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Hankook results dampened by automotive slowdown
Added: 4 Nov 2021
Korean manufacturer reports strong growth for large-rim-sized tires in major markets
Cooper Standard hit by chip shortage, higher materials costs
Added: 4 Nov 2021
Adjusted earnings in negative territory due to volatile production schedules of customers
Synthomer to acquire Eastman’s adhesives business in $1bn deal
Added: 4 Nov 2021
Among other products, the unit produces Impera-branded hydrogenated resins for tire & rubber indust…
DuPont divesting engineering polymers, inks €4.5bn deal to buy Rogers
Added: 3 Nov 2021
Polymer lines up for sale include Hytrel thermoplastic polyester elastomers, Vamac ethylene acrylic…
Conti launches sustainable material challenge for startups
Added: 3 Nov 2021
German group's second challenge this year targets 'energy-efficient chemical recycling'
Nokian results lifted as demand holds up
Added: 3 Nov 2021
Finnish tire maker reports ‘strong volume and profit growth’
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
