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Wacker unveils €100m silicone rubber expansion

Wacker opens new silicones production site in India

Added: 6 Jul 2022

New facility to double Indian output over the medium-term

Cabot, Evonik among Michelin supplier award winners

Apollo welcomes India’s move to tighten tire standards

Added: 6 Jul 2022

Tires will need to meet standards for rolling resistance, wet grip and noise

Michelin takes lead in European plastics chemical recycling initiative

Added: 6 Jul 2022

WhiteCycle to process ‘complex’ mixed post-consumer waste for use in new tires, hoses

Bridgestone names new Japan tire business head

Bridgestone says achieved 2022 targets ahead of plan

Added: 6 Jul 2022

Japanese group closer to ‘building a strong Bridgestone’

At the Nyíregyháza site, which manufactures air spring systems, ContiTech has invested €16 million in upgrading the 4000 m2 production space to be completed this year.

ContiTech announces major restructuring of hose business

Added: 5 Jul 2022

Up to 870 jobs to be impacted in consolidation programme

Pirelli leads on environmental strategy in Italy

Pirelli to launch car tires with lignin reinforcing filler

Added: 5 Jul 2022

'Industrial process optimised for scale-up and utilisation in car tire products by the end of 2022.…

ERJ Synthetic Rubber Price Tracker

Added: 5 Jul 2022

New ERJ weekly data section tracking pricing developments of key synthetic rubber materials in Euro…

 Arlanxeo’s Changzhou site

Arlanxeo targets new routes to sustainable elastomers

Added: 5 Jul 2022

“We are investigating options for all of our polymers, including but not limited to EPDM and NBR…”

Opinion: A new "golden age" for passenger tire retreading

US tire makers back legislative proposal to incentivise retreading

Added: 5 Jul 2022

USTMA: Retreading of commercial tires in the US market has steadily decreased over the last 25 year…

European Compounding Survey - deadline approaching

Added: 5 Jul 2022

If you would like to participate in the survey but have not received an invitation, please contact …

Aeolus entrusted with majority stake in Prometeon

Aeolus acquires 38% share in Prometeon Tyre Group

Shahrzad Pourriahi | Added: 4 Jul 2022

Purchase gives the company full technical control of Italian tire maker

Oman announces €200m tire recycling project

Added: 4 Jul 2022

Deal with Al Fairuz Projects and Investments to establish rubber powder production plant

Technology: Freudenberg advances electrolyser seals for hydrogen production

Added: 4 Jul 2022

Elastomeric gaskets overmoulded on to composite and metal electrolyser stack plates in a four-step …

Toyo announces leadership reshuffle

Toyo makes leadership changes in North America

Added: 4 Jul 2022

Appointments announced as Donald Bunn retires after 17 years with company

Huntsman develops dosing system for mixing recyclates in elastomers

Added: 4 Jul 2022

New technology for cast elastomers can include up to 25% recycled content

Continental to build $40m hydraulic hose production facility in Mexico

Added: 1 Jul 2022

New plant to address “over-proportional growth” in North America

WDK names Pirelli official as new president

Added: 1 Jul 2022

Michael Wendt to succeed Anish Taneja as leader of German rubber industry association

ANRPC notes rubber shortfall but "bearish" demand

Rubber markets slide as rubber gloves makers struggle with oversupply

Added: 1 Jul 2022

Concerns over demand from China further weighs on prices

Enviro to start supply of pyrolysis oil following REACH approval

Added: 1 Jul 2022

Swedish tire recycler to provide oil to “a leading US oil company”

ECHA names new executive director

Added: 1 Jul 2022

Dr Sharon McGuinness joins the agency from Ireland’s Health & Safety Authority