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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

European rubber & plastics machinery industry “well-positioned despite crisis”
Added: 6 Oct 2022
Euromap anticipates 21% increase in polymer demand by 2026

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…

ERJ Elastomers for Sustainability E4S VI
Added: 5 Oct 2022
To enter a project for the next E4S Top 10 programme, please complete the entry form by 14 October
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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