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Michelin maintains guidance as first quarter sales increase 19%

Added: 27 Apr 2022

Group expects to see growth in markets despite ‘highly uncertain environment’

Teknor Apex partners with Israeli start-up for municipal waste-based TPEs

Added: 27 Apr 2022

UBQ manufactures sustainable plastic substitute entirely from unsorted solid waste

Answer: Bit of a tricky one, but as John Bowen concisely explained: Each tapper can tap 0.75 acre/hour, while the trainee can tap 0.375 acre/hour; working all together they can thus tap 1.875 acre/hour, so the time to tap 5 acres is 5/1.875 hours = 2.6667 hours, or 2 hours 40 minutes.

World Rubber Summit to explore value chains of the future

Added: 27 Apr 2022

IRSG event themed ‘sustainable and inclusive growth through digitalisation and market diversificati…

Opinion: Step up to the platform

VMI parent sees "strong recovery" in tire building systems business

Added: 26 Apr 2022

Dutch group TKH reports record performance in the first quarter of 2022

Conti rubber business posts flat Q3

Conti rubber units post higher sales but pressure on margins

Added: 26 Apr 2022

Hanover group posts preliminary first quarter data for Tires and ContiTech units

Manuli adds RYCO to create global hose and fittings “leader”

Manuli advances sales, earnings amid 2021 challenges

Added: 26 Apr 2022

Italian rubber group hit by higher materials, energy, labour and logistics costs

Nokian to restart US tire plant early May

Nokian reports workplace safety set-back

Added: 26 Apr 2022

Frequency of lost-time accidents rose in 2021, bucking positive three-year trend

Updated: 'Rubber contaminants' halt use of Moderna vaccine doses in Japan

US rubber laboratory grows, changes name

Added: 26 Apr 2022

Renamed ACE expanding services for rubber & silicones sectors

UK imposing 35% tariffs on Russian 'rubber product' imports

Added: 25 Apr 2022

Move impacting materials and products follows similar tariffs on tires

New IRCo leader foresees natural rubber shortage

Natural rubber prices on the slide

Added: 25 Apr 2022

JPX reports declines of 2-4% on major NR futures trading exchanges

Rubber additives market set for 5% annual growth

Rising costs prompt Conti to downgrade business outlook

Added: 25 Apr 2022

Materials, energy, logistics to take heavy toll on Tires, ContiTech units

Toyoda Gosei to enlarge automotive parts plant

Added: 25 Apr 2022

Project to raise competitiveness in automotive interiors and exteriors

Apollo Tyres opens ‘digital innovation hub’ in UK

Added: 22 Apr 2022

Technology centre in London to focus on improving manufacturing efficiency, quality, and sustainabi…

Silicones, elastomers contribute to Dow Q1 gains

Added: 22 Apr 2022

Rubber, elastomer and related materials contribute to strong first-quarter performance

Trelleborg advances small-batch production of LSR parts

Added: 22 Apr 2022

New manufacturing process for O-rings, profile seals, diaphragms and custom-mouldings

ERJ Brainteaser: July

South Korean majors launch tire pyrolysis project

Added: 22 Apr 2022

SK Energy, SK Networks, Daeho form waste-tire collection and recycling venture

ContiTech says will close Veyance deal by yearend

Conti resumes tire production in Russia 'to protect employees'

Added: 21 Apr 2022

Russian staff face severe criminal penalties for failing to meet local demand

SR price pressures ‘set to ease’ after Q2

French rubber industry tracks continuing materials price hikes

Added: 21 Apr 2022

SNCP records sustained rises in raw materials prices during first quarter of 2022

Nokian introduces flexible working deal for Finnish plant workers

Nokian tire plant exceeds VOC permit levels

Added: 21 Apr 2022

Collecting solvent emissions at Finnish industrial tire unit 'remains a challenge'

Bridgestone is encouraging would-be candidates for the engineering posts to take part in an online chat on 22 Oct with various leaders to discover more about the company, what it stands for and the opportunities on offer at TCE.  This is the first of a series of three online information events.

Bridgestone rejigs global management set-up

Added: 21 Apr 2022

Revised leadership structure will mean new roles for executive officers