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Sumitomo Rubber, Murata develop 3D tire wear monitoring system
Added: 11 Apr 2024
System visualises tire wear in three dimensions and feeds data back to users
Green Deal ‘won’t happen without holistic automotive strategy’
Added: 11 Apr 2024
CEOs call on EU policy makers to implement measures to restore competitiveness amid green and digit…
Versalis hit by slowdown in demand, higher costs
Added: 11 Apr 2024
Parent Eni reports 14% fall in elastomers volumes, 19% dip in average unit prices in 2023
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..."
