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Rubber futures pricing reverses in China, Singapore
Added: 2 Apr 2024
JPX reports sharp decrease in ‘open interest’ last week on Chinese trading exchanges
Hutchinson develops fire-resistant EPDM rubber for EV batteries
Added: 2 Apr 2024
Halogen-free sealing material tailored to address battery-pack safety issues in electric vehicles
REP ‘combines forces’ of two subsidiaries in Italy
Added: 2 Apr 2024
Strategic move comes two years after French rubber machinery group’s integration of RPM
Zeon invests in US battery-materials developer
Added: 2 Apr 2024
Coreshell's nanotechnology said to address battery ‘degradation’ issues, enhance electric vehicle p…
UK chemical firms report pick-up in orders, sales
Added: 2 Apr 2024
Chemical Business Association poll finds markedly improved view of market prospects
Korean group KCC to ‘fully acquire’ Momentive Performance Materials
Added: 2 Apr 2024
KCC purchased Momentive in a $3bn deal in 2019 as part of a Korean consortium
Bridgestone develops new lunar rover concept tire
Added: 1 Apr 2024
To be unveiled during ‘space symposium’ in Colorado, new concept employs 'air free' technology
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Conti's energy-consumption now '22% below tire industry average'
Added: 28 Mar 2024
Figure based on benchmarking against energy-usage across the world’s leading tire manufacturers...
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EU court annuls sanctions against Belarus tire maker Belshina
Added: 28 Mar 2024
Sanctions imposed on tire maker in 2021 on grounds of ‘generating substantial income’ for Lukashenk…
ECHA details ‘next steps’ in proposed PFAS-restrictions process
Added: 28 Mar 2024
Committees to study fibre & fabric products, food-contact materials & packaging and petroleum & min…
Doublestar to increase control over Kumho under restructuring plan
Added: 28 Mar 2024
Chinese group acquiring shares of investment fund created to buy 45% control over Kumho Tire
Nokian Tyres’ boss Jukka Moisio set to retire
Added: 28 Mar 2024
Finnish tire maker says it has initiated process to find a successor
Asahi Kasei raising prices for styrene-based elastomers
Added: 28 Mar 2024
Japanese supplier cites high maintenance and manufacturing costs for price increases
Comerio Ercole recognised for ‘workplace health’ programme
Added: 28 Mar 2024
Italian rubber machinery maker shows best-practice in terms of well-being, lifestyle and combating …
Sentury advances second phase of Moroccan tire plant
Added: 27 Mar 2024
The $190m project obtains relevant overseas approval from local authorities in Qingdao
Italian polymer machinery outlook ‘complicated’, despite record 2023 sales
Added: 27 Mar 2024
Plastics & rubber machinery sales grow 3% to reach €4.8bn in 2023, according to trade body Amaplast…
Pirelli signs new €600m credit line to advance sustainability targets
Added: 27 Mar 2024
New line of credit from ‘a select pool of international banks’ to mature in October 2028
Continental opens expansion at US headquarters
Added: 27 Mar 2024
“Significant investment” in Fort Mill, South Carolina to build new three-story facility
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Rubber futures prices dip amid pick-up in trading activity
Added: 26 Mar 2024
Osaka and Singapore trading exchanges register significant week-on-week declines in NR pricing
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Cooper Standard posts higher earnings on improved volume/mix
Added: 26 Mar 2024
US automotive supplier reports rise in new business awards, including $115m in EV segment
