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Yokohama Rubber develops ‘nano-scale’ image processing technology for rubber materials

Added: 20 Nov 2024

Technology enhances images provided by electron microscope to provide ‘clearly visualised’ rubber s…

Report: India mulls SR plant in southern state

Neste-PCS in link-up to establish renewable BD value chain in Southeast Asia

Added: 20 Nov 2024

PCS set to make first renewable butadiene deliveries to Mitsubishi, Toray Malaysia and Synthomer

Germany could allow Level 4 automated driving

Zeon targets 60% earnings growth in speciality rubber segment

Added: 20 Nov 2024

Electrification trends as well as emerging markets expected to drive demand over the next two years…

Natural rubber prices fall sharply as oversupply looms

Natural rubber futures fall sharply

Added: 19 Nov 2024

All major Far East markets see week-on-week declines in pricing amid active trading

Elkem claims milestone in silicone recycling, scaling up technology

Added: 19 Nov 2024

Starts chemical recycling of waste silicones at pilot plant in Saint-Fons, France

Saudi’s Blatco inks natural rubber supply deal with Thailand’s Golden Star

Added: 19 Nov 2024

Agreement to support a €450m factory in Yanbu with initial production capacity of 4m tires per year…

Yokohama, Bridgestone to hike truck tire prices in US 

Yokohama Rubber posts 'record' results for first three quarters

Added: 19 Nov 2024

Business profit for the nine-month period grew 70% to over €500 million

Avon reports higher sales, profits in first half

Avon delivers significant growth as efficiency programme progresses

Added: 19 Nov 2024

UK manufacturer says all factories undergoing ‘continuous improvement’ programmes to enhance effici…

US compounder Geon adds TPE capacity in Mexico

Added: 19 Nov 2024

Expansion builds on technology obtained from acquisition of Polymax TPE in December last year

Emerald Performance Materials sells additives businesses

PCBL mulls greenfield sites under 1000ktpa carbon-black plan

Added: 18 Nov 2024

Carbon black sales contributes to 45% year-on-year increase in consolidated revenue of €243m

Micheldever, Kumho end distribution partnership in UK 

Kumho expanding tire production at Vietnam plant by 36%

Added: 18 Nov 2024

Korean tire maker to start construction work on $300-million phase III project in early 2025

Apollo sees June recovery in Indian replacement tire market 

Apollo profits hit by ‘unprecedented’ raw materials costs

Added: 18 Nov 2024

European operations report revenue growth but tire maker faced weak OE demand in Indian market

Kemya, Continental Carbon start Saudi carbon black plant

Nouryon doubles rubber chemicals production in China

Added: 18 Nov 2024

Dutch-based supplier hiking capacity for cross-linking peroxides at production site in China

ERJ Business Briefing: November-December

Added: 18 Nov 2024

Hankook completes Hanon deal... VMI 'strong' Q3... Sumitomo Riko upgrade... Freudenberg-NOK acquisi…

Freudenberg Medical expands in China

IOM3 to discuss elastomers in biomedical devices

Added: 18 Nov 2024

Rubber group's afternoon technical discussion meeting will provide insights into the future of elas…

Update: Tariff-hit Chinese tire makers to “intensify” EU trade

European Parliament agrees to extend EUDR deadline, other amendments

Added: 15 Nov 2024

Votes through one-year postponement but also proposals of concern to tire and natural rubber suppli…

Pirelli to cut costs, ‘contain' investment under new plan 

Tire industry contributed €44bn to European Union GDP

Added: 15 Nov 2024

Industry supported almost half a million jobs across the EU last year, report commissioned by ETRMA…

Cooper Standard downgrades outlook on automotive production trends

Added: 15 Nov 2024

US-based automotive supplier narrows loss during the first nine months but earnings dip

Rubber & tire industry in numbers

Added: 15 Nov 2024

Review of the key figures and data to emerge this week from leading players in the global industries

Bridgestone sales up, operating income down in 2017

Bridgestone signals further restructuring in Brazil

Added: 15 Nov 2024

Business continues to face ‘deficit’ in Brazil “due to inability to adapt to structural changes