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Hankook opens ‘field office’ at Nürburgring
Added: 8 Feb 2022
Move in response to ‘massive growth’ in OE volumes for high performance vehicles

Top Glove expects ‘sharp decline’ in raw material costs
Added: 8 Feb 2022
Malaysian manufacturer sees falling trend in prices of nitrile, butadiene, acrylonitrile over the r…

India’s competition commission fines five tire makers for price-fixing
Added: 7 Feb 2022
Apollo Tyres, MRF, Ceat, JK Tyre, Birla Tyres, as well as tire association ATMA penalised for ‘indu…

Bridgestone recalls over 10k tires in US, Canada
Added: 7 Feb 2022
Voluntary recall of "certain Firestone Transforce tires", fitted on Stellantis models, offered in r…

Tristone expects ‘steep sales growth’ for 2022
Added: 7 Feb 2022
German rubber hose-maker reports 9% rise in revenue, helped by battery cooling products

Hankook reports growth in 2021 despite ‘bumpy fourth quarter’
Added: 7 Feb 2022
Korean tire maker saw strikes, rise in costs in final quarter of last year

UK new car market gets ‘electrified boost’ in January
Added: 7 Feb 2022
SMMT expects 2023 market return to pre-pandemic levels

Trelleborg reports double-digit growth in sales, earnings
Added: 4 Feb 2022
Swedish polymer group finishes 2021 strongly to post record year

Natural rubber markets down ahead of Chinese New Year
Added: 4 Feb 2022
Japanese rubber futures slide to four-week low

Apollo mulls cost control measures, pricing actions as inflation grows
Added: 4 Feb 2022
Operating profit drops despite higher sales in third quarter

Elastomers for Sustainability: Hot on the heels...
Added: 4 Feb 2022
Hot on the heels of the publication of the new E4S rankings, the search is now on for new contender…

Bridgestone unveils €63m expansion plan for four tire plants
Added: 3 Feb 2022
Japan-based facilities to target premium passenger cars products

Hankook taps Google Cloud for new digital chief
Added: 3 Feb 2022
Move to help Korean group accelerate digital transformation

Denka raising chloroprene rubber prices in Japan
Added: 3 Feb 2022
Price revision made amid a tight global balance of supply and demand

Pirelli leader in online meeting with Vladimir Putin
Added: 3 Feb 2022
Talks explored trade, economic and investment opportunities between Russia and Italy

Shin-Etsu functional materials segment up 26%
Added: 3 Feb 2022
Unit supplies silicones as well as functional materials such as vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copoly…

Hexpol restructuring UK business amid ‘extremely volatile’ environment
Added: 2 Feb 2022
Compounder looking into combining Berwin operations into one site

UK chemical industry slows down as costs increase
Added: 2 Feb 2022
“Rising costs will inevitably put pressure on investment decisions for UK chemical businesses,” war…

Bridgestone opens new wet handling track at European proving ground
Added: 2 Feb 2022
Track designed taking into consideration both traditional car makers and new EV players

Zeon elastomers up despite continued logistics woes
Added: 2 Feb 2022
Synthetic rubber demand steady, but impacted by delayed shipments, especially to Europe, US