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Yokohama announces series of OE fitments on Mercedes cars
Added: 29 Jul 2020
Tires were jointly developed with the car maker and bear its MO1 mark of approval

Application: Kraiburg TPE for new soft-feel migraine treatment wearable
Added: 29 Jul 2020
Device features an electronic housing moulded in medical-grade TPE

GPSNR general assembly 2020 to be held virtually
Added: 29 Jul 2020
The move to hold the event online was made due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Asahi Kasei tops first E4S Sustainability table
Added: 28 Jul 2020
Top 10: Asahi… ETB, Trinseo … Tyromer… Conti… Covestro… Behn Meyer… Cabot… Flinders University… Mit…

Elastomers for Sustainability Top 10
Added: 28 Jul 2020
The top entries for the inaugural staging of ERJ’s new Elastomers for Sustainability initiative has…

Conti starts up own supercomputer for vehicle AI
Added: 28 Jul 2020
German technology group bills the system as “an investment in our future”

Dow launches MobilityScience platform
Added: 28 Jul 2020
New entity focused on US group’s material science offerings for automotive and wider mobility marke…

Linglong to set up global R&D, technology base in Shandong capital
Added: 28 Jul 2020
Among other targets, the company will focus on big data and intelligent manufacturing at the centre…

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…