position as Ning Gaoning steps down

Avon wins €80m deal for helmet supply to US army

Avon secures €40m US army deal for helmets

Added: 10 Oct 2022

Initial delivery for “next-generation” ballistic helmets set for first quarter of 2023

Washington — The US Department of Commerce is recommending stiff tariffs on steel imports into the US, encouraging representatives of the domestic steel industry but alarming US tire manufacturers dependent on imported tire-grade steel cord.

Imports cloud looms over EU tire makers

Added: 10 Oct 2022

Perfect storm of challenges could leave Europe open to major rise in imports from overseas car and …

Covestro optimising PU foaming process with ‘digital simulations’

Added: 10 Oct 2022

Technology helps shorten development cycles, reduce complexity and costs

DuPont performance materials sales drops in 2016

DuPont, Rogers acquisition deal held by China regulation authority

Added: 7 Oct 2022

The €4.5bn deal has received all other regulatory approvals

NR markets finish 2017 with a whimper

ANRPC lowers rubber production outlook on Thai ‘substantial revision’

Added: 7 Oct 2022

Association expects demand to increase at a rate of 2.3% to 14,786 million tonnes

EU automotive industry issues Brexit “cliff-edge” warning

EU car industry calls for “urgent policy action” as sales set to decline

Added: 7 Oct 2022

ACEA revises down forecast to 1% decline year-on-year to 9.6 million units

Pyrum set to commission expansion at flagship tire recycling plant

Added: 7 Oct 2022

ELT pyrolysis company receives official operating licence for the project in Dillingen

Italian domestic machinery market continues growth

European rubber & plastics machinery industry “well-positioned despite crisis”

Added: 6 Oct 2022

Euromap anticipates 21% increase in polymer demand by 2026

Tatneft unveils €112m expansion at Kama Tyres plant

Tatneft expands scope of Kazakh tire project

Added: 6 Oct 2022

Future phases to include manufacture of rubber products, farm tires

Michelin unveils two road-approved 'highly sustainable' tires

Added: 6 Oct 2022

Passenger car tire and bus tire contain 45% and 58% sustainable materials respectively

ECHA calls for evidence on restriction of MOCA

Added: 6 Oct 2022

Substance used as curing agent for polyurethane prepolymers in manufacture of urethane rubber produ…