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Update: Michelin posts steep declines in sales, earnings
Added: 28 Jul 2020
Despite first-half reverses, French group positioned to weather ‘intense and unprecedented’ glo…

India's MTPL acquires majority stake in European tire distributor
Added: 27 Jul 2020
Acquisition linked to Mumbai-based company’s construction of major new tire plant in Gujarat

IRSG: Global rubber demand to fall 12% in 2020
Added: 27 Jul 2020
But association forecasts 7.9% rebound next year, driven by growth in both tire and non-tire sector…

Sustainability: Top 10 E4S projects table
Added: 27 Jul 2020
First ever ranking of projects contributing most to raising the environmental profile of the elasto…

Italian rubber & plastics machinery makers report ‘dire' trading conditions
Added: 27 Jul 2020
Trade association Amaplast foresees full recovery "only likely in 2022"

US union alleges Covid safety violations at Kumho plant
Added: 27 Jul 2020
The tire production facility in Georgia had its first coronavirus case on in late June

Bridgestone unveils vision for more sustainable future
Added: 27 Jul 2020
The updated approach is designed to help guide the tire maker for both the mid- and long-term

Gloves buoy Malaysia rubber-product exports
Added: 27 Jul 2020
But the country expects natural rubber exports to fall due to low prices and weak demand

Technology: Freudenberg develops thermally conductive elastomer for EVs
Added: 27 Jul 2020
Material currently undergoing initial testing for charging sockets, control units and batteries

China’s tire exports continue to decline in June
Added: 27 Jul 2020
Data released by Chinese customs office show two-digit decreases for third month in a row

BASF's $10bn China site to begin producing wire, cable material in 2022
Added: 24 Jul 2020
Zhanjiang, China – BASF is spending $10 billion (€8.6 billion) on an engineering plastics compoundi…

Cooper Tire investing $55m in Serbia plant expansion
Added: 24 Jul 2020
Project to position the facility for potential major expansion in the future

Michelin claims all-season tire advance
Added: 24 Jul 2020
Tire said to have outlasted competitors' tires by 15,000 miles in tread-wear testing

Polymer industry show Fakuma called off for 2020
Added: 23 Jul 2020
Organisers to hold the 27th edition of the show in October 2021

Pirelli co-CEO to take up position next month
Added: 23 Jul 2020
Papadimitriou’s appointment had been proposed by executive vice chairman and CEO, Marco Tronchetti …

Japanese partners deliver portable, inflatable TPU scooter
Added: 23 Jul 2020
Poimo can be folded to fit in a backpack to carry along and inflated in a few minutes

Industry group shares 15 years of tire particle research for free
Added: 23 Jul 2020
Move made in the hope to reach stakeholders who may have been discouraged by paywalls

Covid saw 90,000 short-time workers in German chemicals industry
Added: 23 Jul 2020
Figure represented just under 20% of total sector workforce

Resilient Desma 'thinking about tomorrow'
Added: 23 Jul 2020
Virtual meeting maps out forward-facing strategy featuring three 'lighthouse' projects