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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

Rubber prices weaken amid concerns over China, gloves market
Added: 15 Jul 2022
China Covid concerns persist while gloves oversupply drives down latex demand

Momentive to relocate corporate HQ, add R&D centre
Added: 15 Jul 2022
Silicones supplier expanding lab capabilities and co-locating teams

Oysters to enhance rubber sustainability
Shahrzad Pourriahi | Added: 15 Jul 2022
Biesterfeld says filler made from oyster shells can lower CO2 footprint by 80-90%

JK Tyre names Anuj Kathuria as new president
Added: 15 Jul 2022
Kathuria joins with 31 years of experience in automotive industry

Cabot exec sees 'light at end of tunnel' for automotive OE market
Shahrzad Pourriahi | Added: 14 Jul 2022
Strong replacement market, signs OE recovery 'give confidence' amid current uncertainties