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Enviro, Michelin agree terms for strategic partnership

Enviro advances plan for second tire recycling plant in Sweden

Added: 28 Sep 2022

Final investment decision still dependent on securing ELT supplies, logistics agreements

Rubber futures continue to gain

Added: 28 Sep 2022

Second week of closing higher as Chinese market picks up

Hankook debuts 30% sustainable material Formual E tires

Added: 28 Sep 2022

Korean tire maker takes over from Michelin to become exclusive tire supplier of the event

Flexsys on growth path despite ‘turbulent’ environment

Added: 28 Sep 2022

Tire additives supplier unlocks additional insoluble sulphur and antidegradant capacity

New plant breeder joins Conti’s dandelion rubber project

Added: 28 Sep 2022

‘Internationally active’ Kartoffelzucht Boehm is specialised in the breeding of cultivated plants

‘Light at end of tunnel’ for synthetic rubber makers

Added: 27 Sep 2022

Easing in supply-side inflation, energy prices, fiscal measures to support “modest growth” in 2023,…

Arkema raising elastomer production capacity by 40%

Added: 27 Sep 2022

French materials supplier notes increasing demand for bio-based grades derived from renewable casto…

Leoni opens new innovation centre to address future mobility

Added: 27 Sep 2022

Integrated processes and automation in production to boost productivity

SBR, EPDM prices decline as synthetic rubber market steadies

Added: 27 Sep 2022

Other commodities post slight improvements in European trading over the past week

Huebner claims ‘world first’ with steering system for trams on rubber wheels

Added: 27 Sep 2022

New technology controls six axles of high-capacity buses in urban areas

India extends anti-dumping duties on rubber chemicals from EU, China

India to extend China tire duties for another three years

Added: 26 Sep 2022

Sunset review covers new tires larger than 16" for truck & bus applications

Japan sulphur products supplier Tsurumi expands with acquisition

Added: 26 Sep 2022

Tokyo-based manufacturer buying insoluble sulphur business of Nippon Kanryu Industry

Goodyear investing $125m in commercial, earthmover tire expansion

Added: 26 Sep 2022

Project to see Topeka, Kansas facility modernised, 40 new jobs created

Asahi Kasei reports modest rise in profits

Europe tire share prices tell tough story

Added: 26 Sep 2022

Recovery in stock market values knocked back sharply by global pandemic, then war in Ukraine

Technip, Agilyx advance polystyrene chemical recycling technology

Added: 26 Sep 2022

"All-in-one" solution combines Agilyx pyrolysis technology and Technip’s purification process

Expert says NR demand to grow 3.2% in 2015

Mixed response to European Parliament's inclusion of rubber in deforestation law

Added: 23 Sep 2022

ETRMA renews call for “more effective approach to traceability”…

Akwel increases turnover 26% in first half

Akwel earnings down amid soaring materials, energy costs

Added: 23 Sep 2022

Sales improve marginally but market remains “widely disrupted”

Bridgestone expanding US retread tire plant

Added: 23 Sep 2022

Tire maker to invests $60m in additional equipment, increasing number of working days

Omnova sells rubber facility in India

UK chemicals industry gives “cautious welcome” to energy support bill

Added: 23 Sep 2022

CIA says six-month relief not enough to cover increasing costs

Arkema TPE powers Decathlon’s performance running brand

Added: 23 Sep 2022

Pebax TPEs consist of polyamide and polyether backbone blocks, which offer very low material densit…