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EU new car sales drop 19% in February
Added: 19 Mar 2021
Spain hit the hardest during the first two months of the year, with sales nearly halved year-on-yea…
Dow unveils plans to establish south China ‘specialities hub’
Added: 19 Mar 2021
MoU signed for the construction of a 250ktpa polyurethanes production plant
Semperit puts off medical segment divestment, eyes industrial acquisitions
Added: 18 Mar 2021
Austrian group expects a “perceptible recovery" of markets in industrial sector this year
Cabot raising prices for silica, dispersion products
Added: 18 Mar 2021
Price adjustment due to rising costs in raw material, transportation and logistics
Freudenberg Sealing offers material testing for lithium-ion batteries
Added: 18 Mar 2021
Services include testing performance and compatibility evaluations of rubber & elastomer seals
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Sustainable NR and zero landfill among Nokian 2025 targets
Added: 18 Mar 2021
In 2020, the tire maker reduced the rolling resistance of tire by 8.5% compared to 2013 base line
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Goodyear in link-up with Dutch institute for intelligent brake systems
Added: 17 Mar 2021
US tire maker and TNO to work on a demo vehicle to integrate tires with braking system
UK webinars to study elastomers for sustainable energy, infrastructure
Added: 17 Mar 2021
Two RIEG afternoon technical discussions to be held in March and June
Philip Nelles named to lead ContiTech
Added: 17 Mar 2021
Currently head of the mobile fluid systems business unit at ContiTech, Nelles will join Continental…
Conti targets autonomous mobility in ‘next phase’ of restructuring
Added: 17 Mar 2021
German group to ‘open up’ to potential large-scale cooperation with technology partners and start-u…
Semperit says earnings outlook “significantly above expectations”
Added: 16 Mar 2021
Austrian group saw sharp rise in 2020 profits driven by rubber gloves segment
Troester names new engineering, sales executive
Added: 16 Mar 2021
Three-membered management board structure to strengthen sustainability, knowledge base
TPC completes second phase of butadiene plant start-up
Added: 16 Mar 2021
Project to restore production at Texas plant hit by an explosion in November 2019
Technical paper: Varying Si-substituents for rubber silanes
Added: 15 Mar 2021
Evonic article examines hydrophobation of the silica surface, reducing the agglomeration tendency
Technical paper: Varying Si-substituents for rubber silanes
Added: 15 Mar 2021
Evonic article examines hydrophobation of the silica surface, reducing the agglomeration tendency
China’s Hailide expanding Vietnam polyester filament plant
Added: 15 Mar 2021
Company started up facilities with 37,000 tonnes annual capacity in second half of 2020
Zeon raising prices for thermoplastic elastomer product
Added: 15 Mar 2021
Tokyo-based chemicals group cites soaring naphtha prices as one of the reasons for hike
Elkem raises silicones prices globally
Added: 15 Mar 2021
Norwegian supplier expects demand to continue to rise "in a climate of regulatory changes”
NR latex prices ‘substantially higher’ as gloves demand surges
Added: 15 Mar 2021
Supply disruptions in global petrochemical industry makes nitrile less attractive for gloves manufa…
Sumitomo claims breakthrough in imaging of rubber compounds
Added: 15 Mar 2021
Advanced tomography technique said to increase image-capture speeds a thousand-fold
