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Amaplast predicts “negative result” for Italian machinery makers
Added: 20 Jan 2021
Assessment follows double-digit dip in the import-export markets for rubber & plastics sector

Rubber testing firms in UK-US link-up
Added: 20 Jan 2021
Wallace Instruments taps Ohio-based lab to advance equipment sales in North America

ExxonMobil rolls out new TPV challenger to EPDM weatherseals
Added: 20 Jan 2021
Recyclate-content could help automakers develop more sustainable glass run channel profiles

India decides against extending carbon black duties
Added: 18 Jan 2021
Review had recommended five-year measures against product from China and Russia

GRI launches phase 2 of $100m speciality tire project
Added: 18 Jan 2021
Expansion will quadruple Sri Lankan producer’s current production capacity to 750,000 tires/year
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China’s 11-month tire production records first growth in 2020
Added: 18 Jan 2021
First time in 2020 that the year-to-month production showed growth from a year ago

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Added: 17 Jan 2021
Features and special reports in the editorial line-up for ERJ January/February issue, and beyond...…

ANRPC notes rubber price recovery
Added: 17 Jan 2021
December strengthening despite continuing uncertainty caused by the global pandemic

ANRPC upgrades forecasts for rubber supply and demand
Added: 17 Jan 2021
World NR consumption anticipated to register sustained growth in January

Biesterfeld to supply Denka acrylate rubbers
Added: 17 Jan 2021
Deal with Japan polymer maker covers most of Europe plus Turkey, Russia, Brazil

Synthomer CEO MacLean to stand down by early 2022
Added: 17 Jan 2021
Polymer group leader has presided over major investments and acquisitions during his six-year tenur…

Safic-Alcan extends distribution deal with Momentive
Added: 17 Jan 2021
Covers products used as chemical processing aids, foam control and mould release agents in industri…

Audia Elastomers advances new range of “sustainable” TPEs
Added: 17 Jan 2021
Customisable grades produced from post-consumer, post-industrial, bio-based, and marine sources

Tyrata advances real-time monitoring of tire tread wear
Added: 17 Jan 2021
New fleet system said to readily deliver automated tread depth monitoring

Ferentino Tire opens $250m production plant in Sri Lanka
Added: 15 Jan 2021
Facility in Horana Wagawatta industrial zone inaugurated by country's president Gotabhaya Rajapaksa…

Synthomer raises earnings guidance by 10%
Added: 15 Jan 2021
UK polymers group bolstered by Omnova and continued strength in performance elastomers

Apollo claims “industry first” for service centre in India
Added: 15 Jan 2021
Tire maker launches initiative for “on-the-spot customer grievance redressal”

ECHA starts tap water clean-up under revised directive
Added: 14 Jan 2021
EU rubber industry backs moves to list substances that can be safely used in contact with drinking …

Momentive acquires KCC silicones business
Added: 14 Jan 2021
Deal intended to strengthen group’s global capabilities in advanced silicones

EU car registrations down 26% near yearend 2020
Added: 14 Jan 2021
Decline of 12.0% in November as European countries took step to combat Covid-19 pandemic