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Nokian Tyres raises full-year sales guidance
Added: 28 Oct 2022
Demand remains “good” as tire maker implements price increases

Shell, Zeon agree on supply of bio-butadiene for sustainable SSBR
Added: 28 Oct 2022
Japanese elastomers supplier working on certification of biomass-derived materials

Sumitomo Rubber claims vulcanisation chemistry advance
Added: 28 Oct 2022
Ring-structure discovery 'could improve the performance and property-retention of tire materials'
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Persian Gulf states step up waste tire recycling efforts
Added: 28 Oct 2022
Companies of the region detail operations to address build-up of ELTs

Michelin posts 20% growth in sales for first three quarters
Added: 27 Oct 2022
Volumes dip but passenger car tire revenues up 19%, truck & bus tires 20% higher...

Maplan set for record 2022 despite market challenges
Added: 27 Oct 2022
Amid subdued markets, CEO reports “unbelievable number of new customers, new projects…”
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Weber Schaer to distribute Arkema organic peroxides
Added: 27 Oct 2022
Effective Jan 2023, deal covers selected countries in northern, central and eastern Europe

Cabot expands elastomer range to enhance efficiency, durability
Added: 27 Oct 2022
US supplier introduces two new engineered elastomer composites for tire & rubber application

EU chemical industry “reaching breaking point”
Added: 27 Oct 2022
Cefic: Energy crisis at ‘an unsustainable level’ as Europe reports first ever chemical balance defi…

European replacement tire volumes dip in third quarter
Added: 26 Oct 2022
ETRMA foresees potential "market reversal" and challenging year ahead

HeveaConnect expanding beyond natural rubber trading with name change
Added: 26 Oct 2022
Company moves all NR-related products to new subsidiary Agridence Rubber

Rubber chemical listed in EU toxic waste regulation
Added: 26 Oct 2022
Short-chain chlorinated paraffin found in rubber products, such as conveyor belts, hoses, cables an…

Volvo Group spins out new 'automated TPMS' company
Added: 26 Oct 2022
Start-up Fyrqom a joint-venture business with Qamcom Group and inventor Roman Iustin

Toyobo elastomeric seating material for new Japanese ship
Added: 26 Oct 2022
3D structured fibre material consists of randomised loops of TPE filaments

Enviro tire recycling plant project gains construction permit
Added: 26 Oct 2022
Final decision on second ELT plant still depends on access to ELTs and deliveries of recovered mate…

Turkish tire machinery maker Uzer Makina opens US office
Added: 26 Oct 2022
Next target is to open workshop in ‘most appropriate’ location in Americas

Natural rubber futures prices take a tumble
Added: 25 Oct 2022
Speculators drive sharp decline in pricing as market sentiment turns distinctly bearish

VDMA working on ‘trustworthy’ data sharing platform for machinery
Added: 25 Oct 2022
Manufacturers, processors in particular, still very cautious of data sharing platforms

BASF boss Brudermueller re-elected as Cefic president
Added: 25 Oct 2022
Industry veteran says EU chemical sector "needs to re-invent" how it produces and what it produces …

Pyrum process "72% better" in Fraunhofer CO2 assessment
Added: 25 Oct 2022
CEO Klein: Data shows pyrolysis “is the leading method” for the recycling scrap tires
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