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

Toyoda Gosei targets innovation, new mobility

Added: 9 Jun 2022

Group forms business alliance to advance ‘next-generation’ safety systems

Fenner acquires Australian conveyor parts maker

Added: 9 Jun 2022

Acquisition of Conveyor Products & Solutions to help Michelin company become ‘one-stop-shop’



UK car demand falls for third year

UK new car market declines amid supply constraints

Added: 9 Jun 2022

New car registrations decline 20.6% in “second weakest May in three decades”

Michelin launches cleantech park project at former German tire factory

Added: 8 Jun 2022

Bamberg site to house "renowned" companies, start-ups and research institutes, including the Fraunh…

Hexpol TPE expands circular portfolio with ocean waste range 

Added: 8 Jun 2022

Compounder partnered with Danish company Plastix for supply of recycled maritime plastic waste

DSM mulls sale of materials business to focus on health, bioscience

UK rubber group rebrands as IoM3 Elastomer Group

Added: 8 Jun 2022

Next online event on EV elastomers scheduled for mid-June

Goodyear to relocate Latin America HQ to Akron

Goodyear recalls over 173,000 tires in US

Added: 8 Jun 2022

Tread separation can cause a loss of vehicle control

NR markets finish 2017 with a whimper

ANRPC revises up rubber demand outlook

Added: 7 Jun 2022

But warns that geopolitical developments and Covid-19 could hamper growth

Nokian expedites plans for new tire capacity in Europe

Added: 7 Jun 2022

Tire maker halted investment in Russian factory following Ukraine war

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India to launch e-trading platform for natural rubber

Added: 7 Jun 2022

mRube, supported by the Indian Rubber Board, to will go live 8 June

Michelin names new director for German truck tire plant

Added: 7 Jun 2022

Michelin names new director for German truck tire plant

Toyo Europe reorganises ahead of production launch in Serbia

Added: 6 Jun 2022

New holding company to strengthen governance in Europe

TPC completes second phase of butadiene plant start-up

Butadiene supplier TPC files for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

Added: 6 Jun 2022

"Comprehensive pre-arranged financial restructuring" to resolve liabilities arising from 2019 Port …

Global ZnO market to reach 1.4m tonnes in 2020

Merger creates ‘preeminent' global zinc chemicals supplier

Added: 6 Jun 2022

New York-based investment company Aterian combines US Zinc with EverZinc

Malaysian gloves industry renews commitment to social compliance

Added: 6 Jun 2022

Gloves association mees US customs and border protection officials

Explosion and fire at Synthos synthetic rubber plant

Synthos raising butadiene rubber capacity by 50%

Added: 1 Jun 2022

Projects to address shortages “creating huge difficulties for tire producers in Europe”

DSM set to raise elastomer prices globally

Lanxess JV in €3.7bn deal to buy DSM engineering materials unit

Added: 1 Jun 2022

German chemicals supplier to transfer high-performance materials business to JV

Natural rubber markets decline on weakening short-term outlook

Rubber markets close higher as Shanghai lockdown comes to an end

Added: 1 Jun 2022

All major Far East markets monitored by ERJ report growth over the two weeks to 27 May

Rubber recyclate 'can double the life of sun-baked roads'

Added: 1 Jun 2022

Optimised bitumen-rubber blend shows enhanced resistance to UV and loading

Birla to raise carbon black prices in North America

Birla announces 200ktpa carbon black expansion

Added: 31 May 2022

Investment across multiple sites in Europe, Asia