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SaarGummi in technical deal with the Korean automotive supplier

German automotive suppliers voice concern over ‘cost pressure’

Added: 31 May 2022

Call on federal government to address "the existential energy price crisis"

Elastomers for Sustainability judging panel announced

Sustainability: Biomaterials to the fore in new E4S ranking

Added: 31 May 2022

The fifth staging of ERJ’s Top 10 ranking of materials science-based projects

Denka raising chloroprene rubber prices

Denka to raise styrene monomer prices

Added: 31 May 2022

"Business profits are deteriorating due to significant increases in costs..."

Nynas chief executive Bo Askvik steps down

Added: 31 May 2022

Company introduces Stein Ivar Bye as interim CEO

Brexit 'prompts carmakers to look towards eastern Europe'

UK April car production falls 11%

Added: 31 May 2022

Decline driven by multiple factors, including chip shortage, model and structural changes

Goodyear ‘imagines’ airless tires by 2030

Added: 30 May 2022

Aims to produce “first 100% sustainable material and maintenance-free tire…”

Wacker to expand silicon metal production

Added: 30 May 2022

Norway site to increase capacity of product - a raw material for silicone rubber - by 50%

Cabot ready for take-off as economic recovery strengthens 

Cabot raising prices for silica products

Added: 30 May 2022

Price increase of 15% to come into effect 1 July

Nynas to sharpen focus in European markets

Added: 30 May 2022

Swedish refiner to also target 'selected products segments' in Americas, Asia Pacific 

Dow launches new mouldable optical silicone for automotive lights

Added: 30 May 2022

New material offers four times faster throughput compared to existing products

Wastefront secures ELT supply in UK, mulls European plant

Added: 27 May 2022

Gateway Resources to ensure “permanent supply” of waste tires for Sunderland recycling plant

Leoni to spin off wire & cable systems

Leoni selling automotive cables business to Thai manufacturer

Added: 27 May 2022

Amongst other products, the unit supplies TPE-based and elatomeric cables to car manufacturers

Gates upgrades belt-drive technology for e-bikes

Added: 27 May 2022

Carbon-fibre reinforced belts employ “new” ethylene elastomer compounds

Top 10 tire makers to attend Tire Cologne 2018

Expo news: The Tire Cologne

Added: 27 May 2022

News and updates from this week’s Tire Cologne international tire trade fair

Krahn to distribute UPM bio-fillers in DACH

Added: 27 May 2022

UPM launched ‘renewable functional fillers’ for rubber, plastics in October last year

VW supplier advances gasket 3D scanning

Added: 27 May 2022

Technology by Morgan Polymer claimed to have "defective rate of zero parts per million"

VCI raises concerns over outlook for German chemicals industry 

Added: 26 May 2022

“There is nothing left of the hoped-for upswing after the Corona winter…”

Hankook opens “Asia’s largest” proving ground

Added: 26 May 2022

Hankook Technoring includes 13 testing tracks, and accommodates all types of vehicles



Interview: Titan gains momentum, targets Turkey

Titan boss has “never seen a market like this”

Added: 26 May 2022

Tires and wheels maker buoyed by strong global demand for agricultural machinery

Hainan Rubber to build plant for deproteinised NR 

Rubber futures gain across major markets

Added: 26 May 2022

OSE says planned lifting of lockdowns in China improves market