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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…

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

Record exports for Italian rubber and plastics machinery sector

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 claims to be the world’s number one manufacturer of speciality rubber for applications such as automotive radiator hoses, fuel hoses, fan belts and oil seals.

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

Energy costs hit EU chemical exports

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

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

Tire shares tracker: Declines across the board

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 to relocate Latin America HQ to Akron

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

Klean progresses tire pyrolysis projects

Klean establishes Australian subsidiary to advance tire recycling plants

Added: 3 Oct 2022

Canadian pyrolysis company eyeing “significant” projects in Melbourne and Sydney