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Synthos investing in nuclear power plant in Poland
Added: 18 Oct 2021
Synthetic rubber manufacturer to both invest and provide technology for small modular reactors

UPM launches ‘renewable functional fillers’ for rubber, plastics
Added: 15 Oct 2021
Product billed as ‘truly sustainable alternative’ to fossil-based carbon black and precipitated sil…

EU new car registration continues to decline in September
Added: 15 Oct 2021
Demand falls more than 23% as chip shortage impacts supplies of new passenger cars to dealerships
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Ingevity increasing caprolactone monomer capacity in UK
Added: 15 Oct 2021
Series of optimisation projects to increase global monomer production capacity by over 20%

Rubber markets bounce as China ends ‘golden week’ holiday
Added: 14 Oct 2021
Almost all Far East markets observed by ERJ post growth in two weeks to 8 Oct

Tire recycler Pyrum starts trading on Euronext Growth Oslo
Added: 14 Oct 2021
Continental Reifen one of the ‘cornerstone investors’ in recent private placement

Monolith, SK mull clean carbon black plant in South Korea
Added: 14 Oct 2021
Partners sign memorandum of understanding to scale Monolith's green hydrogen and C black technology…

Joint venture to build €615m nitrile rubber, gloves facility in US
Added: 14 Oct 2021
Vertically integrated production site to create more than 2,500 jobs in Virginia

Elkem targets net zero emissions by 2050 in new climate roadmap
Added: 14 Oct 2021
Company part of chemical recycling project to reduce carbon footprint of silicones by more than 65%…

ETRMA says tire market recovery 'not yet consolidated' in Europe
Added: 14 Oct 2021
All segments either remain flat or register negative developments in third quarter

RubberTech China set for December opening
Added: 13 Oct 2021
New dates follow postponement in line with recent government measures to limit the spread of Covid-…

Momentive unveils new low-temperature LSR cross-linking technology
Added: 13 Oct 2021
Manufacturer presents liquid silicone rubbers for e-mobility, flexibility in processing at Fakuma
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Sentury Tire completes IPO on Shenzhen Stock Exchange
Added: 13 Oct 2021
Capital raised to fund ongoing aircraft tire project in Qingdao, in China’s eastern Shandong provin…

Synthos to build 120ktpa butadiene extraction unit
Added: 13 Oct 2021
Move to safeguard Synthos’ feedstock position close to its consuming assets in central and eastern …

Linglong announces €54m truck and bus tire expansion
Added: 12 Oct 2021
Chinese tire maker set to start 12-month project at manufacturing site in Shandong province

Firestone Polymers settles ‘multiple environmental claims’ at synthetic rubber plant
Added: 12 Oct 2021
Manufacturer to pay $3.3m to resolve alleged violations of clean air act at Louisiana site

USTMA names Paolo Ferrari as board chair
Added: 12 Oct 2021
Ferrari has been serving as president and CEO of Bridgestone North America since January last year

Rubber processing chemicals market back on steady growth path
Added: 12 Oct 2021
Market to be driven by “escalating demand” from various end-use industries including tires, automot…

Technology: Datwyler rubber plungers in ‘automatic retractable syringe’
Added: 12 Oct 2021
Med-tech company Roncadelle Operations develops safety syringe to address needlestick injuries

Rogers Corp. acquires UK-based silicones specialist
Added: 11 Oct 2021
Lancashire-based Silicone Engineering reported a revenue of £30 million over the past 12 months