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LehVoss commissions new lab, pilot plant building

Lehvoss Group adds compounding facility in China

Added: 12 Sep 2022

German compounder builds new ‘high-tech’ centre in Shenzhen, southeastern China

EU approval for medical-device silicone incorporating nanotubes

Added: 12 Sep 2022

OCSiAl says graphene-enhanced conductive silicone product complies with RoHS Directive

Datwyler eyes innovative elastomer technologies with Swiss acquisition

Added: 9 Sep 2022

CTsystems is a startup specialised in electroactive polymers

US to review import duties on tires from Korea, Taiwan, Thailand

Added: 9 Sep 2022

Department of Commerce expects final results by July 2023

BASF offering carbon footprint data for polymer additives

Added: 9 Sep 2022

Service will include Irganox light stabilising additives, which can be used in rubber applications

Synthos to cut ESBR production by 30% amid gas supply woes

Added: 8 Sep 2022

Polish supplier cites “unsustainable and unpredictable utility costs” for decision

Avon Rubber expects 40% rise in half-year sales 

Avon reports better second-half trading on body armour test approval

Added: 8 Sep 2022

Group making “good progress” in search for new CEO

Harta targets future growth after huge jump in sales, earnings

Malaysian association says rubber gloves “poised to make a comeback”

Added: 8 Sep 2022

Kuala Lumpur launches "world’s largest" joint glove and rubber event

Dutch study says synthetic turfs “safe”

ETRMA notes regulatory process for ban on rubber infill

Added: 8 Sep 2022

European Commission set to start debate on proposed ban with regulatory process to conclude in mid-…

Enviro mulls construction of tire recycling plant in Sweden 

Waste tire recycler Enviro appoints new finance chief

Added: 8 Sep 2022

Staffan Kullberg to support commercialisation of company’s pyrolysis technology

EU hopeful on US automotive-tariff threat

UK new car market ends five months of decline

Added: 8 Sep 2022

Automotive industry urges new prime minister to ‘restore confidence’

K2022: MARIS to present two-step, devulcanisation process

Added: 8 Sep 2022

Italian extruder manufacturer's system designed to produce devulcanised rubber with very high-quali…

Bridgestone announces €120m expansion plan in Brazil

Update: Bridgestone to expand Brazilian passenger car tire plant again

Added: 7 Sep 2022

Investment in addition to €120m project announced in 2021

Synthetic rubber prices strengthen following August declines

Added: 7 Sep 2022

All commodities monitored by ERJ gain slightly over last week

Tokai Carbon building new carbon black plant in Thailand

Added: 7 Sep 2022

Manufacturer to relocate existing production operations to Rayong site by April 2025

Shah Alam, Malaysia – Higher raw material prices have driven down annual profit at Malaysian rubber gloves manufacturer Top Glove Corp. Bhd, despite a strong fourth quarter performance and higher sales volumes in 2017.

Supermax expects ‘continued consolidation’ in gloves industry as markets normalise

Added: 7 Sep 2022

Malaysian manufacturer posts 97% profit decline in fourth quarter

Reclaimed rubber flooring company to build US factory

Added: 7 Sep 2022

Ecore planning a $25m truck tire recycling and manufacturing facility in Alabama

SNCP backs French tire-granulate safety report

Industry dismay at EC move to ban on rubber infill materials

Added: 6 Sep 2022

Unexpected decision threatens to undermine key value-chains for tire and rubber recycling in Europe

Yokohama resumes tire production operations in Russia

Shahrzad Pourriahi | Added: 6 Sep 2022

Japanese tire maker suspended activities at the Lipetsk site in March

Rubber futures record sharp fall amid spike in volumes

Added: 6 Sep 2022

JPX: “Prices continued to drift lower all week as overseas rubber prices sank to new lows”