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NR futures close higher amid monsoon fears
Added: 10 Oct 2022
Prices continue to strengthen though China exchanges closed for week-long holiday

Pirelli names new chairman as Sinochem boss resigns
Added: 10 Oct 2022
Li Fanrong proposed for the position as Ning Gaoning steps down

Avon secures €40m US army deal for helmets
Added: 10 Oct 2022
Initial delivery for “next-generation” ballistic helmets set for first quarter of 2023

Imports cloud looms over EU tire makers
Added: 10 Oct 2022
Perfect storm of challenges could leave Europe open to major rise in imports from overseas car and …

Covestro optimising PU foaming process with ‘digital simulations’
Added: 10 Oct 2022
Technology helps shorten development cycles, reduce complexity and costs

DuPont, Rogers acquisition deal held by China regulation authority
Added: 7 Oct 2022
The €4.5bn deal has received all other regulatory approvals

ANRPC lowers rubber production outlook on Thai ‘substantial revision’
Added: 7 Oct 2022
Association expects demand to increase at a rate of 2.3% to 14,786 million tonnes

EU car industry calls for “urgent policy action” as sales set to decline
Added: 7 Oct 2022
ACEA revises down forecast to 1% decline year-on-year to 9.6 million units

Pyrum set to commission expansion at flagship tire recycling plant
Added: 7 Oct 2022
ELT pyrolysis company receives official operating licence for the project in Dillingen

European rubber & plastics machinery industry “well-positioned despite crisis”
Added: 6 Oct 2022
Euromap anticipates 21% increase in polymer demand by 2026

Tatneft expands scope of Kazakh tire project
Added: 6 Oct 2022
Future phases to include manufacture of rubber products, farm tires

Michelin unveils two road-approved 'highly sustainable' tires
Added: 6 Oct 2022
Passenger car tire and bus tire contain 45% and 58% sustainable materials respectively

ECHA calls for evidence on restriction of MOCA
Added: 6 Oct 2022
Substance used as curing agent for polyurethane prepolymers in manufacture of urethane rubber produ…

ERJ Elastomers for Sustainability E4S VI
Added: 5 Oct 2022
To enter a project for the next E4S Top 10 programme, please complete the entry form by 14 October
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Italian rubber & plastics machinery segment reports 10% growth in orders
Added: 5 Oct 2022
Amaplast anticipates positive development for third quarter of the year

Zeon raising rubber, elastomer prices
Added: 5 Oct 2022
Japanese supplier cites increasing costs as reason for price hikes

Kolon Industries completes tire cord expansion in Vietnam
Added: 5 Oct 2022
Group’s total production capacity rises to 103ktpa to meet post-Covid demand

Elkem opens new medical silicones facility
Added: 5 Oct 2022
South Carolina plant to produce ‘high purity’ silicone grades for medtech, pharma industries
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EU approves €130m funding for BASF renewable hydrogen project
Added: 5 Oct 2022
“Direct grant” to support installation of large-scale electrolyser at Ludwigshafen site
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Goodyear, BASF help Citroen take sustainability ‘to next level’
Added: 4 Oct 2022
EV features sustainable tire compound and recyclable thermoplastic polyurethane interior components