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SKS acquires Mehler’s tire cord assets in US
Added: 21 Nov 2024
Mehler announced exit from single-end cord products for tires earlier in September

Celanese, Henkel collaborating to develop adhesives from captured CO2
Added: 21 Nov 2024
Henkel to produce water-based adhesives made from CO2 captured at Celanese plant in Texas

JSR selling emulsion business to Shokubai
Added: 21 Nov 2024
Unit makes waterproofing materials, adhesives, and tackifiers, using synthetic rubber latex as main…

Nova Motorsport rolls out Camac-branded tires at refurbished Portuguese plant
Added: 21 Nov 2024
Facility in Palmeira to support 100 skilled jobs people as €20m upgrade programme continues

Yokohama Rubber develops ‘nano-scale’ image processing technology for rubber materials
Added: 20 Nov 2024
Technology enhances images provided by electron microscope to provide ‘clearly visualised’ rubber s…

Neste-PCS in link-up to establish renewable BD value chain in Southeast Asia
Added: 20 Nov 2024
PCS set to make first renewable butadiene deliveries to Mitsubishi, Toray Malaysia and Synthomer

Zeon targets 60% earnings growth in speciality rubber segment
Added: 20 Nov 2024
Electrification trends as well as emerging markets expected to drive demand over the next two years…

Natural rubber futures fall sharply
Added: 19 Nov 2024
All major Far East markets see week-on-week declines in pricing amid active trading

Elkem claims milestone in silicone recycling, scaling up technology
Added: 19 Nov 2024
Starts chemical recycling of waste silicones at pilot plant in Saint-Fons, France

Saudi’s Blatco inks natural rubber supply deal with Thailand’s Golden Star
Added: 19 Nov 2024
Agreement to support a €450m factory in Yanbu with initial production capacity of 4m tires per year…

Yokohama Rubber posts 'record' results for first three quarters
Added: 19 Nov 2024
Business profit for the nine-month period grew 70% to over €500 million

Avon delivers significant growth as efficiency programme progresses
Added: 19 Nov 2024
UK manufacturer says all factories undergoing ‘continuous improvement’ programmes to enhance effici…

US compounder Geon adds TPE capacity in Mexico
Added: 19 Nov 2024
Expansion builds on technology obtained from acquisition of Polymax TPE in December last year

PCBL mulls greenfield sites under 1000ktpa carbon-black plan
Added: 18 Nov 2024
Carbon black sales contributes to 45% year-on-year increase in consolidated revenue of €243m

Kumho expanding tire production at Vietnam plant by 36%
Added: 18 Nov 2024
Korean tire maker to start construction work on $300-million phase III project in early 2025

Nouryon doubles rubber chemicals production in China
Added: 18 Nov 2024
Dutch-based supplier hiking capacity for cross-linking peroxides at production site in China
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Apollo profits hit by ‘unprecedented’ raw materials costs
Added: 18 Nov 2024
European operations report revenue growth but tire maker faced weak OE demand in Indian market
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ERJ Business Briefing: November-December
Added: 18 Nov 2024
Hankook completes Hanon deal... VMI 'strong' Q3... Sumitomo Riko upgrade... Freudenberg-NOK acquisi…

IOM3 to discuss elastomers in biomedical devices
Added: 18 Nov 2024
Rubber group's afternoon technical discussion meeting will provide insights into the future of elas…

European Parliament agrees to extend EUDR deadline, other amendments
Added: 15 Nov 2024
Votes through one-year postponement but also proposals of concern to tire and natural rubber suppli…