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Hexpol third quarter results improve as demand starts to recover

Hexpol posts ‘best ever quarter’ amid market uncertainties

Added: 2 May 2023

Automotive market shows improvement while construction segment slows down

NR supply deficit fails to rekindle market

NR futures dip amid active trading in China, Japan

Added: 2 May 2023

Major buyers, including Chinese speculative funds move into profit-taking mode

JK Tyre develops 80% sustainable-material tire

Added: 2 May 2023

Compound includes bio-based synthetic rubbers and oils as well as rCB and recycled polyester and st…

Dow to close PU assets as part of manufacturing cutbacks

Silicones dip contributes to Dow’s first-quarter woes

Added: 2 May 2023

US chemicals group notes lower prices for siloxanes due to capacity additions in China

Essentially Rubber - Lamborghini performance footwear

Added: 2 May 2023

Leading-edge designs and applications showing how elastomer materials...

Trelleborg issues €100m inaugural ‘green bond’

Trelleborg entering ‘normalised growth phase’ after strong 2022

Added: 28 Apr 2023

Swedish group reports double-digit gains in first quarter sales, earnings

PU elastane leader Huafon debuts with upstream materials

Zeon eyes elastomers recovery amid continuing cost rises

Added: 28 Apr 2023

Japanese group expects synthetic rubber demand to recover in second half of fiscal 2023

Nouryon expanding rubber chemicals production in China

Added: 28 Apr 2023

Dutch materials supplier doubling capacity for cross-linking peroxides at Ningbo site

Bridgestone to expand US truck tire plant

Bridgestone powering tire factories in Japan with renewable energy

Added: 28 Apr 2023

Facilities include nine tire production plants, one tire cord unit

Nexen unveils 52% sustainable-material tire

Added: 28 Apr 2023

Among other materials, demo tire features recycled PET bottles, rice husk-based silica

Goodyear completes expansion at Slovenia tire plant

Added: 27 Apr 2023

Project increases production capacity by 25% at Kranj manufacturing facility

James Walker starts 'urgent' search for PFAs-compliant elastomers

Added: 27 Apr 2023

Project to investigate alternative sealing materials ahead of potential ban on fluoroelastomers

Michelin eyes higher profits on lower costs

Michelin delivers revenue increase despite lower volumes

Added: 27 Apr 2023

First quarter characterised by inventory reductions in Europe, North America, notes French group

Workers set to strike at Trelleborg factories in UK

Added: 27 Apr 2023

Rubber component plants 'supply seals to Ferrari, Rolls Royce, among other OEMs...'

Toyoda Gosei gains sustainability recognition at rubber parts plant

Added: 27 Apr 2023

Weather strips, rubber sheets at Morimachi factory receive ISCC Plus certification

Michelin, Yokohama among those set to hike prices

ETRMA reports double-digit declines in most tire markets

Added: 26 Apr 2023

First quarter "should be seen in the context of the ongoing high inflation in all European markets.…

Nokian starts commercial production at US tire plant

Nokian posts Q1 dip ahead of Romania tire plant build

Added: 26 Apr 2023

Project update in its first quarter results showing lower sales and earnings after Russia exit

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Pirelli to launch 'lignin' car tires ‘this year’

Added: 26 Apr 2023

Introduction of passenger car tires incorporating wood-derived fillers scheduled in 2023

Sibur-Reliance rubber plant on track for 2018 start-up

LD Carbon selects pelletiser technology for 'Asia's largest' rCB plant

Added: 26 Apr 2023

South Korean company to develop and install Mars’ pin mixer technology at recovered carbon black fa…

US firms in link-up to advance bio-isoprene production

Added: 26 Apr 2023

Visolis, Ginkgo Bioworks aim to improve microbial strain, scale up bio-isoprene technology