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ERJ Elastomers for Sustainability E4S VI
Added: 5 Oct 2022
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Italian rubber & plastics machinery segment reports 10% growth in orders
Added: 5 Oct 2022
Amaplast anticipates positive development for third quarter of the year

Zeon raising rubber, elastomer prices
Added: 5 Oct 2022
Japanese supplier cites increasing costs as reason for price hikes

Kolon Industries completes tire cord expansion in Vietnam
Added: 5 Oct 2022
Group’s total production capacity rises to 103ktpa to meet post-Covid demand

Elkem opens new medical silicones facility
Added: 5 Oct 2022
South Carolina plant to produce ‘high purity’ silicone grades for medtech, pharma industries
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EU approves €130m funding for BASF renewable hydrogen project
Added: 5 Oct 2022
“Direct grant” to support installation of large-scale electrolyser at Ludwigshafen site
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Goodyear, BASF help Citroen take sustainability ‘to next level’
Added: 4 Oct 2022
EV features sustainable tire compound and recyclable thermoplastic polyurethane interior components

Styrene-butadiene rubber prices slide, EPDM recovers
Added: 4 Oct 2022
Other synthetic rubber commodities remain flat over one-week period

Conti claims top tire OE position in China
Added: 4 Oct 2022
Tire business reports significant growth in area of electric and premium vehicles

Goodyear reports fatality at US tire manufacturing plant
Added: 4 Oct 2022
Death of Topeka plant employee adds to number of fatal incidents at Goodyear US facilities over rec…

Evonik introduces new waste-tire elastomer for athletic shoes
Added: 4 Oct 2022
Vestamid eCo replaces 50% raw material with used tires and is produced with renewable energy

Kraton elastomer production hit by extended cracker shutdown
Added: 3 Oct 2022
LyondellBasell to delay restart of cracker at French petrochemicals site until early 2023

Rubber futures provide mixed picture ahead of China’s week-long holiday
Added: 3 Oct 2022
Commodity trades lower in Osaka but increases noted on Chinese SHFE and INE exchanges
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Klean establishes Australian subsidiary to advance tire recycling plants
Added: 3 Oct 2022
Canadian pyrolysis company eyeing “significant” projects in Melbourne and Sydney

Safic-Alcan extends distribution agreement for Nouryon additives
Added: 3 Oct 2022
Agreement covers marketing of crosslinking peroxides across EU

ExxonMobil expands healthcare products portfolio
Added: 3 Oct 2022
Extended range includes Vistamaxx performance polymers, speciality elastomers

Hutchinson opens aftersales site in France
Added: 3 Oct 2022
MRO centre in Blagnac to support aerospace industry as air traffic picks up

K2022 exhibitor profile – METRAVIB
Added: 3 Oct 2022
Manufacturer of dynamic mechanical analyzers to meet requirements of research and industry dealing …

Huebner opening “ultra-modern” elastomer compounding plant in Hungary
Added: 30 Sep 2022
Second Hungarian facility to offer products with improved fire protection properties

'Disruption continues to impact' Arlanxeo chloroprene rubber supply
Added: 30 Sep 2022
Synthetic rubber major issued force majeure after Dormagen feedstock outage in mid-August