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Bridgestone adds solar power to tire plant in Thailand
Added: 3 Nov 2021
Move at Chonburi TBR plant to reduce annual CO2 emissions by 50% compared to 2011

Eastman tire additives business relaunched as Flexsys
Added: 3 Nov 2021
New York-based private equity firm One Rock Capital Partners completes acquisition

Pirelli, BMW start campaign to safeguard Indonesian rainforests
Added: 2 Nov 2021
Three-year project to encourage sustainable rubber production in Hutan Harapan forest

Yokohama completes sale of sealing materials business to Sika
Added: 2 Nov 2021
Hamatite transfer to result in a profit of ¥5 billion on discontinued operations

Apollo margins hit by rising raw material prices
Added: 2 Nov 2021
Second quarter operating profit drops despite higher sales revenue

Bridgestone exiting from conveyor belt business
Added: 2 Nov 2021
Move part of restructuring scheme for diversified products business

Sibur elastomers sales increase 70%
Added: 2 Nov 2021
External revenue increased mainly due to favourable pricing dynamics, global demand recovery

Zeon elastomers sales up despite lower volume
Added: 2 Nov 2021
Quarter-on-quarter volume decreases due to shortage of containers, plant shutdown

Trelleborg supplying seals to “world’s longest immersed tunnel”
Added: 1 Nov 2021
The 18km Fehmarnbelt tunnel will connect Denmark to Germany

ETRMA pushes for EU-wide ‘end of waste' status for tire-rubber
Added: 1 Nov 2021
Lobbying effort with EuRIC could drive up demand for ELT-derived rubber in value-added applications…

ERJ Brainteaser: November
Added: 31 Oct 2021
Each month, ERJ sets a weekly brainteaser, with questions of varying degrees of difficulty. Readers…

Focus on sustainability as carbon black prices normalise
Added: 31 Oct 2021
Suppliers advance major projects as prices return to pre-pandemic levels

French rubber industry reports continued cost pressures
Added: 31 Oct 2021
Compounders and processors struggle to pass on materials and energy cost hikes

Tire pyrolysis ‘kindling intense industry interest'
Added: 31 Oct 2021
Tire makers planning to build tire pyrolysis eco-systems for recycling their products

UK chemical makers accelerate net-zero plan
Added: 31 Oct 2021
But CIA highlights need for access to hydrogen, carbon capture & storage and ‘clean’ electricity
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ACEA leaders urge EU to address microchip shortage, add capacity
Added: 29 Oct 2021
‘Warehouses are empty at a time when global vehicle sales are recovering from the Covid crisis’

Rubber markets continue to gain as recovery picks up
Added: 29 Oct 2021
Short-term outlook buoyed by rally in crude prices, anticipated 'robust demand' from China

Cabot launches new low PAH carbon black
Added: 29 Oct 2021
Manufactured at Port Jerome, France, product designed for consumer rubber applications, food & wate…

Michelin renews R&D effort at ‘future materials modelling’ centre
Added: 29 Oct 2021
Research unit SimatLab adds new academic partner, extends field of research from polymers to medica…

US tire association names new chief executive
Added: 29 Oct 2021
TIA selects Liberty Tire Recycling director Richard Gust as new boss