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Rubber pricing review: A Fiat 500 for €100k?
Added: 19 Apr 2022
Materials buyers say ‘prices exploding, difficult to sort valid increases from opportunistic ones’
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Q&A: IRSG Nextgen Leaders programme
Added: 19 Apr 2022
Interview with Veronika Beer, participant in initiative to bring new vision and leadership to the r…

Bridgestone carbon-capture link-up to advance ELT recycling
Added: 14 Apr 2022
Partnership with LanzaTech to upscale technology for generating feedstock from end-of-life tires

Material gaps on K2022 exhibitors list
Added: 14 Apr 2022
Arlanxeo not exhibiting, question marks over showings of other polymer majors

Injection moulding machinery makers test real-time OPC spec
Added: 14 Apr 2022
Euromap: Plugfest showed "where the specification still has weaknesses...”
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Ukraine crisis clouds positive first quarter for EU tire makers
Added: 13 Apr 2022
ETRMA reports strong growth in most market segments but notes challenges ahead

Shin-Etsu adding 10% to prices for all silicone products
Added: 13 Apr 2022
Japanese supplier lists range of factors driving up the cost of manufacturing materials

Rubber products ban part of new EU sanctions on Russia
Added: 13 Apr 2022
Latest measures against Putin regime include import bans on tires and wide range of rubber-based in…

MESNAC reports major gains in sales and earnings
Added: 13 Apr 2022
Growth in rubber equipment business and new chemical industry subsidiary

Kuraray raising prices of elastomer materials
Added: 13 Apr 2022
Japanese company links the move to increasing feedstock prices, utility and logistics costs

Shin-Etsu Chemical advances one-component LSR
Added: 13 Apr 2022
Liquid silicone rubber product claimed to offer improved cure properties and safety

New EU sanctions prompt Nokian to accelerate production plans
Added: 12 Apr 2022
Ramping up production capacity in Finland and US in response to Russia trade bans

Continental to sell Project TREE tires in UK
Added: 12 Apr 2022
Pilot part of drive to improve transparency, sustainability in natural rubber supply-chain

Cooper Standard adds former Bridgestone exec to senior management team
Added: 12 Apr 2022
Shannon Quinn named vice president, chief commercial and strategy officer

Teijin floats 'sea-island' nanofibre reinforcement for tires, rubber goods
Added: 11 Apr 2022
Advanced fibre structure said to offer significant processing and performance advantages
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Concrete evidence supports role for ELT rubber in buildings
Added: 11 Apr 2022
UniSA team finds that tire recyclate offers safe, green alternative to conventional building materi…

Zochem to expand zinc oxide production
Added: 11 Apr 2022
Company to focus on sustainability in product offerings

Nokian makes €106m dividend cut to help fund new European plant
Added: 8 Apr 2022
Tire maker no longer investing in Russian production but factory remains open

Updated: Goodyear enters partnership to advance dandelion rubber in US
Added: 8 Apr 2022
Programme supported by department of defence and Air Force research lab

Trelleborg halts construction of sealings plant in Russia
Added: 8 Apr 2022
Swedish group says has ‘no manufacturing site or sales’ in the country