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Conti, Pyrum convert Extreme E rubber into forklift tires
Added: 14 Dec 2023
Pyrolysis rCB from racing tires used in 2022 season used to produce ‘super elastic’ solid tires
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Sumitomo Rubber recalls tires due to potential ‘sidewall puncture’
Added: 14 Dec 2023
Manufactured at Tonawanda, New York, tires possibly damaged by broken component of curing press...
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Solvay starts new chapter after partial demerger completed
Added: 14 Dec 2023
Belgian group aims to establish itself as “leading industry benchmark in essential chemicals”
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Hankook Tire develops AI-based ‘voice of customer’ analysis system
Added: 14 Dec 2023
Real-time VOC data to be applied to “all areas of product development, production, and quality mana…

ECHA finds ‘hazardous chemicals’ in rubber, plastic consumer products
Added: 14 Dec 2023
Electrical devises, sports equipment, toys and fashion products among main non-compliant products

OMV, Synthos to collaborate on sustainable synthetic rubber
Added: 13 Dec 2023
Butadiene project will initially use palm fatty acid distillate and waste cooking oil as raw materi…

Hankook inks major smart-logistics deal at US tire plant
Added: 13 Dec 2023
South Korea’s Hyundai Movex to deliver ‘tire logistics automation’ at Tennessee factory
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Swedish technology group Lagercrantz acquires DP Seals
Added: 13 Dec 2023
UK business supplies rubber components for applications in aerospace, energy and F1

Will Michelin plant closures have a Silva lining?
Added: 13 Dec 2023
New work opportunities promised at repurposed sites amid loss of hundreds of tire manufacturing job…

Dayco sustainable rubber project to recover discarded automotive belts
Added: 13 Dec 2023
Project aims to ‘re-use’ devulcanised rubber in design of new components

Rubber injection moulding report: Sealing the deal
Added: 13 Dec 2023
REP interview with customer Giuseppe Natoli, managing director of SHS Italia...

Pricing 'to buoy' European tire makers in 2024
Added: 12 Dec 2023
HSBC: Michelin, Conti and Pirelli on track to see “unprecedented” price/mix increases

Freudenberg creating new industrial sealing group
Added: 12 Dec 2023
Freudenberg Flow Technologies to include sealing JV EagleBurgmann and Freudenberg Oil & Gas Technol…

Update: Synthetic rubber pricing data
Added: 12 Dec 2023
Weekly data compiled by ChemAnalyst based on selected commodity trading activity in Europe

Hyundai, Kia develop ‘snow-chain-integrated’ tire technology
Added: 12 Dec 2023
Patent-pending technology uses ‘shape-memory alloy’ to enhance tire safety

Enviro names new CEO to lead 'next phase’ of development
Added: 12 Dec 2023
Fredrik Emilson will take over from Thomas Sorensson who moves to ‘senior advisor’ role

Supermax set to ‘substantially complete’ US gloves plant
Added: 12 Dec 2023
Malaysian latex gloves maker to employ artificial intelligence, automation technology at Texas plant

Pirelli efficiency measures delivering significant results
Added: 12 Dec 2023
Year-to-date efficiencies of €61m through improvements in product-design, manufacturing, supply-cha…

Wastefront provides update on UK tire-pyrolysis project
Added: 12 Dec 2023
Due for start-up in 2027, the Port of Sunderland facility will process 83ktpa of scrap tires...
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Global Tire Report - A solid platform
Added: 12 Dec 2023
Leading players firming up positions in the annual global tire rankings amid changing market dynami…