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Workers start strike at four Elkem sites
Added: 16 Aug 2022
Norwegian supplier ‘working to evaluate’ operational impacts

Apollo reports double-digit growth in sales, earnings
Added: 15 Aug 2022
Tighter control on costs, pricing helps offset increase in raw material prices

Pirelli expects to offset rising costs in second half
Added: 15 Aug 2022
Casaluci: “We will more than cover all the inflation with price/mix and efficiencies…”
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Zeon elastomer profits down on lower volumes, latex decline
Added: 15 Aug 2022
Japanese group reports sales up 10% driven by price adjustments

Rubber futures in the doldrums
Added: 15 Aug 2022
JPX reports “no clear market direction, keeping many traders on the side-line.”

Kuraray raising prices for liquid rubber
Added: 15 Aug 2022
Adjustment prompted by 'extra-ordinary increases' in raw materials, freight costs

Bridgestone, Microsoft extend collaboration to advance tire analytics
Added: 15 Aug 2022
Japanese group to use Microsoft Azure to better understand tire wear and casing condition

Wacker bringing bio-based silicone rubbers to K expo
Added: 15 Aug 2022
ERJ spotlights rubber-related technologies lined up for K2022, the world’s largest plastics & rubbe…

Virtual tire development delivering real gains for Pirelli
Added: 14 Aug 2022
Italian tire maker reports 30% reduction in material development times through use of AI technologi…

Cabot looks into expansion, M&As for next phase of growth
Shahrzad Pourriahi | Added: 12 Aug 2022
Carbon black supplier sees substantial increase in demand amid war woes

Bridgestone investing €26m in SE Asia NR plantations
Added: 12 Aug 2022
Group to introduce “elite trees” to double harvest volume

Cooper Standard in link-up for EV fluid control technology
Added: 12 Aug 2022
Signs joint development agreement with Italian thermal management systems maker Industrie Saleri
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Yokohama sales, profit up amid headwinds
Added: 12 Aug 2022
Japanese tire manufacturer raises outlook for full year

Analysis: What next for China’s Covid-hit tire markets?
Added: 12 Aug 2022
Tire makers hoping to avoid return to challenges that emerged during the first half of 2022

Toyo revises up annual forecast as Serbia plant starts production
Added: 11 Aug 2022
North America performs strongly amid robust demand

EU lowers PAH limit in rubber infill for synthetic turf
Added: 11 Aug 2022
Regulation covers eight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in rubber granules

Sumitomo Rubber profits drop 53%
Added: 11 Aug 2022
Sales up despite OE drop in Japan, China’s Covid resurgence

DuPont to add biopharma silicone tubing plant in China
Added: 11 Aug 2022
Move follows opening of new production facility in South Carolina

Bridgestone revises up outlook on strong tire sales
Added: 10 Aug 2022
But Japanese group expects challenging business environment to continue in third quarter

Cabot rubber blacks unit buoyed by strong demand, pricing
Added: 10 Aug 2022
Negotiations with key tire customers started early, multi-year contracts reached