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Cefic: EU chemical production “slightly above” pre-pandemic levels
Added: 28 Jan 2022
Manufacturing output below 2019, despite 10.7% growth over the first nine months of 2021

Top rubber industry innovations - January
Added: 28 Jan 2022
ERJ selects the most innovative equipment, process, materials, rubber-product and tire-technology d…

US expects microchip shortage to continue
Added: 27 Jan 2022
Inventories held by chips consumers, such as automakers, averaged less than five days in 2021

EU to revisit inclusion of rubber in deforestation law
Added: 27 Jan 2022
Amiens, France - EU environment ministers will reconsider a European Commission (EC) decision not t…

Nokian unveils all-natural rubber, 93% green concept tire
Added: 27 Jan 2022
Finnish tire maker targets 50% recycled/renewable content for all tires by 2030

Wacker posts record sales, earnings for 2021
Added: 27 Jan 2022
Helped by volume growth and better prices for silicones as well as growing share of higher-margin s…

Desma appoints new boss at China subsidiary
Added: 27 Jan 2022
Kevin Wang to start as co-managing director and take over the role by April

Roxtec taps nanomaterials to develop anti-static rubber
Added: 27 Jan 2022
Company says it has a patent, prototype tests ‘successful’

Datwyler grows in China with healthcare supplier acquisition
Added: 26 Jan 2022
Yanati Xinhui manufactures healthcare elastomer components at two production sites

Covestro supports ‘ethical smartphones’ with circular TPUs
Added: 26 Jan 2022
Circular elastomers for Dutch enterprise building new-age markets for smartphones

Wittmann Battenfeld targets LSR micromoulding
Added: 25 Jan 2022
Case study with part incorporating 20µm silicone membrane weighing no more than 120µg

Enviro names site manager for Swedish operations
Added: 25 Jan 2022
Fredrik Alpner to lead at company’s existing plant in Åsensbruk and planned facility in Uddevalla
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German cartel authority investigating cable manufacturers for price fixing
Added: 24 Jan 2022
Leoni, NKT and Nexans confirmed that sites in Germany are being searche

Malaysia reports strong growth in rubber product exports
Added: 24 Jan 2022
Exports of rubber and rubber products increased 70.7% year-on-year

Huber acquires Austrian flame retardant additives maker Magnifin
Added: 24 Jan 2022
Magnifin produces coated and uncoated magnesium hydroxide

Apollo Tyres invests in solar energy company
Added: 24 Jan 2022
Move to ensure green power supply at Chennai facility

Natural rubber markets remain buoyant amid Omicron, high demand
Added: 21 Jan 2022
Kottyam RSS4 sees dramatic fall as tapping grows

Tire Tech 2022 rescheduled for mid-May
Added: 21 Jan 2022
Hanover-based show postponed due to ‘escalation’ of Omicron variant

Nynas ‘closes reorganisation’ after full payment of debts
Added: 21 Jan 2022
Swedish refiner completed year-long reorganisation process in 2020 following the approval of a ‘com…

Waste tire recycler Bolder signs 20-year offtake agreement with Tauber Oil
Added: 20 Jan 2022
Exclusive contract marks ‘largest allocation and supply of tire-derived oil known in industry’
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