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Roxtec taps nanomaterials to develop anti-static rubber

Added: 27 Jan 2022

Company says it has a patent, prototype tests ‘successful’

Datwyler to build €90m plant in US

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 fuel-from-tires project is "feasible"

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

Leoni secures €330m loan to increase financial flexibility 

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

Top Glove to pursue M&As, expand facilities

Malaysia reports strong growth in rubber product exports

Added: 24 Jan 2022

Exports of rubber and rubber products increased 70.7% year-on-year

Sinopec trials China’s first SEPS elastomers facility

Huber acquires Austrian flame retardant additives maker Magnifin

Added: 24 Jan 2022

Magnifin produces coated and uncoated magnesium hydroxide

Apollo responds to BSE question over Malaysian plan

Apollo Tyres invests in solar energy company 

Added: 24 Jan 2022

Move to ensure green power supply at Chennai facility

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Natural rubber markets remain buoyant amid Omicron, high demand

Added: 21 Jan 2022

Kottyam RSS4 sees dramatic fall as tapping grows

HF back on top as China dents growth in rubber-machinery sector

Tire Tech 2022 rescheduled for mid-May

Added: 21 Jan 2022

Hanover-based show postponed due to ‘escalation’ of Omicron variant

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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…

Work starts on China's largest rubber recycling park

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’

SRI earnings up despite lower sales

Sumitomo Rubber’s China tire plants powered by green energy

Added: 20 Jan 2022

Factories in Changshu and Hunan transition to 100% renewable energy as group targets 'full carbon n…

Under the Gear2030 initiative, the EC is to set up a high-level group to examine the competitiveness and sustainable growth of the automotive industry in the EU.

European tire markets returning to pre-pandemic levels

Added: 19 Jan 2022

ETRMA reports strong demand in replacement markets in 2021

India slaps anti-dumping duties on Chinese truck and bus tires

UK tire recyclers back India move to mandate ELT recycling 

Added: 19 Jan 2022

New regulation will require importers and recyclers to register and hold permits for activities

Weak Chinese market impacts Elkem results

Elkem Silicones to join French Aerospace Valley cluster

Added: 19 Jan 2022

Membership in the 800-strong industry cluster to consolidate growth in aerospace sector

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Arkema to increase elastomer production by 25%

Added: 18 Jan 2022

Company investing at French plant to boost both bio-based, traditional Pebax capacity

 Nikolai Setzer, member of the Executive Board of Continental and Head of the Tire Division, during the official opening ceremony at the plant in Lousado.

Conti develops self-seal farm tires

Added: 18 Jan 2022

Still in development stage, Agro ContiSeal technology wins German innovation award

ECHA adds two rubber chemicals to SVHC candidate list

Added: 18 Jan 2022

New addition brings total of entries for hazardous chemicals to 223