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Marangoni Group announces death of former CEO
Added: 22 Jul 2022
Massimo De Alessandri passed away unexpectedly at the age of 58, said the Italian company

Conti rubber units meet second-quarter sales expectations
Added: 21 Jul 2022
But preliminary figures note significant impairment for Tires group in Russia, restructuring costs …

Mitsui Chemicals boss sees bright prospects for polyolefin elastomers
Added: 21 Jul 2022
Tafmer materials making inroads in “fiercely competitive” market for solar cell encapsulants
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Goodyear boldly goes to develop tires for future Moon rovers
Added: 21 Jul 2022
Designing vehicle tires for extreme lunar conditions as part of Lockheed Martin project

Toyoda Gosei opens sealing products plant in China
Added: 21 Jul 2022
Manufacturing subsidiary moves to larger weatherstrip plant in a new central China location
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New Monolith funding round nets over $300m
Added: 20 Jul 2022
Backing for expansion of cleantech projects, including 120-160 ktpa carbon black facility by 2024
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Italy report shows 26% rise in rubber machinery sales
Added: 20 Jul 2022
‘Machines and moulds for rubber’ contributed €246m to last year’s polymer processing equipment reve…

GRI advances $100m expansion of Sri Lanka tire production site
Added: 20 Jul 2022
Phase II increases capacity by 10% to meet demand from overseas agriculture industries

BASF green lights €10bn petrochemical project in China
Added: 20 Jul 2022
Construction phase at Zhanjiang will focus on steam cracker and several downstream plants

Kraton charts performance on key sustainability metrics
Added: 20 Jul 2022
Sustainability Report 2021 tracks progress towards meeting targets for waste, water and greenhouse …

Trelleborg completes remote installation for deepwater energy project
Added: 20 Jul 2022
Upgrade of navigation and positioning systems for FPSOoperator in Angola

US commission clears nitrile rubber importers
Added: 19 Jul 2022
Commerce department had determined materials from France, Mexico, and South Korea were being sold u…

Schwalbe steps up “world first” tire recycling system
Added: 19 Jul 2022
Collection step added to project with Technical University of Cologne and pyrolysis company Pyrum
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Chemours advances fluoroelastomer production process
Added: 19 Jul 2022
Technology employs non-fluorinated polymerisation aid to produce Viton APA grades

Elkem to absorb energy plant subsidiary into group
Added: 19 Jul 2022
Salten Energigjenvinning to be dissolved as a legal entity under ‘merger plan’

Hexpol sales increase 41% in second quarter
Added: 17 Jul 2022
Strong business development, sales to automotive-related customers “remained pending”

Rubber futures “down sharply” on global economic woes
Added: 17 Jul 2022
JPX reports “robust speculative and fresh selling” last week in China

Synthos exec joins board of Tyre Recycling Solutions
Added: 17 Jul 2022
Appointment of Matteo Marchisio to help partners deliver sustainable tire recycling to automotive i…

BASF develops technology to remove pyrolysis oil contaminants
Added: 17 Jul 2022
Targeted at plastics, but can also be used to upgrade tire-recycling streams

Sensata develops Bluetooth low energy TPMS systems
Added: 15 Jul 2022
Tire pressure monitoring systems for automotive OEMs