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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”

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”
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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…

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 rolls out “absolute” sensor technology
Added: 12 Dec 2021
Manufacturer advances speed-sensor technology for a wide range of applications

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

Goodyear targets sustainable materials with Monolith collaboration
Added: 10 Dec 2021
Monolith’s plasma-based methane pyrolysis process produces ‘green carbon black’ and hydrogen
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Bridgestone to sell anti-vibration rubber business to Chinese manufacturer
Added: 9 Dec 2021
Global operation employing 3,800 people is latest non-tire business to exit Japanese group

Pirelli awards nine suppliers for sustainability, innovation and quality
Added: 9 Dec 2021
Synthetic rubber manufacturers Asahi Kasei and Synthos recognised by Italian tire maker

Covestro develops sustainable elastomer for offshore cable protection
Added: 9 Dec 2021
New polyurethane elastomer system manufactured using CO2 feedstock

Bolder acquires former Pyrolyx tire recycling plant in US
Added: 8 Dec 2021
Mothballed Terre Haute facility is scheduled to restart production in early 2023

US manufacturer breaks ground on $700m nitrile glove project
Added: 8 Dec 2021
Blue Star NBR and partners aim to manufacture 60 billion gloves per year at full capacity

Phillips Carbon Black to build production facility in southern India
Added: 8 Dec 2021
Company signs MoU with the government of Tamil Nadu for setting up fifth plant

Bridgestone to close China truck & bus tire plant
Added: 7 Dec 2021
Japanese group to continue operating another TBR facility in north eastern city of Shenyang

Schwalbe launches inner tube recycling programme in Switzerland
Added: 7 Dec 2021
Initiative started in 2015 and has been rolled out in four other countries

Hankook invests in 3D spatial startup
Added: 7 Dec 2021
Korean group foresees strong growth in 3D mapping amid growth autonomous mobility trend

Celanese completes €1bn acquisition of ExxonMobil elastomers business
Added: 6 Dec 2021
Santoprene to extend range of materials portfolio in target areas: future mobility, medical, and su…

Trelleborg plans share repurchase programme, targets M&A drive
Added: 6 Dec 2021
Group eyes growth in areas such as healthcare, aerospace, semiconductors

BlackCycle partners claim 'world first' in recovered carbon black
Added: 6 Dec 2021
Allapur, Orion, Pyrum collaborate on manufacturing carbon black from pyrolysis oil