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Goodyear’s EMEA results impacted by raw material costs, competition

Goodyear boards zero-2050 bus, with focus on verification

Added: 21 Dec 2021

Commits to net-zero GHG emissions by 2050, interim targets backed by verified reporting 

Enviro, Michelin ink strategic partnership agreements 

Certification drives up demand for Enviro tire pyrolysis oil

Added: 21 Dec 2021

Swedish recycler buoyed by ISCC EU cert linked to mass balance approach

Magna Tyres to expand Dutch production plant again

Magna to acquire Australian tire company

Added: 21 Dec 2021

Fennell Tyres provides on-site earthmover and truck tire services for mining, transport and civil c…

Momentive unveils new silicone elastomer products

Momentive projects deliver significant environmental gains

Added: 21 Dec 2021

Sustainability initiatives target enhancements in production, shipping, other activities

Work starts on China's largest rubber recycling park

ETEL buying UK tire recycling major Murfitts

Added: 20 Dec 2021

Owner of Stapleton’s, Kwik Fit to acquire network recycling 20m car tires a year

Goodyear rolls out first EV replacement tire in North America

Added: 20 Dec 2021

ElectricDrive GT to meet EV load, torque, noise, range, rolling-resistance demands

Denka raises neoprene prices again

Denka to raise prices for chloroprene rubber

Added: 20 Dec 2021

"We are facing difficulty of continuous and huge cost-increase in our production..."

Conti digital-tracking to support rubber supply-chain

Conti taps HeveaConnect for sustainable rubber purchasing

Added: 17 Dec 2021

Tire and rubber-products maker to manage some NR purchasing via digital trading platform

US shutdown impacts Avon Rubber orders

Avon Protection to wind down troubled armour business

Added: 17 Dec 2021

Decision follows review of issues around test failures of body armour parts for the US military

Chemical compounds

German researchers advance enzymatic recycling of rubber

Added: 17 Dec 2021

University teams claim breakthrough with process to break down synthetic polyisoprene raw materials…

Brisa starts 'smart' tire factory in central Turkey

Brisa buys to ‘accelerate’ sustainable mobility drive

Added: 17 Dec 2021

Arvento Mobile Systems specialises in vehicle tracking and fleet management systems.

Top 10 Elastomers for Sustainability II

Elastomers for Sustainability IV Report

Added: 17 Dec 2021

The 10 most important sustainability projects happening in the elastomers/rubber industry right now

Teknor develops TPEs compliant with German drinking water standards

Kraiburg floats TPE for drinking water applications

Added: 17 Dec 2021

New elastomer carries NSF/ANSI 61-compliance exclusively for the Asia Pacific market

Cabot completes ‘zero-carbon’ delivery of carbon black

Added: 17 Dec 2021

Electric truck delivers 17 tonnes of product from Rotterdam to Antwerp 

EU ‘failing’ truck tire retreading segment

Marangoni increasing prices in EMEA region

Added: 17 Dec 2021

Raising cost of retreading materials in Europe, Middle East and Africa 

Trelleborg to expand farm tire plant in China

Trelleborg rebuffs report of $2bn bid for TWS

Added: 15 Dec 2021

Swedish group is “very committed to" Trelleborg Wheel Systems business

Mixed picture for NR markets in June

GPSNR members to standardise sustainability reporting

Added: 15 Dec 2021

Natural rubber value-chain companies move to increase transparency of annual progress reports

Kemya, Continental Carbon start Saudi carbon black plant

Safic-Alcan, Imerys agree rubber-additives distribution partnership

Added: 15 Dec 2021

Deal covers supply of mineral-based fillers in France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain

Nokian ramps up US tire production to 24/7 

Nokian pins North America growth on winter, all-season tires

Added: 14 Dec 2021

Finnish group aims to double sales, expand distribution network across US and Canada

Michelin to fit RFID tags in all tires by 2023

Cimcorp parent Murata, Michelin co-develop ‘new-gen’ RFID modules

Added: 14 Dec 2021

Embedded into tires, passive RFID tags can operate for “extremely high mileages”