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Mixed picture in rubber markets as crude prices stabilise
Added: 1 Apr 2022
Markets decline in Shanghai and Singapore, as Japanese rubber futures gain 5%

Safic-Alcan names new chief executive
Added: 1 Apr 2022
Martial Lecat and Phillippe Combette to remain on supervisory board of French distributor

Teknor Apex launches recycled content TPEs
Added: 1 Apr 2022
Monprene RX CP-15100 series contains 25-35% post consumer recycled waste

Nokian planning to invest in new capacity in Europe
Added: 31 Mar 2022
Tire maker cutting dividend due to war in Ukraine

Orion raising rubber carbon black prices in Europe
Added: 31 Mar 2022
Company increasing carbon black oil surcharge, introducing a natural gas charge

Bridgestone wins US grant to advance guayule research
Added: 31 Mar 2022
Japanese tire maker looking to optimise desert shrub for increased rubber content

Goodyear invests in blockchain wireless networks specialist Nova Labs
Added: 31 Mar 2022
Move to help Goodyear advance connected mobility ambitions

ERJ Machinery Survey 2022 - Deadline approaching
Added: 30 Mar 2022
Tire and rubber equipment makers should reply by submission deadline of 8 April
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Wacker Silicones on a mission to double growth
Added: 30 Mar 2022
German group unveils new targets and expansion plans for division

Nike inches towards 10% rubber recycling goal
Added: 30 Mar 2022
Brand working with compound suppliers “to unlock high-performing recycled rubber options…”
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Peugeot taps additive manufacturing for car accessories
Added: 30 Mar 2022
Teams developed new flexible polymer for the purpose

Pyrum applies for secondary listing in Deutsche Börse
Added: 30 Mar 2022
Tire recycler expects the shares to begin trading in Frankfurt on 30 March

Freshfields advised Yokohama on €2bn TWS acquisition
Added: 30 Mar 2022
Transaction team led by the London-based firm’s Japan practice

Turkish hose maker Teklas opens second plant in Serbia
Added: 29 Mar 2022
Factory built on former Geox facility which closed in August last year

Malaysian gloves industry welcomes reopening of borders
Added: 29 Mar 2022
‘Transition to endemic phase’ to allow employment of foreign workers after two years

German chemicals industry cautions over 2022 outlook
Added: 29 Mar 2022
VCI warns of “serious repercussions” of Ukraine on economic development of industry

Asahi targets biomass feedstock for polyamide 6.6
Added: 29 Mar 2022
Project with US-based Genomatica could support development of bio-based tire reinforcement

Morocco signs €160m deals with automotive wiring, cable suppliers
Added: 28 Mar 2022
Eight agreements signed with five investors, including Yazaki, Sumitomo & Lear

Zeon to expand HNBR production capacity
Added: 28 Mar 2022
Company manufactures hydrogenated nitrile rubber under brand Zetpol

JK Tyre launches 'India's first' puncture-proof tires
Added: 28 Mar 2022
Technology claimed to be able to ‘self-repair multiple punctures’