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Tire pyrolysis company Circtec secures €150m funding for European plant
Added: 24 May 2024
Novo Holdings and AP Moller Holding back Circtec to build “Europe’s largest” ELT recycling plant
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Analysis: Rubber processors register challenging start to 2024
Added: 24 May 2024
Sales and earnings under pressure in first three months, review of results from major players shows…

US tire associations set up recycling foundation
Added: 24 May 2024
Initiative to secure funding for tire recycling-related research, education, intervention and demon…

EU new-car registrations jump on strong demand across all markets
Added: 24 May 2024
Combined share of petrol and diesel vehicles dropped to less than half the market, ACEA reports

Murata, Michelin in licence agreement for worldwide supply of RFID tags
Added: 23 May 2024
Companies have worked together on the development of ‘fourth-generation linkless RFID tag’ technolo…

Sailun breaks ground on “flexible factory” in Mexico
Added: 23 May 2024
Chinese tire maker's first production factory in North America estimated to cost around $240 millio…

Conti achieves CO2-neutral tire production at Portugal plant
Added: 23 May 2024
Facility in Lousado said to be manufacturing CO2-neutral tires since the beginning of the year

India announces dumping margins for rubber imported from Saudi, Russia, US, Singapore and China
Added: 23 May 2024
Hearing concerning imports of “isobutylene-isoprene rubber” to be held later this month, ahead of a…

Engineered products drive 9% earnings growth at Semperit
Added: 22 May 2024
Rubber products group now expects to fully divest gloves business three years ahead of schedule

Nexen increases revenue, earnings amid stable demand
Added: 22 May 2024
Korean-based tire maker ramping up European production to full capacity by 2025

Asahi Kasei raising synthetic rubber prices
Added: 22 May 2024
Japanese group says it is facing “significant increases” in repair, labour and logistics costs
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Dow adds new production line at German PU facility
Added: 22 May 2024
Project increases group's capacity for PU products 10-fold, targets battery-assembly applications
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Sumitomo Rubber starts soft x-ray study of tire materials
Added: 22 May 2024
Japanese tire & rubber group taps newly operational 3GeV high-intensity synchrotron radiation facil…

Nokian starts “change negotiations” at Finland tire factory
Added: 21 May 2024
Move to adapt heavy tire production to ‘market demand situation’ could impact 160 employees
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Pirelli braced for headwinds around costs for raw materials, labour
Added: 21 May 2024
Italian tire maker offsetting impact of inflation with ongoing efficiency programme, contract revis…

Rubber futures strengthen on positive signals from China, US
Added: 21 May 2024
Strong gains and active trading reported across all major Far East markets

Shin-Etsu to build new silicone products plant in China
Added: 21 May 2024
Japanese group to transfer operations from existing plant in Zhejiang province to new facility

Zeon announces synthetic rubber price rises
Added: 21 May 2024
Revisions across wide range of elastomers linked to pressure on manufacturing facility management c…

Yokohama Rubber "joins" RubberWay NR tracing tool
Added: 21 May 2024
Move to promote sustainable natural rubber procurement throughout operations of the group

WDK warns about impact of high rubber materials costs
Added: 20 May 2024
German association says prices stabilising “at a level about 40% higher” than in pre-Covid years
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