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Synthomer names new president of industrial specialities
Added: 14 Mar 2022
Perroni Laloe was former the global business director within Synthomer’s Performance Elastomers Div…

Continental's rubber division sees earnings rise 35%
Added: 11 Mar 2022
German group projects growth for both Tires and ContiTech units in 2022

Brenntag enters Israeli market with YS Ashkenazi purchase
Added: 11 Mar 2022
Israeli supplier offers more than 500 speciality products, including rubber ingredients

Kraton raising styrenic copolymer prices
Added: 11 Mar 2022
Polymers manufactured in France subject to additional ‘energy surcharges’

Synthomer earnings jump 110% amid ‘exceptional demand’ for NBR latex
Added: 11 Mar 2022
Group to complete 60ktpa expansion in Malaysia in first quarter of 2022

Datwyler completes acquisition of China healthcare elastomer manufacturer
Added: 11 Mar 2022
Yanati Xinhui Packaging will offer access to Chinese healthcare market with two production sites

Shortages will impact supply chains ‘for years’
Added: 11 Mar 2022
Critical tipping point as global supply chains struggle to recover

EU tire & rubber sector adapts to Russia/Ukraine crisis
Added: 10 Mar 2022
ETRMA members focused on employee safety, supply-chain security, forward strategies

Semperit 2022 results to be ‘significantly below market expectations’
Added: 10 Mar 2022
Austrian group expects to see material bottlenecks, price increases, production restrictions

Ansell announces formation of responsible glove alliance
Added: 10 Mar 2022
Seven industry players form alliance to ensure rights of workers in Malaysia

New name for Showa Denko as it restructures into ‘integrated group’
Added: 10 Mar 2022
Japanese polymer & chemicals supplier to be renamed as Resonac Group as of next year

RIEG event to discuss sustainable elastomers in tires
Added: 10 Mar 2022
UK-based group announces two more events for June and September

DSM biding its time over Materials unit sell-off
Added: 10 Mar 2022
Management committed to divesting the business but seem flexible on timeframe

Conti halts tire production in Russia, warns of ‘long-lasting effects’ of crisis
Added: 9 Mar 2022
German group anticipates procurement and logistics costs of €2.3 billion in 2022

Nokian says Ukraine war impacting logistics, lead times to customers
Added: 9 Mar 2022
Tire maker activates contingency plan, transferring production to Finland, US

BASF raising prices for antioxidants by up to 35%
Added: 9 Mar 2022
Global hike includes additives used in rubber applications

MacLellan Rubber assesses impact of Ukraine crisis
Added: 9 Mar 2022
“We are already seeing some extensions to lead times, both from inside and outside of Europe…
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Hexpol acquiring 70% of recycled polymer compounder
Added: 9 Mar 2022
Purchase in line with strategy to grow in thermoplastics, 'high recycled-content' engineered polyme…

VCI: Procurement market to feel impact of Russia-Ukraine conflict
Added: 9 Mar 2022
Sales market “rather modest” for German chemical and phamra industry

Update: Orion operations 'insulated' from impact of Ukraine crisis
Added: 8 Mar 2022
Company’s new production line in Italy to help fill market gap