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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

Cabot expanding elastomer composites for use in OTR retreading
Added: 23 Feb 2022
Materials claimed to extend life of off-the-road retreads by up to 30%

France grants Elkem financial support for speciality silicones expansion
Added: 23 Feb 2022
Materials supplier currently expanding both downstream and upstream silicones operations in France

Cefic expects ‘modest economic growth’ for EU chemicals industry
Added: 23 Feb 2022
Sector’s recovery in 2021 ‘better than expected’…

Maxam employing liquid mixing at new solid tire production plant
Added: 22 Feb 2022
Advanced compounding process said to produce tires with enhanced performance properties

Enviro receives rCB order from ‘major’ European tire maker
Added: 22 Feb 2022
Unnamed tire maker has previously announced ‘ambitious sustainability goals’
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Asahi Kasai names company veteran as new president
Added: 22 Feb 2022
Currently president of performance products business unit, Koshiro Kudo will take over the position…

Carbon black maker Orion names new chief financial officer
Added: 22 Feb 2022
Jeffrey Glajch joining the Texas company from Graham Corp.

Flexitallic UK relocates to new centre as part of expansion plan
Added: 22 Feb 2022
New unit to further increase gasket manufacturing, stockholding, and workshop capabilities