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Kemya, Continental Carbon start Saudi carbon black plant

Tosoh to expand chloroprene rubber capacity under new business plan

Added: 24 Aug 2022

Recent debottlenecking project raised capacity of company's CR plant to 37ktpa

Sabic, SK increasing polyolefin elastomer capacity

Added: 24 Aug 2022

Korean plant to increase production capacity for polyolefin materials by 43% 

Pirelli reportedly divides production at Russian plant - DRAFT

Pirelli boss explains company’s position in Russia

Added: 24 Aug 2022

Tronchetti Provera: 'Other tire manufacturers did not have the same distribution channels…' 

Flexitallic acquires Australia seals maker

Added: 24 Aug 2022

Addition of Novus “expands global reach” of UK sealing products group

New York City installs rubber cycle lane defenders

Added: 24 Aug 2022

Rosehill Highways supplies solid rubber separators from recycled tires

Chinese warehouse fire sparks NR price rally

India sees ‘urgent need’ for rubber cultivation expansion

Added: 23 Aug 2022

Rubber board has identified “a vast stretch of land” in Bengal for rubber plantation

Synthetic rubber materials on downward track

Added: 23 Aug 2022

Prices fall on declining demand, bearish feedstocks 

Kumho Petrochemical, Agilyx partner to develop ‘eco-SSBR’

Kumho Petrochemical announces €5.5bn investment for future growth

Added: 23 Aug 2022

Korean supplier to ‘solidify’ position in nitrile butadiene latex, SSBR markets

Enso rolls out pay-per-mile tire for electric taxis

Added: 23 Aug 2022

Partners with Zeti to offer tire with improved performance, while reducing running costs and enviro…

Sumitomo Rubber 2020 forecast up on Q3 improvements

Sumitomo Rubber to terminate China truck & bus tire operations

Shahrzad Pourriahi | Added: 22 Aug 2022

Tire manufacturer to “fully concentrate” on passenger cars, EV tires in China

ERJ Top 10 Stories of the Week (9 - 13 March)

Rubber futures hit by excess supply, global economic concerns

Added: 22 Aug 2022

JPX links decline last week to “mountains of bearish news” from China and elsewhere

Report: Indonesia to build €88m rubber oil refinery

Scientists advance efficient butadiene production

Added: 22 Aug 2022

New lithium bromide catalyst process to produce BD from butane

Natural rubber price tracker: Markets improve

Surging costs hit earnings at Japanese rubber major

Added: 22 Aug 2022

'World’s largest wiper blade rubbers maker' Fukoku posts 67% drop in operating profit

New horizons for expanded Synthos rubber group

Added: 22 Aug 2022

Acquisition of Trinseo business has strengthened the synthetic rubber maker’s capabilities in the f…

German rubber sales up 3.5% despite lower tire volumes

ContiTech to save €25m a year from realigned automotive parts ops

Added: 22 Aug 2022

'Low three-digit million euro' restructuring programme to deliver significant annual savings by 202…

K Show to return to Düsseldorf in 2022 

Lehvoss to present new collaborations and products at K2022

Added: 21 Aug 2022

Focus areas include flame retardants, rice husk silica and bio-based fillers and additives

Washington — The US Department of Commerce is recommending stiff tariffs on steel imports into the US, encouraging representatives of the domestic steel industry but alarming US tire manufacturers dependent on imported tire-grade steel cord.

India advised to extend ESBR anti-dumping duties

Added: 19 Aug 2022

Initially introduced in 2017, duties apply to EU, Korea and Thai suppliers 

Rubber trade dispute widens as Mexico launches investigation

WDK calls for urgent solution to ‘long approval procedures’ in gas emergency

Added: 19 Aug 2022

Companies face extensive 'red tape' process when switching from gas to oil

Porsche, Michelin pursue ‘sustainable natural rubber’ in Indonesia

Rubber markets fall on lower China demand, global economic woes

Added: 19 Aug 2022

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

Azelis appoints US rubber & plastics additives boss

Azelis acquiring Turkish rubber additives distributor

Added: 19 Aug 2022

Dağaltı described as “leader in rubber & rubber additives in domestic market”