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New-look Trelleborg to discontinue ‘businesses under development’ segment
Added: 26 Mar 2021
Swedish polymer group aiming to sell various assets in 2021

Goodyear steps up intelligent tire efforts
Added: 26 Mar 2021
Tire maker strikes partnerships with telematics supplier, EV car rental operator to advance fleet p…

Conti achieves 100% green electricity at all production sites
Added: 26 Mar 2021
Milestone "first step" in German group's carbon-neutrality plans for the next 30 years

Datwyler head of industrial business Maschke stepping down
Added: 26 Mar 2021
Group CEO Dirk Lambrecht to lead industrial solutions business unit as of 1 April...

US cold spell impacts Kuraray’s elastomers production
Added: 26 Mar 2021
Portions of manufacturing operations suspended due to supply chain, service interruptions

Zeon rejects reports of general-purpose rubber restructuring
Added: 26 Mar 2021
Japanese materials supplier currently drawing up medium-term management plan

US judge dismisses lawsuit against Denka Performance Elastomer
Added: 25 Mar 2021
Suit alleged harm caused by emissions from Denka's neoprene rubber facility in Louisiana

Report reveals NR smallholders hit by Covid
Added: 25 Mar 2021
Smallholders "less able" to withstand pressures due to their size, and lack of ability to diversify…

Desma delivers large injection moulding machine for car battery seals
Added: 25 Mar 2021
German machinery maker says it has now expanded its “special machine programme for large-area seals…

Pirelli to name Prometeon chief as deputy CEO
Added: 25 Mar 2021
He will replace Angelos Papadimitriou who opted to leave his position in February after just six mo…

Serbia’s HIP-Petrohemija starts turnaround activities at SBR plant
Added: 24 Mar 2021
Facility, located in near the Zrenjanin region, manufactures E-SBR products under the Hipren brand.…

Tatneft’s synthetic rubber facility gains auto industry standard
Added: 24 Mar 2021
Russian energy company acquired the Togliatti rubber production facility from Sibur in late 2019

French rubber sector facing ‘very serious’ supply issues
Added: 24 Mar 2021
'Delays in delivery, allocations, force majeure measures have come at the worst possible time...'

China’s Zhonghui to build conveyor belt plant
Added: 24 Mar 2021
Company to construct agricultural machinery belt plant in Wuhu, Anhui province

Huebner boss calls for ‘made in Europe’ restrictions for rail industry
Added: 23 Mar 2021
European market “entirely open” to state-subsidised companies from non-EU countries, according to g…

Bridgestone European locations powered by renewable energy
Added: 23 Mar 2021
Tire maker now investing in reducing CO2 emissions across lifecyle of products...

German chemicals industry ends 2020 on strong note
Added: 23 Mar 2021
Outlook remains 'partly clouded' due to long lockdowns, material shortages
US biotech company expands sunflower rubber research
Added: 23 Mar 2021
Edison Agrosciences awarded $1 million defence contract to step up research

EU grants conditional approval for €3bn acquisition of Eaton Hydraulics
Added: 23 Mar 2021
Danfoss to divest parts of businesses in Poland, Germany and the US

Restructuring, Covid, buoy Semperit results
Added: 22 Mar 2021
Austrian polymer group achieves “historic records" in revenue, earnings