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Bekaert targets growth in rubber reinforcement unit as core business
Added: 11 Apr 2024
“Safer, lighter and sustainable” rubber reinforcement expected to advance group's position in the n…

The Tire Cologne 2024 set to help industry go ‘full circle’
Added: 11 Apr 2024
Circular economy will be central theme of the upcoming international tire trade expo in Cologne

Nova Motorsport acquires Portuguese tire manufacturer Camac
Added: 10 Apr 2024
New UK tire company says Camac factory will enable “reindustrialisation” of Avon product range
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Tosoh launches ‘cellulose nanofiber-reinforced’ chloroprene rubber
Added: 10 Apr 2024
Collaboration with Japanese transmission-belts manufacturer Bando to establish commercial applicati…

Mexico imposes antidumping duties on Chinese car tires
Added: 10 Apr 2024
Move follows joint petition by Mexican subsidiaries of Bridgestone, Michelin and Conti as well as l…

Azelis to acquire German rubber & plastics chemicals distributor DBH
Added: 10 Apr 2024
Signs deal to purchase distribution arm of DBH, specialised in advanced materials and additives

Malaysia’s natural rubber production up 9% in February
Added: 10 Apr 2024
Month-on-month production declines 2%, according to latest statistics from government ministry

Goodyear part of team awarded NASA lunar vehicle contract
Added: 10 Apr 2024
Lunar Dawn team to develop off-road vehicle for “living and working” on the moon surface
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Orion breaks ground on battery materials plant in Texas
Added: 10 Apr 2024
La Porte facility to produce acetylene-based conductive additives for lithium-ion batteries

Ansell in €600m deal to acquire Kimberly-Clark PPE business
Added: 9 Apr 2024
Acquisition of Irving, Texas-based operations set for completion by September

Conti acquires moulds specialist for commercial vehicle, speciality tires
Added: 9 Apr 2024
Acquisition of Slovakia-based EMT “completes Continental's portfolio for mould making technology”
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Rubber futures mixed as ‘weak’ Chinese economy dampens sentiment
Added: 9 Apr 2024
RSS3 prices decline in Japan, China, while TSR20 futures pricing held steady on INE and SICOM excha…

Zeon in linkup to commercialise bio-isoprene monomers
Added: 9 Apr 2024
Visolis combines AI, synthetic biology and catalysis technologies to produce 'carbon negative' chem…

Denka downgrades elastomers unit forecast, notes chloroprene woes
Added: 9 Apr 2024
Reports weak demand for chloroprene rubber, cost increases at Denka Performance Elastomers in the U…

German rubber society DKG names new managing director
Added: 9 Apr 2024
Prof. Herbert Baaser to head Deutsche Kautschuk-Gesellschaft starting 1 July

Kumho launches 'technical transformation' at Chinese tire plant
Added: 8 Apr 2024
Tire maker redefines 'phase III' to centre focus on ‘new energy’ car tires at Nanjing facility
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India’s Nocil to expand rubber chemicals capacity
Added: 8 Apr 2024
Investment will “enhance presence in both domestic as well as international markets..."

Kuraray raising elastomer prices globally
Added: 8 Apr 2024
Japanese company links the move to increasing feedstock prices, utility and logistics costs

Essentially Rubber: Virtual reality
Added: 8 Apr 2024
Leading-edge designs and applications showing how elastomer materials...

Sumitomo Rubber sets up sulphur-based battery research group
Added: 8 Apr 2024
'Leveraging our knowledge of sulphur, which is essential for tire manufacturing, to develop cathode…