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Kraton names ex-DuPont exec as new finance chief

Added: 11 Dec 2023

Eun-Mi Kim joins leadership team to support ‘transformative journey’

Trelleborg buys Dutch anti-vibration engineering firm

Trelleborg divests metal-components trading operation

Added: 11 Dec 2023

New owner “familiar with the business and wants to continue developing it”

Nokian tracking sustainability goals

Nokian Tyres signs €200m sustainability-linked credit facility

Added: 11 Dec 2023

Interest margin of the revolving credit facility will increase or decrease dependent on company’s m…

German rubber sales up 3.5% despite lower tire volumes

Conti 'cooperating with authorities' in hose quality investigations

Added: 8 Dec 2023

ContiTech self-reported ‘deviations' from standards in hose production last September

Michelin JV Symbio inaugurates first hydrogen fuel cell gigafactory

Added: 8 Dec 2023

French fuel cell specialist in JV agreement with Schaeffler to produce bipolar plates 

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Bridgestone European locations powered by renewable energy

Sumitomo Rubber sets new carbon neutrality targets across “entire supply chain”

Added: 8 Dec 2023

Defines 'scope 3' targets while raising other GHG emission goals to 2030

Trump to impose stiff steel, aluminium tariffs

ERJ: News stories of the week

Added: 8 Dec 2023

Most widely-read news reports posted on the European Rubber Journal website over the last seven days

US tire shipments likely to fall 18% in 2020

USTMA upgrades forecasts for passenger car tire market in 2023

Added: 7 Dec 2023

But US Tire Manufacturers Association expects year-on-year declines in light truck, truck tire segm…

Carbon black profits up, sales down at PCBL

Added: 7 Dec 2023

First half performance reflects business trends reported by other major producers in the sector

Enso plans to manufacture 'decarbonised' tires at new factory

Added: 7 Dec 2023

London-based start-up targets production at “brand-new carbon-neutral tire factory”

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Covestro modernising TDI plant in Germany

Added: 7 Dec 2023

German chemicals supplier to invest “double-digit-million euro” amount in Dormagen facility

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ContiTech looks east, reports marginal loss

Continental sets out strategic targets for ContiTech

Added: 7 Dec 2023

German group to review 'all options' for ContiTech’s automotive unit in mid-term strategy

Origin Materials axes 30% of workforce to bolster long-term prospects

Added: 7 Dec 2023

Sustainable carbon products company expects to incur $2.7 million in restructuring charges

Technology report: Compound interest

Added: 7 Dec 2023

HF analysis shows how tandem mixing technology can reduce energy costs and increase efficiency

Sailun advances 100ktpa off-road tire project in China

Added: 6 Dec 2023

Subsidiary Zhucheng Yongan Rubber Technology to convert existing site for production of OTR tires

European Tire Market - Supplier Survey

ETRMA calls for clarity over upcoming EU regulations

Added: 6 Dec 2023

Industry association urges policymakers to synchronise rules, avoid mish-mash of requirements on ti…

Opinion: Step up to the platform

VMI opens new service centre in Thailand

Added: 6 Dec 2023

Dutch tire & rubber machinery maker moves to larger, ‘high-tech’ facility in Chonburi

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Update: Synthetic rubber pricing data

Added: 6 Dec 2023

Weekly data compiled by ChemAnalyst based on selected commodity trading activity in Europe

Datwyler link-up targets sealing materials for hydrogen fuel cells

Added: 6 Dec 2023

Partners with bipolar plates manufacturer Hycco for “high performance and system-critical sealing m…

Michelin devises four-part growth strategy

Michelin still ‘committed to’ making tires in Germany

Added: 6 Dec 2023

“As home of technology-leading automotive industry, Germany remains an important location...”

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