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Weir doubles rubber production at Malaysia plant
Added: 30 Sep 2022
Rubber products used in mining, minerals processing and industrial applications

Avon Protection names new executive chair to head company
Added: 30 Sep 2022
UK rubber-based products group say arrangement in place until new chief executive appointed

Yokohama Rubber exiting karting tires business
Added: 30 Sep 2022
Move part of Japanese tire maker’s “Transformation 2023” strategy

Evonik in link-up for industrial scale supply of rice ash silica to tire industry
Added: 29 Sep 2022
New plant, to be built in collaboration with Austrian and Thai partners, set for 2024 commissioning

India’s Epsilon Carbon adding 100ktpa of carbon black capacity
Added: 29 Sep 2022
New €70m investment to increase total production by 85%

New EU sanctions against Russia to impact tire & rubber sector?
Added: 29 Sep 2022
Eighth package of measures to include “sweeping new import bans” and crackdown on circumvention of …

SaarGummi expanding in Europe with Polish facilities move
Added: 29 Sep 2022
Signs contract with real estate group for lease of “tens of thousands of square metres of warehouse…

COG introduces new hydrogen seal materials
Added: 29 Sep 2022
EPDM and FKM compounds to meet demanding challenges around impermeability and in-use conditions

Frameless sealing ‘making inroads in premium automotive market’
Added: 29 Sep 2022
Cooper Standard says adoption being supported by trends around sustainability and electrification
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Enviro advances plan for second tire recycling plant in Sweden
Added: 28 Sep 2022
Final investment decision still dependent on securing ELT supplies, logistics agreements

Rubber futures continue to gain
Added: 28 Sep 2022
Second week of closing higher as Chinese market picks up

Hankook debuts 30% sustainable material Formual E tires
Added: 28 Sep 2022
Korean tire maker takes over from Michelin to become exclusive tire supplier of the event

Flexsys on growth path despite ‘turbulent’ environment
Added: 28 Sep 2022
Tire additives supplier unlocks additional insoluble sulphur and antidegradant capacity

New plant breeder joins Conti’s dandelion rubber project
Added: 28 Sep 2022
‘Internationally active’ Kartoffelzucht Boehm is specialised in the breeding of cultivated plants
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‘Light at end of tunnel’ for synthetic rubber makers
Added: 27 Sep 2022
Easing in supply-side inflation, energy prices, fiscal measures to support “modest growth” in 2023,…

Arkema raising elastomer production capacity by 40%
Added: 27 Sep 2022
French materials supplier notes increasing demand for bio-based grades derived from renewable casto…

Leoni opens new innovation centre to address future mobility
Added: 27 Sep 2022
Integrated processes and automation in production to boost productivity

SBR, EPDM prices decline as synthetic rubber market steadies
Added: 27 Sep 2022
Other commodities post slight improvements in European trading over the past week

Huebner claims ‘world first’ with steering system for trams on rubber wheels
Added: 27 Sep 2022
New technology controls six axles of high-capacity buses in urban areas

India to extend China tire duties for another three years
Added: 26 Sep 2022
Sunset review covers new tires larger than 16" for truck & bus applications