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Chemours offers PFAS ‘customer advocacy portal’

Added: 12 May 2023

Resource to facilitate input into consultation over proposals to ban all fluorine-containing chemic…

Conti’s rubber business posts growth amid supply-chain headwinds 

Conti tires earnings drop amid replacement volume decline

Added: 11 May 2023

ContiTech sees 30% increase in earnings as production processes ‘stabilise’

Semperit confirms 2023 outlook following ‘stable’ results

Added: 11 May 2023

Conveyor belting business Sempertrans sees 23% increase in volumes in "a positive market environmen…

Goodyear shares recover after Trump boycott call

Goodyear claims ‘industry first’ with methane-based tire reinforcement

Added: 11 May 2023

Select EV tires available on sale using Monolith’s carbon black from methane pyrolysis

Audi selects Conti for OE tires on RS 6 Avant Performance

Added: 11 May 2023

Tire maker awarded “worldwide OE approval” for 22-inch size of SportContact 7

Waste tire recycler Enviro raises €27m through share issue

Added: 11 May 2023

Funds provide “financial flexibility” for previously announced pan-European expansion with joint ve…

Michelin, BFG tire prices going up in North America

UK reviewing duties on Chinese tire imports

Added: 10 May 2023

Trade agency initiates transition reviews into anti-dumping and countervailing measures on TBR tire…

Rubber futures mixed over last trading week

Added: 10 May 2023

Pricing gains reported in Japan, China markets register slight decline

Orion to repurpose tire carbon black line in South Korea

Orion reports 57% higher rubber profits despite lower volumes

Added: 10 May 2023

Sees softer second-quarter outlook, but “really strong” underlying business

Cooper: Progress on guayule tire applications

Bridgestone, University of Arizona launch $70m guayule rubber project

Added: 10 May 2023

Study aims to develop further products, including natural adhesives, from desert shrub

Hoffmann Mineral adds sustainability leadership role

Added: 10 May 2023

Laura Sommer tasked to develop a “comprehensive strategy” for German materials company

Petlas adding 'smart' warehouse at Turkey plant

Petlas launches €325m tire expansion at Turkish site

Added: 9 May 2023

Project to raise production capacity at facility in Kirsehir, central Turkey, by 42% by 2026

General Science unveils plans for €200m tire plant

Added: 9 May 2023

Planned JV in Mongolia with Wuxi Hongfeng to produce 1.2 million units of commercial tires a year

Supply drivers key for latex makers

Europe rubber-blacks supply ‘to tighten in 2024’

Added: 9 May 2023

Orion leader reports early start to supply contract negotiations, expects imports from China to rise

Tire Industry Project appoints new executive director

Added: 9 May 2023

Larisa Kryachkova takes over the position from Anne-Cécile Rémont.

Rogers elastomers unit posts first-quarter reversals

Added: 9 May 2023

Restructuring charges hit profits amid Q1 dip in sales to EV, portable electronics and general indu…

Essentially Rubber - Interlocking rail crossings

Added: 9 May 2023

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

Goodyear eyes recovery after steep decline in first quarter earnings

Added: 5 May 2023

Kramer: “We are driving toward strong operating results as we move through the year, particularly i…

SNCP backs French tire-granulate safety report

European Commission advances ban on rubber infill in synthetic pitches

Added: 5 May 2023

‘Intentional microplastics’ proposals target recyclate from waste tire and rubber materials

 Toyoda Gosei showed a padded concept vehicle at the Tokyo Motor Show. Its rubber skin softens collisions.

Toyoda Gosei profits rise, expects positive trend to continue

Added: 5 May 2023

Japanese group expects 5% increase in profits for 2023 despite projected lower sales