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Pyrum, bicycle tire maker Bohle to collaborate on ELT recycling
Added: 20 Oct 2021
Tire pyrolysis company receives first batch of end-of-life bicycle tires for reprocessing
Mitsui Chemicals dissolving PU raw materials joint venture With SKC
Added: 20 Oct 2021
While Mitsui Chemicals focused on improving earnings through bio-, high-performance products, SKC’s…
ERJ Rubber Industry Price Watch
Added: 20 Oct 2021
Processors seeing a sustained round of price increases on key raw materials along with energy surch…
Synthos in link-up to advance nuclear energy in Poland
Added: 20 Oct 2021
Memorandum of understanding to evaluate the potential deployment of small modular reactors
Harvard researchers develop ‘both stiff and tough’ elastic polymers
Added: 20 Oct 2021
Study addresses long-standing dilemma of developing polymers that resist tearing under repeated str…
Sinochem signs strategic agreement with major shipping company COSCO
Added: 20 Oct 2021
Agreement to guarantee security and stability of supply for the major shareholder in Pirelli, Elkem…
Porsche, Michelin pursue ‘sustainable natural rubber’ in Indonesia
Added: 19 Oct 2021
€1m project to support smallholders on cultivation practices, biodiversity and work safety
Evonik starts up first fumed silica plant in China
Added: 19 Oct 2021
Facility to support local demand for silicones, coatings and industrial applications
Ceat raises stake in online retailer Tyresnmore
Added: 19 Oct 2021
Indian tire maker now has a 46% ownership in tire service digital platform
ZC Rubber targets major efficiency improvements with 5G ‘smart factory’
Added: 19 Oct 2021
China’s number 1 tire maker addresses trends such as mass customisation, small-batch production, su…
Trelleborg acquires US seals distributor VB Seals
Added: 19 Oct 2021
Acquisition to expand Swedish polymer group’s footprint in Midwest US
MRB sees mixed outlook for rubber prices
Added: 18 Oct 2021
Malaysian Rubber Board notes signs of recovery after commodity “traded sideways” for much of last m…
Elkem appoints Helge Aasen as permanent chief executive
Added: 18 Oct 2021
Aasen took over as CEO in June following the departure of Michael Koenig
Leoni AG in deal to sell industrial solutions business for €450m
Added: 18 Oct 2021
US-based cables and connectivity service provider BizLink acquiring the operations
Germany’s VCI calls on future government to drop renewable energy surcharge
Added: 18 Oct 2021
Chemical industry association urges government to address high electricity prices, time-consuming b…
Tire recycler Scandinavian Enviro eyes 30 plants by 2030
Added: 18 Oct 2021
Company aims to invest €900m in total ELT processing capacity of 900ktpa
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%
