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Covestro names new CEO to replace Patrick Thomas

Covestro extends contract with CEO ahead of schedule

Added: 13 Jun 2022

Markus Steilemann to remain as chief executive for another five years

Cabot increases prices for speciality compounds globally

Sharp rise in China carbon black exports to Europe

Added: 10 Jun 2022

Trend signals needs for “major new investments in supply chain logistics, infrastructure”



Semperit opens new North America HQ, manufacturing facility

Added: 10 Jun 2022

Plant in Newnan, Georgia set to boost growth in the industrial sector

Hankook, Korean university to build data sharing platform

Pirelli to open ‘digital centre’ for software development

Added: 10 Jun 2022

Investment in southern Italian city of Bari foresees 50 new hires by 2025

Trelleborg supplies to Australian shiploader, berth replacement project

Added: 10 Jun 2022

Passive grout seals and grout packers prevent leakage to protect biodiversity of Great Barrier Reef

Rubber shares tracker: Ups & downs

Rubber industry environment ‘slowly becoming buyer’s market’

Added: 9 Jun 2022

Industry expert says prices of raw materials overall plateauing

 Toyoda Gosei showed a padded concept vehicle at the Tokyo Motor Show. Its rubber skin softens collisions.

Toyoda Gosei targets innovation, new mobility

Added: 9 Jun 2022

Group forms business alliance to advance ‘next-generation’ safety systems

Fenner acquires Australian conveyor parts maker

Added: 9 Jun 2022

Acquisition of Conveyor Products & Solutions to help Michelin company become ‘one-stop-shop’



UK car demand falls for third year

UK new car market declines amid supply constraints

Added: 9 Jun 2022

New car registrations decline 20.6% in “second weakest May in three decades”

Michelin launches cleantech park project at former German tire factory

Added: 8 Jun 2022

Bamberg site to house "renowned" companies, start-ups and research institutes, including the Fraunh…

Hexpol TPE expands circular portfolio with ocean waste range 

Added: 8 Jun 2022

Compounder partnered with Danish company Plastix for supply of recycled maritime plastic waste

DSM mulls sale of materials business to focus on health, bioscience

UK rubber group rebrands as IoM3 Elastomer Group

Added: 8 Jun 2022

Next online event on EV elastomers scheduled for mid-June

Goodyear to relocate Latin America HQ to Akron

Goodyear recalls over 173,000 tires in US

Added: 8 Jun 2022

Tread separation can cause a loss of vehicle control

NR markets finish 2017 with a whimper

ANRPC revises up rubber demand outlook

Added: 7 Jun 2022

But warns that geopolitical developments and Covid-19 could hamper growth

Nokian expedites plans for new tire capacity in Europe

Added: 7 Jun 2022

Tire maker halted investment in Russian factory following Ukraine war

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India to launch e-trading platform for natural rubber

Added: 7 Jun 2022

mRube, supported by the Indian Rubber Board, to will go live 8 June

Michelin names new director for German truck tire plant

Added: 7 Jun 2022

Michelin names new director for German truck tire plant

Toyo Europe reorganises ahead of production launch in Serbia

Added: 6 Jun 2022

New holding company to strengthen governance in Europe

TPC completes second phase of butadiene plant start-up

Butadiene supplier TPC files for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

Added: 6 Jun 2022

"Comprehensive pre-arranged financial restructuring" to resolve liabilities arising from 2019 Port …

Global ZnO market to reach 1.4m tonnes in 2020

Merger creates ‘preeminent' global zinc chemicals supplier

Added: 6 Jun 2022

New York-based investment company Aterian combines US Zinc with EverZinc