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Tokai Carbon building new carbon black plant in Thailand

Added: 7 Sep 2022

Manufacturer to relocate existing production operations to Rayong site by April 2025

Shah Alam, Malaysia – Higher raw material prices have driven down annual profit at Malaysian rubber gloves manufacturer Top Glove Corp. Bhd, despite a strong fourth quarter performance and higher sales volumes in 2017.

Supermax expects ‘continued consolidation’ in gloves industry as markets normalise

Added: 7 Sep 2022

Malaysian manufacturer posts 97% profit decline in fourth quarter

Reclaimed rubber flooring company to build US factory

Added: 7 Sep 2022

Ecore planning a $25m truck tire recycling and manufacturing facility in Alabama

SNCP backs French tire-granulate safety report

Industry dismay at EC move to ban on rubber infill materials

Added: 6 Sep 2022

Unexpected decision threatens to undermine key value-chains for tire and rubber recycling in Europe

Yokohama resumes tire production operations in Russia

Shahrzad Pourriahi | Added: 6 Sep 2022

Japanese tire maker suspended activities at the Lipetsk site in March

Rubber futures record sharp fall amid spike in volumes

Added: 6 Sep 2022

JPX: “Prices continued to drift lower all week as overseas rubber prices sank to new lows”

Halcyon Agri in €28m deal to acquire RCMA’s polymer business

IRSG in link-up to support rubber sustainability research

Added: 6 Sep 2022

Rubber study group to work with NTU on traceability of natural rubber

 ExxonMobil chemical plant Baytown, Texas

ExxonMobil 400ktpa elastomer unit now 'to start up in 2023'

Added: 5 Sep 2022

Vistamaxx olefinic elastomers plant part of $2bn expansion at chemical company’s Baytown site

Sumitomo Rubber advances high-precision measuring of sulphur compounds

Added: 5 Sep 2022

Technology to help accelerate development of high performance tires

KraussMaffei Berstorff relocating HQ in Hanover

KraussMaffei moves into new plastics & rubber machinery plant

Added: 5 Sep 2022

Relocation of operations to Laatzen is expected to be completed by December, without stopping produ…

Kordsa opens new tire cord facility in Indonesia

Kordsa adding tire cord capacity at US plant

Added: 5 Sep 2022

Turkish manufacturer sees growing demand in North America

BASF, Sabic and Linde start construction on large-scale demo e-cracker

Added: 5 Sep 2022

Technology has potential to reduce CO2 emissions by at least 90% compared to conventional steam cra…

K Show to return to Düsseldorf in 2022 

ERJ Guide to RUBBER EXHIBITORS at K2022

Added: 5 Sep 2022

ERJ listing of major elastomer- and rubber-focused players in the line-up for the K2022 expo. 

Volatile NR markets see prices slip further

Physical rubber markets decline on rising supply, weak demand

Added: 2 Sep 2022

Far East futures markets monitored by ERJ decline over two-week period

French compounder Benvic to have new owners

Added: 2 Sep 2022

International Chemical Investors Group acquiring company from PVC Europe

Gates increasing presence in Poland

Added: 2 Sep 2022

Industrial parts manufacturer looking to expand Wroclaw office location

Automation experts join J2A judging panel

Bridgestone taps AWS to progress digital mobility solutions

Added: 2 Sep 2022

Collaboration aims to create "a Bridgestone marketplace" for fleet operators

Freudenberg serves up new food-contact fluoroelastomer

Added: 2 Sep 2022

Offers “outstanding resistance” to various aggressive media that can degrade EPDM and HNBR rubber m…

Return of ‘real’ trade fairs delivers for Desma

Added: 2 Sep 2022

Moulding machinery makers aims to build on success of DKT2022 in Nuremberg

Lion Elastomers seeking new leader after CEO resigns

Lion Elastomers expansion project to support EPDM customers 

Added: 1 Sep 2022

Project expected to reach full commercial production before yearend