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People: Orion reshuffles executive team

Orion looks to double earnings by 2025

Added: 13 Jun 2022

Carbon black maker sees “incredible pricing environment” in Europe, North America

Nokian starts commercial production at US tire plant

Former Nokian bosses acquitted of securities market offences

Added: 13 Jun 2022

Case involved allegations of securities disclosure offences and misuse of insider information

German rubber chief warns against recent market developments

Tail-off in price rises for rubber raw materials?

Added: 13 Jun 2022

Latest SNCP figures suggest some plateauing, though at very high levels

Fenner develops new conveyor belt for high heat applications

Added: 13 Jun 2022

Belt features single-ply carcass which helps eliminate “common problem of delamination”

Covestro names new CEO to replace Patrick Thomas

Covestro extends contract with CEO ahead of schedule

Added: 13 Jun 2022

Markus Steilemann to remain as chief executive for another five years

Cabot increases prices for speciality compounds globally

Sharp rise in China carbon black exports to Europe

Added: 10 Jun 2022

Trend signals needs for “major new investments in supply chain logistics, infrastructure”



Semperit opens new North America HQ, manufacturing facility

Added: 10 Jun 2022

Plant in Newnan, Georgia set to boost growth in the industrial sector

Hankook, Korean university to build data sharing platform

Pirelli to open ‘digital centre’ for software development

Added: 10 Jun 2022

Investment in southern Italian city of Bari foresees 50 new hires by 2025

Trelleborg supplies to Australian shiploader, berth replacement project

Added: 10 Jun 2022

Passive grout seals and grout packers prevent leakage to protect biodiversity of Great Barrier Reef

Rubber shares tracker: Ups & downs

Rubber industry environment ‘slowly becoming buyer’s market’

Added: 9 Jun 2022

Industry expert says prices of raw materials overall plateauing

 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