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Trelleborg acquires Dutch composite hose supplier
Added: 5 Mar 2021
Gutteling supplies hoses for applications in the chemicals industry and for LNG transfer

Conti hose & line unit zeros in on low-emission mobility
Added: 5 Mar 2021
Products extend range of electric and hybrid vehicles and meet increasingly stringent emission stan…

Cabot expands sustainable rubber operations in Malaysia
Added: 5 Mar 2021
Expansion of recently started ‘engineered elastomer composites’ (E2C) unit in Port Dickson

Lanxess links executive pay to sustainability targets
Added: 5 Mar 2021
Board of management compensation tied to environmental and health & safety goals

Top Glove eyes new expansions with HK listing
Added: 4 Mar 2021
Hong Kong shares offering “to increase our production capacity, upgrade our facilities, and invest …

Trelleborg divests UK offshore oil & gas unit
Added: 4 Mar 2021
Buyers are “individuals holding senior positions” in the business being sold

Forbo targeting growth-markets, innovation after Covid-hit year
Added: 4 Mar 2021
Scaled-back and optimised operating structures improved productivity at Swiss group during the pand…

Goodyear in link-up to pilot ‘smart mobility’ technologies
Added: 4 Mar 2021
Collaborative project to experiment in the areas of tire intelligence and cloud-based logistics

Goodyear appoints CTO Helsel to global operations role
Added: 3 Mar 2021
Kraner: “Experience makes him ideal to lead global operations and technology organisation”

ECO starts “first" US silicone rubber recycling plant
Added: 3 Mar 2021
New Jersey-based company converts material from waste products into silicone oil

Hexpol acquires Spanish wire & cable compounder
Added: 3 Mar 2021
Vicom “strengthens our position in a segment favoured by the global electrification trend…”

SGX invests in rubber trading platform HeveaConnect
Added: 3 Mar 2021
Singapore Exchange bolsters digital platform's plans to gain wider adoption in NR and tire industri…

Sentury announces ‘833plus’ global expansion
Added: 2 Mar 2021
Ambitious10-year programme includes plans for acquisition of an international tire maker

Nokian expects to pay more for raw materials, logistics
Added: 2 Mar 2021
Finnish tire maker forecasts raw materials to increase by around 5% in 2021

Commercial Vehicle Show is back on
Added: 2 Mar 2021
CV Show 2021 could signal an end to long run of event postponements and cancellations

US tire shipments on track to rebound in 2021
Added: 2 Mar 2021
USTMA forecasts indicate continuing momentum behind recovery in market

Versalis gains sustainability cert for product from bionaphtha and chemical recycling
Added: 1 Mar 2021
ISCC Plus certified products include styrene-butadiene, butadiene and EPDM rubber

MouldTex advances mould-texturing for friction-optimised rubber parts
Added: 1 Mar 2021
EU consortium now offering services to mould-makers as well as to manufacturers and end-users of ru…

Michelin tires will be “100% sustainable” by 2050
Added: 1 Mar 2021
“Will be made entirely from renewable, recycled, biosourced or otherwise sustainable materials…”

Yokohama rings the changes with YX2023
Added: 26 Feb 2021
Restructuring, investments to help meet ambitious targets under business plan to 2023