Latest News


Halcyon Agri in €28m deal to acquire RCMA’s polymer business

IRSG in link-up to support rubber sustainability research

Added: 6 Sep 2022

Rubber study group to work with NTU on traceability of natural rubber

 ExxonMobil chemical plant Baytown, Texas

ExxonMobil 400ktpa elastomer unit now 'to start up in 2023'

Added: 5 Sep 2022

Vistamaxx olefinic elastomers plant part of $2bn expansion at chemical company’s Baytown site

Sumitomo Rubber advances high-precision measuring of sulphur compounds

Added: 5 Sep 2022

Technology to help accelerate development of high performance tires

KraussMaffei Berstorff relocating HQ in Hanover

KraussMaffei moves into new plastics & rubber machinery plant

Added: 5 Sep 2022

Relocation of operations to Laatzen is expected to be completed by December, without stopping produ…

Kordsa opens new tire cord facility in Indonesia

Kordsa adding tire cord capacity at US plant

Added: 5 Sep 2022

Turkish manufacturer sees growing demand in North America

BASF, Sabic and Linde start construction on large-scale demo e-cracker

Added: 5 Sep 2022

Technology has potential to reduce CO2 emissions by at least 90% compared to conventional steam cra…

K Show to return to Düsseldorf in 2022 

ERJ Guide to RUBBER EXHIBITORS at K2022

Added: 5 Sep 2022

ERJ listing of major elastomer- and rubber-focused players in the line-up for the K2022 expo. 

Volatile NR markets see prices slip further

Physical rubber markets decline on rising supply, weak demand

Added: 2 Sep 2022

Far East futures markets monitored by ERJ decline over two-week period

French compounder Benvic to have new owners

Added: 2 Sep 2022

International Chemical Investors Group acquiring company from PVC Europe

Gates increasing presence in Poland

Added: 2 Sep 2022

Industrial parts manufacturer looking to expand Wroclaw office location

Automation experts join J2A judging panel

Bridgestone taps AWS to progress digital mobility solutions

Added: 2 Sep 2022

Collaboration aims to create "a Bridgestone marketplace" for fleet operators

Freudenberg serves up new food-contact fluoroelastomer

Added: 2 Sep 2022

Offers “outstanding resistance” to various aggressive media that can degrade EPDM and HNBR rubber m…

Return of ‘real’ trade fairs delivers for Desma

Added: 2 Sep 2022

Moulding machinery makers aims to build on success of DKT2022 in Nuremberg

Lion Elastomers seeking new leader after CEO resigns

Lion Elastomers expansion project to support EPDM customers 

Added: 1 Sep 2022

Project expected to reach full commercial production before yearend

Omnova sells rubber facility in India

Wanhua gains regulatory approval for €2.5bn chemicals plant

Added: 1 Sep 2022

Facility to produce “high-end polyolefin products”, including 400ktpa of elastomers

QEW acquires Dutch rubber compounder

IRSG foresees 2.4% annual growth in rubber demand to 2030

Added: 1 Sep 2022

‘Deceleration’ in tire sector impacting overall rubber consumption in 2022

Conti advances alternative to chloroprene rubber in drive belts

Added: 1 Sep 2022

German manufacturer says new synthetic rubber compound enables 50% lower CO2 emissions

Linglong opens subsidiaries in Luxembourg and Mexico

Linglong rolls off first tires at Serbian factory

Added: 31 Aug 2022

Company progresses China plants, plans to add further off-road capacity

Mitsui Chemicals to build new elastomer plant in Singapore

Added: 31 Aug 2022

Jurong Island facility to produce 120ktpa of “high performance elastomers” by 2024

Ansell announces decision to exit Russia

Added: 31 Aug 2022

Protection equipment supplier opened factory in Tula in 2021