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Goodyear ‘imagines’ airless tires by 2030
Added: 30 May 2022
Aims to produce “first 100% sustainable material and maintenance-free tire…”
Wacker to expand silicon metal production
Added: 30 May 2022
Norway site to increase capacity of product - a raw material for silicone rubber - by 50%
Cabot raising prices for silica products
Added: 30 May 2022
Price increase of 15% to come into effect 1 July
Nynas to sharpen focus in European markets
Added: 30 May 2022
Swedish refiner to also target 'selected products segments' in Americas, Asia Pacific
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Dow launches new mouldable optical silicone for automotive lights
Added: 30 May 2022
New material offers four times faster throughput compared to existing products
Wastefront secures ELT supply in UK, mulls European plant
Added: 27 May 2022
Gateway Resources to ensure “permanent supply” of waste tires for Sunderland recycling plant
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Leoni selling automotive cables business to Thai manufacturer
Added: 27 May 2022
Amongst other products, the unit supplies TPE-based and elatomeric cables to car manufacturers
Gates upgrades belt-drive technology for e-bikes
Added: 27 May 2022
Carbon-fibre reinforced belts employ “new” ethylene elastomer compounds
Expo news: The Tire Cologne
Added: 27 May 2022
News and updates from this week’s Tire Cologne international tire trade fair
Krahn to distribute UPM bio-fillers in DACH
Added: 27 May 2022
UPM launched ‘renewable functional fillers’ for rubber, plastics in October last year
VW supplier advances gasket 3D scanning
Added: 27 May 2022
Technology by Morgan Polymer claimed to have "defective rate of zero parts per million"
VCI raises concerns over outlook for German chemicals industry
Added: 26 May 2022
“There is nothing left of the hoped-for upswing after the Corona winter…”
Hankook opens “Asia’s largest” proving ground
Added: 26 May 2022
Hankook Technoring includes 13 testing tracks, and accommodates all types of vehicles
Titan boss has “never seen a market like this”
Added: 26 May 2022
Tires and wheels maker buoyed by strong global demand for agricultural machinery
Rubber futures gain across major markets
Added: 26 May 2022
OSE says planned lifting of lockdowns in China improves market
Kraton raising prices for crude tall oil products
Added: 26 May 2022
US company announces rise of 20% across its CTO refinery products and derivatives
Wacker launches global silicone rubber expansion
Added: 25 May 2022
German group unveils €100m investment projects for significant LSR, HCR capacity growth
Hankook, Vaculug partner for retreading business in UK, Ireland
Added: 25 May 2022
Hankook’s Alphatread retread brand will be manufactured by Vaculug
Freudenberg Sealing realigning board following CTO departure
Added: 25 May 2022
Dr Theodore Duclos to retire, will continue as a senior advisor
Nomura acquiring stake in sustainable forest manager
Added: 25 May 2022
New Forests has over 1.1 million hectares of investments, including rubber plantations
