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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”

Study indicates OE brand loyalty near 37%

Hankook inks deal to secure stable logistics services

Added: 14 Dec 2021

Tire maker in long-term partnership with "the world’s fifth-largest liner shipping company”

ContiTech unit set to open compounding plant in China

Updated: ContiTech divests US rubber track products unit

Added: 14 Dec 2021

Military components supplier Loc Performance acquires facility in St. Marys, Ohio

Elastomers for Sustainability IV

Added: 14 Dec 2021

Fourth staging of ERJ programme to identify the most important sustainability projects in our indus…

ANRPC: Outlook remains weak for short-term NR price recovery 

Strong dollar, new Covid variant to impact rubber short-term outlook 

Added: 13 Dec 2021

Factors to offset gains from seasonal supply shortage, high China demand

Hutchinson ramping up plant in China

Hutchinson rolls out “absolute” sensor technology

Added: 12 Dec 2021

Manufacturer advances speed-sensor technology for a wide range of applications 

Vietnam urged to join ITRC

Mixed picture as natural rubber markets respond to Omicron

Added: 10 Dec 2021

Osaka rubber futures see trend reversal following six-month peak in late November

Monolith to add ammonia unit at green carbon black plant

Goodyear targets sustainable materials with Monolith collaboration

Added: 10 Dec 2021

Monolith’s plasma-based methane pyrolysis process produces ‘green carbon black’ and hydrogen