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Bridgestone restructures European operations
Shahrzad Pourriahi | Added: 1 Mar 2024
Business unit simplifies sales operations to become “even more customer-focused”

Rockwell to enhance digitalisation strategy across Prometeon Tyre sites
Added: 29 Feb 2024
Announces strategic collaboration with Milan-based tire maker to “transform global manufacturing pr…

Freudenberg Sealing Technology triples production of EV battery safety components
Added: 29 Feb 2024
Major orders for integrated pressure-compensation units designed to provide degassing in cases of t…
Lanxess expands production of tire release agents in India
Added: 29 Feb 2024
New production line at Jhagadia to produce Rhenodiv-branded additives for Asian tire & rubber marke…

SI Group announces price increase to offset rising freight costs
Added: 29 Feb 2024
Chemicals supplier says move in response to “global logistics challenges” in the Panama and Suez ca…

Bridgestone to exit truck & bus tire business in China
Added: 28 Feb 2024
Japanese tire & rubber group to focus on ‘premium passenger car tire’ business in the Chinese marke…

New UK racing tire company acquires Avon assets from Goodyear
Added: 28 Feb 2024
Nova Motorsport becomes global supplier of “vast majority" of Avon Motorsport tire products

Reka progressing industrial rubber strategy following cables exit
Added: 28 Feb 2024
But profitability drops due to higher costs for labour, materials, components...

Tatneft setting up used tire collection, recycling centres in 17 Russian cities
Added: 28 Feb 2024
Russian energy major to use rubber crumbs from waste tires in production of new tires

Silcotech taps Arburg to expand silicone moulding capabilities
Added: 28 Feb 2024
Canadian manufacturer acquires two injection moulding workcells from German-based machinery supplier

European chemicals industry ends 2023 on ‘weak note’
Added: 28 Feb 2024
But Cefic’s January report indicates uptick in confidence among some manufacturers

Natural rubber futures gain amid solid physical demand
Added: 27 Feb 2024
“Significant speculative and Chinese commodity fund buying” helped to drive prices, according to JP…

General Science starts construction work on €180m Cambodia expansion
Added: 27 Feb 2024
Previously announced project to add production capacity for 3.5m passenger car tires and 750k truck…

Datwyler highlights e-powertrain sealing advances
Added: 27 Feb 2024
"Without a flawless performance of these sealing solutions, the e-drive is not ensured..."

Lion Elastomers in link-up for EPDM-based emulsion products
Added: 27 Feb 2024
Belgian company Emulco to use Lion’s L-EPDM as raw material for new line of water-based emulsions
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Sinochem starts 240ktpa polyols project in China
Added: 27 Feb 2024
Quanzhou City facility to increase ‘competitive edge’ in differentiated and high-end polyurethane m…

Pyrum delivers first recovered oil to BASF from new plant
Added: 27 Feb 2024
Delivery started following “positive sampling”, confirming new plant fulfils all required specifica…

Sustainable tire alliance AZuR adds Synthos, Sumitomo Rubber as new partners
Added: 27 Feb 2024
SRI is the fourth top-10 tire maker to join the alliance, and brings the total of tire makers takin…

Yokohama Rubber, Nexen become members of GDSO
Added: 27 Feb 2024
Tire makers confirm plans to expand use of RFID technology to enable analysis of tire data

Tire monitoring company Translogik supporting UK's TyreSafe
Added: 27 Feb 2024
Tire safety body gains access to latest monitoring technologies and opportunity to enhance data, re…