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Versalis to showcase new rubber grades

Updated: Plea to prevent closure of Versalis synthetic rubber plant in UK

Added: 21 Dec 2023

Scottish MP calls for ‘urgent talks’ over ‘devastating news’ regarding planned closure of Grangemou…

Bridgestone sells Russian assets to S8 Capital

Added: 21 Dec 2023

S8 Capital also acquired tire & rubber assets of Continental in Russia earlier this year

Yokohama Rubber restructures operations in Vietnam to address rising demand

Added: 21 Dec 2023

YRC spins off Vietnamese production and sales company, establishes a new tire sales entity

ZC Rubber opens new 5G digital tire manufacturing plant

Added: 21 Dec 2023

Advanced facility designed to meet growing demand in the domestic tire market, including the electr…

German chemicals industry calls for “offensive 2030” to tackle declines

Added: 21 Dec 2023

“Politicians must finally wake up so that Germany's model of prosperity does not suffer shipwreck..…

Kemya, Continental Carbon start Saudi carbon black plant

Chinese authorities shut factory producing ‘fake’ fluoroelastomer

Added: 21 Dec 2023

Two arrested in connection with “large-scale” production of counterfeit branded materials at facili…

Trelleborg acquires South Korean semiconductor seals maker

Added: 20 Dec 2023

MNE Group to provide access to "some of the world's largest semiconductor manufacturers..."

Biesterfeld to supply Denka acrylate rubbers

Denka resumes chloroprene rubber production at Japanese plant

Added: 20 Dec 2023

Operations were suspended at Omi plant after fatal accident in June, caused by pipe-burst

Hexpol names next chief executive, president

Added: 20 Dec 2023

Klas Dahlberg joining from Nibe Industrier, to take over by next July

Evonik adding production capacities for hydroxyl-terminated polybutadienes

Added: 20 Dec 2023

Expansion of Marl plant in Germany set for completion in second quarter of 2024

Harvard team claims 'crack resistance' advance in reinforced rubber

Added: 20 Dec 2023

Multi-scale approach means particles can increase the fatigue-threshold of tires and other rubber p…

Essentially Rubber: Cleaning up with eco-TPEs

Added: 20 Dec 2023

Leading-edge designs and applications showing how elastomer materials...

Italian domestic machinery market continues growth

Italian polymer machinery makers eye "record year"

Added: 19 Dec 2023

Amaplast: Plastics & rubber equipment manufacturers could post ‘all-time high turnover' in 2023

Pirelli names top five among its 15k suppliers

Added: 19 Dec 2023

Italian tire maker's best providers in area of sustainability, quality, innovation, performance and…

Michelin, Renault launch ‘agroforestry’ scheme in Thai rubber provinces

Added: 19 Dec 2023

GPSNR, Rubber Agroforestry Sustainability Foundation also supporting pilot project

Update: Synthetic rubber pricing data

Added: 19 Dec 2023

Weekly data compiled by ChemAnalyst based on selected commodity trading activity in Europe

Essentially Rubber: TPUs with added bug protection

Added: 19 Dec 2023

Leading-edge designs and applications showing how elastomer materials...

Tire Tracker: Fitments, testing, innovations

Added: 19 Dec 2023

Pirelli P Zero E wins ‘tire of year’ award… New Lexus rolls on Yokohama tires... New Toyo tire offe…

Supermax reorganises, adds new executive roles, to advance global reach

Added: 19 Dec 2023

Malaysian rubber gloves maker names CEO, COO, to support expanded distribution, future footprint in…

ERJ Rubber Processor Shares

Reka Rubber reports decline in orders since second quarter

Added: 19 Dec 2023

Nine-month sale remains flat while earnings drop 33%, reports Finnish manufacturing group