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Maplan set for record 2022 despite market challenges

Added: 27 Oct 2022

Amid subdued markets, CEO reports “unbelievable number of new customers, new projects…”

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 engineered elastomer composites line 

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…

Rubber machinery sector bounces back

European replacement tire volumes dip in third quarter

Added: 26 Oct 2022

ETRMA foresees potential "market reversal" and challenging year ahead

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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 expects 10% drop in machinery sales this year

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

Dynasol “progressing” synthetic rubber expansion project

Butadiene market ‘heading for years of subdued pricing’

Added: 25 Oct 2022

US analyst notes “tremendous amount of capacity additions in over the next couple of years…”

Hankook’s Q2 sales, earnings drop

Hankook commits to science-based targets initiative

Added: 25 Oct 2022

Tire maker aims to halve Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 2030

EU hopeful on US automotive-tariff threat

ETRMA, EU bodies warn of energy crisis impact on automotive industry

Added: 24 Oct 2022

Grouping of five associations calls for political action to support “backbone of the EU economy”

Hexpol on growth track as sales, earnings improve

Added: 24 Oct 2022

But margins remain under pressure amid rising costs, changing demand

Schwalbe targets 2023 for commercial scale rCB tires

Added: 24 Oct 2022

German bicycle tire brand advances sustainability goals with first CSR report