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Ukraine crisis: Pirelli moves to offset rising costs
Added: 1 Mar 2022
“Implementing a dynamic mitigation plan, with commercial and technical counter-measures...”
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Ukraine crisis: Nokian withdraws 2022 outlook
Added: 1 Mar 2022
Company had generated €336 million of sales from tire production operations in Russia

Singapore Exchange to develop price index for physical NR
Added: 1 Mar 2022
SGX to collaborate with HeveaConnect digital platform on several grades of natural rubber

DSM expanding engineering materials production in China
Added: 1 Mar 2022
Move to strengthen “market-leading position” in EV and E&E industries

Ukraine crisis: Fallout looms over tire majors' plants in Russia
Added: 28 Feb 2022
Nokian activates ‘contingency plans’ to mitigate impact on financial and operational activities
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Conti rolls out radar-monitored conveyor belts
Added: 28 Feb 2022
Enhances efficiency by determining position of load on belt via technology transferred from automot…

Reka reports double-digit growth in sales, earnings
Added: 28 Feb 2022
Manufacturer to increase hose production, streamline rubber goods production processes

Supply-chain shortages squeeze UK’s January car output
Added: 28 Feb 2022
But EV surge brightens production outlook…

Avon delivers 100,000 masks under NATO contract
Added: 28 Feb 2022
Delivery part of 10-year contract to supply chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear respira…

Ukraine conflict adds to concerns for German rubber industry
Added: 25 Feb 2022
WDK expects 7% growth in 2022 despite “still severely disrupted” environment
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Major fire at Lotte Ube butadiene rubber plant
Added: 25 Feb 2022
Joint venture facility in Malaysia has capacity to produce 50ktpa of polybutadiene

Sailun Tire announces €200m all-steel tire project in Cambodia
Added: 25 Feb 2022
Company targets production of 1.6 million tires per year for export to Europe, US

Sri Trang reports “all-time-high” net profit
Added: 25 Feb 2022
Core businesses of natural rubber and gloves deliver “record" earnings

Pirelli exceeds revenue target despite fourth quarter woes
Added: 24 Feb 2022
Volumes ramp up to ‘full saturation’ as tire maker progresses competitive programme

Ukraine crisis ‘could impact synthetic rubber market’
Added: 24 Feb 2022
Russia exports large volumes of rubber to major tire manufacturers, notes Argus report

Datwyler eyes acquisitions to build on delivery of profitable growth
Added: 24 Feb 2022
Completes strategic transformation to focus on ‘system-critical’ elastomer parts

US private equity fund in $7bn deal to acquire Tenneco
Added: 24 Feb 2022
Transaction set for closure in second half of 2022

Indian rubber board exec named new IRSG boss
Added: 24 Feb 2022
Dr KN Raghavan takes over as chairman for the next two years

South Africa launches probe into dumping of Chinese tires
Added: 23 Feb 2022
Investigation to cover imports into five countries of South African Customs Union

OCSiAl receives greenlight for €300m graphene nanotube facility project
Added: 23 Feb 2022
"Largest of its kind" facility to be built in southwestern Luxembourg