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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

Japan sulphur products supplier Tsurumi expands with acquisition
Added: 26 Sep 2022
Tokyo-based manufacturer buying insoluble sulphur business of Nippon Kanryu Industry

Goodyear investing $125m in commercial, earthmover tire expansion
Added: 26 Sep 2022
Project to see Topeka, Kansas facility modernised, 40 new jobs created

Europe tire share prices tell tough story
Added: 26 Sep 2022
Recovery in stock market values knocked back sharply by global pandemic, then war in Ukraine
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Technip, Agilyx advance polystyrene chemical recycling technology
Added: 26 Sep 2022
"All-in-one" solution combines Agilyx pyrolysis technology and Technip’s purification process
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Mixed response to European Parliament's inclusion of rubber in deforestation law
Added: 23 Sep 2022
ETRMA renews call for “more effective approach to traceability”…

Akwel earnings down amid soaring materials, energy costs
Added: 23 Sep 2022
Sales improve marginally but market remains “widely disrupted”

Bridgestone expanding US retread tire plant
Added: 23 Sep 2022
Tire maker to invests $60m in additional equipment, increasing number of working days