Latest News


Hübner developing new bus/tram concept

Added: 16 Feb 2022

German manufacturer working on innovative steering systems for high-capacity buses

 

Energy costs hit EU chemical exports

BASF extends regulatory support service to polymer additives

Added: 16 Feb 2022

Focus on 'plastics' but service also covers additives for elastomeric materials within group portfo…

Pirelli results up in 9-month report

Pirelli lifts full-year sales outlook as volumes grow

Added: 15 Feb 2022

Price/mix effect more than offsets increasing raw material costs, foreign currency impact

New Bridgestone management structure to expedite decision-making

Bridgestone rebuilding earnings power as advances mid-term plan

Added: 15 Feb 2022

Japanese tire maker back in black in Europe, nearly doubles overall profit 

 

Pyrolysis Hellas to build tire recycling plant in Greece

Added: 15 Feb 2022

Facility in Moulkia to use Klean Industries technology for ELT pyrolysis 

 

Michelin nears 2019 performance with double-digit growth

Added: 15 Feb 2022

Group says faced with €1.2 billion in additional costs of higher raw material prices, shipping cris…

Krahn Chemie expands rubber product portfolio

SNCP: Rubber price rises continuing into 2022

Added: 15 Feb 2022

French rubber industry association charts persistent increases in costs for synthetic and natural r…

LG Chem start production at China nitrile butadiene latex plant 

Synthomer expects NBR latex premium to normalise to pre-crisis levels this year

Added: 15 Feb 2022

Group doubles 2021 earnings on ‘exceptional’ NBR latex growth 

 

Goodyear changes leadership in Asia Pacific unit

Goodyear reports return to profit as sales rise 42%

Added: 14 Feb 2022

Growth primarily due to the Cooper Tire merger, higher volume and improvements in price/mix 

 

Akwel increases turnover 26% in first half

Akwel posts decline in sales, profit amid ‘volatile’ 2021

Added: 14 Feb 2022

Visibility regarding the global vehicle market over 2022 remains poor 

 

Windspace, Enviro advance tire pyrolysis project

Carbon Recovery establishes Austria’s ‘first’ tire pyrolysis plant

Added: 14 Feb 2022

Starts up pilot facility at the site of former Semperit tire factory in Traiskirchen

Bridgestone results hit by Covid pandemic

Bridgestone divesting Sports Arena unit to narrow focus on core businesses

Added: 14 Feb 2022

Division included swimming pools, tennis facilities and school operations

 

Reka Rubber adding new warehouse in Poland

Added: 14 Feb 2022

Finnish rubber manufacturer says it is experiencing "rapid growth"

 

ERJ Tire Tech Expo 2022 Preview

Added: 14 Feb 2022

Focus on technologies set to make an impact at this year’s international trade show

 

Sumitomo Rubber reports double-digit growth in 2021 sales, profits

Added: 11 Feb 2022

Tire and sports businesses see strong sales, but industrial rubber products decline

 

Kraiburg TPE names Zintner as new chief executive

Added: 11 Feb 2022

Former CEO Hinterecker joins Kraiburg Holding’s board of directors 

 

Researchers develop 'programmable', 'elasto-magnetic' materials

Added: 11 Feb 2022

"Metamaterial" takes advantage of phase shift properties to amplify energy release, absorption 

 

US brand Cole Haan launches dandelion-rubber sustainable shoe range

Added: 11 Feb 2022

Footwear also features recycled PET & rubber, ‘vegan microfibre suede’

 

Continental tires support Dubai Eye

Added: 11 Feb 2022

Tires help smooth rolling of Ain Dubai, world's “largest and tallest observation wheel”

 

Synthos investing in nuclear power plant in Poland

Synthos to build 40ktpa bio-butadiene plant

Added: 10 Feb 2022

Taps Lummus Technology for the plant which will support 'sustainable synthetic rubber' production