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Synthos raising butadiene rubber capacity by 50%
Added: 1 Jun 2022
Projects to address shortages “creating huge difficulties for tire producers in Europe”
Lanxess JV in €3.7bn deal to buy DSM engineering materials unit
Added: 1 Jun 2022
German chemicals supplier to transfer high-performance materials business to JV
Rubber markets close higher as Shanghai lockdown comes to an end
Added: 1 Jun 2022
All major Far East markets monitored by ERJ report growth over the two weeks to 27 May
Rubber recyclate 'can double the life of sun-baked roads'
Added: 1 Jun 2022
Optimised bitumen-rubber blend shows enhanced resistance to UV and loading
Birla announces 200ktpa carbon black expansion
Added: 31 May 2022
Investment across multiple sites in Europe, Asia
German automotive suppliers voice concern over ‘cost pressure’
Added: 31 May 2022
Call on federal government to address "the existential energy price crisis"
Sustainability: Biomaterials to the fore in new E4S ranking
Added: 31 May 2022
The fifth staging of ERJ’s Top 10 ranking of materials science-based projects
Denka to raise styrene monomer prices
Added: 31 May 2022
"Business profits are deteriorating due to significant increases in costs..."
Nynas chief executive Bo Askvik steps down
Added: 31 May 2022
Company introduces Stein Ivar Bye as interim CEO
UK April car production falls 11%
Added: 31 May 2022
Decline driven by multiple factors, including chip shortage, model and structural changes
Goodyear ‘imagines’ airless tires by 2030
Added: 30 May 2022
Aims to produce “first 100% sustainable material and maintenance-free tire…”
Wacker to expand silicon metal production
Added: 30 May 2022
Norway site to increase capacity of product - a raw material for silicone rubber - by 50%
Cabot raising prices for silica products
Added: 30 May 2022
Price increase of 15% to come into effect 1 July
Nynas to sharpen focus in European markets
Added: 30 May 2022
Swedish refiner to also target 'selected products segments' in Americas, Asia Pacific
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Dow launches new mouldable optical silicone for automotive lights
Added: 30 May 2022
New material offers four times faster throughput compared to existing products
Wastefront secures ELT supply in UK, mulls European plant
Added: 27 May 2022
Gateway Resources to ensure “permanent supply” of waste tires for Sunderland recycling plant
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Leoni selling automotive cables business to Thai manufacturer
Added: 27 May 2022
Amongst other products, the unit supplies TPE-based and elatomeric cables to car manufacturers
Gates upgrades belt-drive technology for e-bikes
Added: 27 May 2022
Carbon-fibre reinforced belts employ “new” ethylene elastomer compounds
Expo news: The Tire Cologne
Added: 27 May 2022
News and updates from this week’s Tire Cologne international tire trade fair
Krahn to distribute UPM bio-fillers in DACH
Added: 27 May 2022
UPM launched ‘renewable functional fillers’ for rubber, plastics in October last year
