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Chemours resumes TiO2 production in Mexico
Added: 27 Jun 2024
Manufacturer halted production last month in response to ‘severe drought’

Nokian ramps up US tire factory, set to open Romanian plant
Added: 26 Jun 2024
Finnish tire maker opens a new finished goods warehouse in Dayton, Tennessee

Synthos reports fire at Polish production plant
Added: 26 Jun 2024
Fire broke out 21 June during the start-up of a production line at the polymers & chemicals site
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Waste tire pyrolysis 'gaining traction among investors worldwide'
Added: 26 Jun 2024
BIR Copenhagen: Pyrolysis 'becoming very attractive and no longer the poor relation of recycling in…

Trelleborg opens hydrogen testing lab in US
Added: 26 Jun 2024
New Trelleborg Sealing Solutions facility in Indiana to support hydrogen value-chain

ECHA committee rejects excluding ‘certain PFAS’ from blanket ban
Added: 26 Jun 2024
Committees reach ‘provisional conclusions’ on consumer mixture, cosmetic, ski wax and metal applica…

Intelligent processing solution for complete recycling of end-of-life tires
Added: 26 Jun 2024
Contributed article by Patrick Buder, sustainability strategy manager at Zeppelin Systems GmbH

Kuraray raising elastomer prices
Added: 26 Jun 2024
Japanese group cites increasing feedstock prices, utility, and logistics costs for the move

Endurica expands European presence with new management appointment
Added: 25 Jun 2024
Appoints Wes McMinimy as business development manager to provide localised support and services to …

Enso to build $500m EV tire plant in US
Added: 25 Jun 2024
Partners with Rockwell and design group Arup to build ‘America’s first carbon-neutral tire factory’…

GPSNR introduces assurance system for natural rubber sustainability
Added: 25 Jun 2024
System can “verify and cross-check the implementation of members’ commitments”

Schwalbe taps Pyrum rCB for 70% circular tires
Added: 25 Jun 2024
Using recovered carbon black from ‘own tire recycling’ in series production of sustainable tires
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Covestro in ‘concrete negotiations’ with Adnoc over potential takeover
Added: 25 Jun 2024
Potential offer of €62/share values German speciality chemicals supplier at just under €12bn
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EU new car registrations down 3% in May
Added: 25 Jun 2024
Share of battery electric vehicles drops to 12.5%, while hybrid-electric cars continue to expand pr…

Rubber futures in retreat as supply concerns ease
Added: 24 Jun 2024
Pricing on all major markets in Far East closes lower for a second week in a row

Conti in employee-transfer deal with defence sector major
Added: 24 Jun 2024
German group to support Rheinmetall’s “fast-growing personnel requirements” in the coming years
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Top Glove poised for rebound as volumes continue to grow
Added: 24 Jun 2024
“More robust performance” primarily due to stronger demand as customers replenished inventories
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Russian carbon black ban to cause “significant disruptions”
Added: 24 Jun 2024
PentaCarbon issues warning about impact of EU sanctions set to come into force at beginning of July

ERJ Appointments Tracker: May/June
Added: 23 Jun 2024
Latest people news and related developments from across the global rubber and tire industries...

Continental completes fourth expansion at China tire plant
Added: 21 Jun 2024
Once fully ramped up, plant production capacity to increase to 18 million tires per year