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Updated: ZC Rubber acquiring Chinese OTR tire maker

Added: 17 Mar 2022

Move part of plans to be “in the top three global OTR tire manufacturers”

German rubber sales up 3.5% despite lower tire volumes

WDK warns of "massive" war-linked impact on automotive rubber suppliers

Added: 16 Mar 2022

In particular, supply of carbon black severely disrupted

Brussels  – Natural rubber has been included on the EU’s ‘critical raw material list’, the European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has reported.

ANRPC mulls introduction of price range for natural rubber

Added: 16 Mar 2022

Association opens online survey for entire value chain

Leoni opens fourth production plant in Serbia 

Leoni lowers ’22 guidance on impact of Ukraine war

Added: 16 Mar 2022

Company reduces production of automotive wires at two sites in Ukraine

Kemya, Continental Carbon start Saudi carbon black plant

Zeon raising prices for thermoplastic elastomer product

Added: 16 Mar 2022

Price rise “necessary to ensure supply security, service standards”

Kraton raises prices for tall oil fatty acids

DL Chemical completes €2bn acquisition of Kraton

Added: 16 Mar 2022

Merger to enhance Kraton’s global presence, manufacturing footprint in Asia

Continental expands circular tire link-up with Pyrum Innovations

Added: 15 Mar 2022

Group's tire waste disposal subsidiary to supply Pyrum with ELTs

Kraton, Sabic partner to supply ‘renewable’ styrenic elastomers in Europe

Added: 15 Mar 2022

Company produces HSBC elastomers with ‘up to 70%’ renewable content

Acquisitions drive 'significant rise' in Freudenberg 2016 results

Freudenberg ceasing operations in Russia, Belarus

Added: 15 Mar 2022

German group donates €3m to Ukraine aid efforts

Omnova sells rubber facility in India

Ukraine war-induced high energy prices to burden 62% of German companies

Added: 15 Mar 2022

German economic institute surveys 200 companies during first week of invasion

Huntsman completes elastomers expansion in US

Added: 15 Mar 2022

Company constructed a purpose-built TPU manufacturing facility for protective film technologies at …

Bridgestone suspending tire production in Russia

Added: 14 Mar 2022

Japanese groups also halts export of tires to the country

Yokohama heats up conveyor belt technology

Yokohama Rubber to expand conveyor belt output

Added: 14 Mar 2022

Manufacturer to add capacity at Hiratsuka factory, Japan

Top glove eyes growth with new set-ups, M&As

Top Glove profits decline drastically as demand normalises

Added: 14 Mar 2022

But group expands sales to US by 220%

IISRP adds two new members

IISRP announces new president, relocates AGM from Russia

Added: 14 Mar 2022

Lisbon will now host the event in September

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…

Update: Continental planning to close German tire plant

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 to cut 1.3k jobs in major reorganisation plan

Brenntag enters Israeli market with YS Ashkenazi purchase

Added: 11 Mar 2022

Israeli supplier offers more than 500 speciality products, including rubber ingredients

Kraton raises prices for HSBC products for third time

Kraton raising styrenic copolymer prices

Added: 11 Mar 2022

Polymers manufactured in France subject to additional ‘energy surcharges’

Synthomer lowers business outlook on SBR weakness

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