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TÜV SÜD unveils verification service to meet post-Brexit machinery rules
Added: 25 May 2021
Any machinery sold in the UK must carry a UKCA marking by 1 Jan 2022

Cabot to hike carbon black prices in North America
Added: 25 May 2021
Supplier to also raise feedstock surcharges amid $200m investment in emissions control

Marangoni strengthens sales team for UK, Ireland and UAE
Added: 25 May 2021
Phil Robinson to support 'veteran' Mike Carter who is close to retirement

Cooper Standard narrows loss on higher sales
Added: 25 May 2021
Closely misses targets, due to significant microchip-related production cuts and supply chain disru…

US affirms anti-dumping duties on tires from Asian countries
Added: 25 May 2021
Investigation determines exporters from South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam dumped tires in t…

Trinseo selling synthetic rubber business to Synthos for €400m
Added: 24 May 2021
Deal includes transfer of Trinseo’s Germany-based manufacturing and R&D facilities, as well as rela…

China continues recovery in April tire exports
Added: 24 May 2021
Tire shipments surpass 2019 levels for the second month in a row

SRI taps ‘fastest, most powerful’ supercomputer for tire development
Added: 24 May 2021
Fugaku's simulation technology to help Sumitomo Rubber advance tire 'performance sustaining technol…

Birla Carbon to raise prices for all EMEA products
Added: 24 May 2021
Indian carbon black producer also set to announce "further measures" in response to CO2 emission co…

Hankook extends tech collaboration with Korean university
Added: 21 May 2021
Phase 2 of partnership to include seven new projects to further tap into AI and IoT

Tires drive Yokohama's record sales, earnings
Added: 21 May 2021
China recovery more than offsets lower demand in Japan and North America caused by chip shortages

Natural rubber supply and demand continue to rise
Added: 21 May 2021
Resurgence of Covid-19 and leaf disease remain a source of concern

SRI reports five-fold jump in profits
Added: 20 May 2021
Tires business registers strong growth in overseas markets, particularly in Asia & Oceania region
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Pirelli claims world first with 'FSC-certified' sustainable tire
Added: 20 May 2021
P Zero tire to be fitted on the BMW X5 plug-in-hybrid using certified natural rubber and rayon

EU new car registration jumps 219%
Added: 20 May 2021
But ACEA data shows that demand volume remained below the levels recorded in April 2019

Continental opens electronic suspension systems plant in China
Added: 20 May 2021
First phase includes six production lines, manufacturing and assembling automotive air suspension m…

German hose-maker Tristone Flowtech closes US plant
Added: 20 May 2021
Closure comes less than two years after company opened North Carolina factory

Sibur elastomers sales up 24% amid global recovery
Added: 19 May 2021
Plastics, Elastomers & Intermediates division sees earnings rise 442%, helped by positive elastomer…

Semperit eyes M&As amid ‘noticeable recovery’ in industrial markets
Added: 19 May 2021
Austrian polymer group reaffirms strategic decision to focus on the industrial sector

Trinseo to hike vinyl pyridine latex prices in EMEA
Added: 19 May 2021
VP latex is used in binders for coating tire cord fabrics to strengthen bond between the tire cord …