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Amaplast ‘alarmed’ by price hikes, raw materials shortage
Added: 7 Apr 2022
Three Italian associations call for “urgent action” to rethink Europe's industrial policies
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Update: India investigating four tire makers for alleged cartel activities
Added: 7 Apr 2022
Competition authority carried out raids at multiple sites across India

Freudenberg Sealing advances defect detection with new in-house technology
Added: 7 Apr 2022
Machine vision inspection system eliminates some process steps involved in quality control

UK car market declines in critical ‘new numberplate’ month
Added: 7 Apr 2022
Weakest March since 1998 as supply chain shortages constrain deliveries

Synthomer forms adhesives technologies division following Eastman deal closure
Added: 7 Apr 2022
Among other products, the unit produces Impera-branded hydrogenated resins for tire & rubber indust…

Dow announces global silicone capacity expansion
Added: 6 Apr 2022
Move in response to growing demand for mobility technologies

Conti claims breakthrough with large-scale production of rPET-based tires
Added: 6 Apr 2022
In-house technology industrialised “in just a few months”

Avon says Ukraine war highlighted ‘criticality of products’
Added: 6 Apr 2022
Company in active discussions for potential incremental orders

Toyoda Gosei to establish new airbag production plant in China
Added: 6 Apr 2022
Unit to supply to growing automotive industry in southern China

Kraton expanding pine-based tire additives capacity in France
Added: 5 Apr 2022
Company to make ‘significant investment’ to raise capacity for alpha methyl styrene

Sumitomo Rubber advances tire wear monitoring with internal power device
Added: 5 Apr 2022
Miniaturised energy harvesters can power peripheral sensors in tires

New boss takes over at Desma China
Added: 5 Apr 2022
Kevin Wang joined Desma from Engel subsidiary WinTec

Hexpol completes 70% acquisition of recycled polymer compounder
Added: 5 Apr 2022
Acquisition in line with strategy to grow in ‘high recycled-content’ polymers

Pirelli expects ‘moderate pace of growth’ in 2022
Added: 4 Apr 2022
Russia-Ukraine war, Omicron and high costs to impact performance

JSR completes sale of elastomers business to Eneos
Added: 4 Apr 2022
Business will be relaunched as Eneos Materials Corp.

Italian recycler Rubber Conversion raises €2.5m to boost capacity
Added: 4 Apr 2022
Start-up holds patented technology for rubber devulcanisaion

Versalis, Novamont strengthen biochemicals partnership
Added: 4 Apr 2022
Companies to enhance the technology and product assets of bioproducts JV Matrica

Apollo premises searched by Indian competition authorities
Added: 1 Apr 2022
Three tire makers reportedly under investigation for “unfair trade practices”

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