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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

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 …

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

Synthos raising butadiene rubber capacity by 50%
Added: 1 Jun 2022
Projects to address shortages “creating huge difficulties for tire producers in Europe”

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

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 announces 200ktpa carbon black expansion
Added: 31 May 2022
Investment across multiple sites in Europe, Asia

German automotive suppliers voice concern over ‘cost pressure’
Added: 31 May 2022
Call on federal government to address "the existential energy price crisis"

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 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

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 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
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Dow launches new mouldable optical silicone for automotive lights
Added: 30 May 2022
New material offers four times faster throughput compared to existing products