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Evonik targets €1bn earnings boost by 2027 under new strategy
Added: 28 May 2025
Capacity optimisation and cost-cutting initiatives, including in silica division, to drive earnings…
New Zeon investment to support carbon nanotube scale-up
Added: 28 May 2025
Japanese group backs Taiwan-based SiAT to expand battery paste production
Wacker providing carbon footprint data for all products
Added: 28 May 2025
German group says data reflects real material consumption rates, not chemical formulations
Michelin to build “world-first” industrial-scale plant for bio-ingredient 5-HMF
Added: 27 May 2025
French group to use bio-based molecule in composites for tire and other applications
Rubber futures depict mixed picture after short momentum
Added: 27 May 2025
Traders adopted a “cautious stance” across all major Far East exchanges, according to JPX
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German rubber industry calls for action amid weak Q1 results
Added: 27 May 2025
First quarter sales and production fell by 2.5% year-on-year, according to latest WDK survey
Yokohama Rubber expands OTR operations with Romanian acquisition
Added: 27 May 2025
Former Euro Tire facility to produce tires for European mining and construction machinery sector
Researchers claim prosthetic limb breakthrough with smart silicone elastomer
Added: 27 May 2025
Imperial College team develops self-adjusting liner material that can adapt to amputees' bodies in …
Investors buy Portuguese ELT pyrolysis company BB&G
Added: 27 May 2025
Prismore Capital, BDI and the Rieckermann Group aim to scale BB&G technology, continue deal with Br…
Goodyear agrees sale of rubber units for $650m
Added: 23 May 2025
Equity firm Gemspring to acquire Goodyear Chemical facilities in Houston and Beaumont, Texas
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Apollo targets earnings growth amid weak full year results
Added: 23 May 2025
Indian tire maker reports 20% lower operating profit for fiscal year ended 31 March
Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 23 May 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide
TÜV SÜD unveils indoor tire abrasion test system
Added: 23 May 2025
New ‘tread wear tester’ set to cut road testing and boost lab-based tire development
IoM3 event to study innovations in elastomer applications
Added: 23 May 2025
One-day conference in Manchester to focus on advanced materials and processing techniques
Kraiburg TPE develops sustainable elastomer materials for automotive mud flaps
Added: 23 May 2025
Materials offer “robust resistance” to road contaminants such as debris, mud, UV radiation, and ext…
EU launches dumping probe into Chinese passenger car, light vehicle tires
Added: 22 May 2025
Petition by 'coalition against unfair tire imports' claims dumping margins of 41%-104% for Chinese …
Wacker commissions new speciality silicones plant in China
Added: 22 May 2025
New facilities enhance supply capacity for silicone fluids, silicone emulsions and elastomer gels i…
Vibracoustic expands production capacity by 40% at Indian plant
Added: 22 May 2025
Relocates to new facility in Morinda where it employs over 800 people
Holcim to spin off North America business
Added: 22 May 2025
Amrize is expected to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange and SIX Swiss Exchange in June
India’s Steer World claims “breakthroughs” for rubber, pigment processing
Added: 22 May 2025
Company claims “game-changing" innovations in inline rubber and wet pigment compounding”
