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Energy costs hit EU chemical exports

EU approves €130m funding for BASF renewable hydrogen project

Added: 5 Oct 2022

“Direct grant” to support installation of large-scale electrolyser at Ludwigshafen site

Goodyear, BASF help Citroen take sustainability ‘to next level’

Added: 4 Oct 2022

EV features sustainable tire compound and recyclable thermoplastic polyurethane interior components

Styrene-butadiene rubber prices slide, EPDM recovers

Added: 4 Oct 2022

Other synthetic rubber commodities remain flat over one-week period

Tire shares tracker: Declines across the board

Conti claims top tire OE position in China

Added: 4 Oct 2022

Tire business reports significant growth in area of electric and premium vehicles

Goodyear to relocate Latin America HQ to Akron

Goodyear reports fatality at US tire manufacturing plant

Added: 4 Oct 2022

Death of Topeka plant employee adds to number of fatal incidents at Goodyear US facilities over rec…

Evonik introduces new waste-tire elastomer for athletic shoes

Added: 4 Oct 2022

Vestamid eCo replaces 50% raw material with used tires and is produced with renewable energy

Kraton elastomer production hit by extended cracker shutdown

Added: 3 Oct 2022

LyondellBasell to delay restart of cracker at French petrochemicals site until early 2023

Rubber futures provide mixed picture ahead of China’s week-long holiday

Added: 3 Oct 2022

Commodity trades lower in Osaka but increases noted on Chinese SHFE and INE exchanges

Klean progresses tire pyrolysis projects

Klean establishes Australian subsidiary to advance tire recycling plants

Added: 3 Oct 2022

Canadian pyrolysis company eyeing “significant” projects in Melbourne and Sydney

Safic-Alcan extends distribution agreement for Nouryon additives

Added: 3 Oct 2022

Agreement covers marketing of crosslinking peroxides across EU

ExxonMobil expands healthcare products portfolio

Added: 3 Oct 2022

Extended range includes Vistamaxx performance polymers, speciality elastomers

Hutchinson opens aftersales site in France

Added: 3 Oct 2022

MRO centre in Blagnac to support aerospace industry as air traffic picks up

K2022 exhibitor profile – METRAVIB

Added: 3 Oct 2022

Manufacturer of dynamic mechanical analyzers to meet requirements of research and industry dealing …

Huebner opening “ultra-modern” elastomer compounding plant in Hungary

Added: 30 Sep 2022

Second Hungarian facility to offer products with improved fire protection properties

Arlanxeo expanding  chloroprene rubber capacity

'Disruption continues to impact' Arlanxeo chloroprene rubber supply

Added: 30 Sep 2022

Synthetic rubber major issued force majeure after Dormagen feedstock outage in mid-August

Weir doubles rubber production at Malaysia plant

Added: 30 Sep 2022

Rubber products used in mining, minerals processing and industrial applications

Avon Rubber seeking new CEO as business grows

Avon Protection names new executive chair to head company

Added: 30 Sep 2022

UK rubber-based products group say arrangement in place until new chief executive appointed

Yokohama Rubber exiting karting tires business

Added: 30 Sep 2022

Move part of Japanese tire maker’s “Transformation 2023” strategy

Evonik in link-up for industrial scale supply of rice ash silica to tire industry

Added: 29 Sep 2022

New plant, to be built in collaboration with Austrian and Thai partners, set for 2024 commissioning

India’s Epsilon Carbon adding 100ktpa of carbon black capacity

Added: 29 Sep 2022

New €70m investment to increase total production by 85%