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Evonik adding capacity for polybutadiene products in China
Added: 30 Jun 2025
German supplier to ‘localise final step’ for production of Polyvest, which can be used in tire, rub…
Pyrum given green light for early start of construction at second German plant
Added: 30 Jun 2025
Groundbreaking for new Perl-Besch facility set to take place next month
Contec delivers first shipments of tire pyrolysis oil to Orion
Added: 30 Jun 2025
Delivery part of a “long-term” deal for TPO supply for production of ‘circular carbon black’
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Michelin signs €2m deal for employment revitalisation in Vannes
Added: 30 Jun 2025
French group pledges to create 'as many jobs as lost' after plant closure
Conti says all European tire plants ISCC+ certified
Added: 30 Jun 2025
Continental’s tire manufacturing plant in Hefei, China, also receives certification
Michelin expects volume decline in 2025 as forex, inflation weigh on first half results
Added: 27 Jun 2025
French group says Cholet plant produced final tire in June, several months ahead of schedule
Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 27 Jun 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide
Chemicals sector welcomes new ‘industrial framework’ for EU
Added: 27 Jun 2025
Cefic: Responds to industry calls to “restore the business case for investments in Europe…”
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UPM gains triple sustainability certifications at soon-to-start biorefinery
Added: 27 Jun 2025
The €1.2bn Leuna facility will manufacture lignin-based functional fillers for tires, rubber produc…
Algerian tire maker advances €300m joint project with Doublestar
Added: 26 Jun 2025
Construction of rubber mixing workshop awarded to local company Rekima
Trelleborg inaugurates new facility extension in Malta
Added: 26 Jun 2025
Investment adds 4,000 sq.m. of manufacturing space for semiconductor and medical seals solutions
Klinger weighs potential impact of PFAS ban on fluoropolymer seals
Added: 26 Jun 2025
“Alternatives have consistently failed to meet at least one of these critical properties…”
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ZC Rubber revises project funding after lower-than-expected IPO proceeds
Added: 26 Jun 2025
Chinese tire maker raised gross proceeds of Yuan4.06 billion, below the initial target of Yuan4.85 …
Deadline approaching for Future Tire paper submission
Added: 26 Jun 2025
Event set for November in Prague will study big themes shaping the future of global tire industry
Sabic to permanently close UK naphtha cracker
Added: 26 Jun 2025
Olefins 6 facility in Wilton has been offline since 2020 and was to be converted to a gas cracker
Conti confirms ContiTech divestment plan, adjusts sales outlook
Added: 25 Jun 2025
German group lowers 2025 outlook to reflect currency headwind, trade barriers
EU member states push for further simplification of EUDR
Added: 25 Jun 2025
Support for proposals by Austria and Luxembourg to significantly reduce red-tape burden of the regu…
Trelleborg launches new sealing materials for EV battery cells
Added: 25 Jun 2025
EPDM, FKM and PFA compounds designed to improve efficiency and chemical resistance
UK places €12m Avon respirator order for Ukraine
Added: 25 Jun 2025
UK manufacturer expects to start delivery of masks in financial year 2026, starting 1 Oct
Coim bio-based TPU used in new Ariete ski goggles
Added: 25 Jun 2025
Ariete 8K model uses a TPU containing up to 70% renewable raw materials...
