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Recycler warns of “massive gap” in Australia’s ELT processing capacity

Bridgestone steps up plans to chemically recycle waste tires

Added: 18 Feb 2022

Enters two separate projects to produce materials including isoprene, butadiene and naphta from ELT…

US 2018 Market Data: Shipments up, production down

Labour emerging as major post-pandemic headache for tire makers

Added: 18 Feb 2022

Reports and feedback indicate manufacturers now “facing a labour shortage with no end in sight”

 

Orion announces executive management changes

Orion rubber black earnings up 30% despite fourth quarter dip

Added: 18 Feb 2022

Segment accounts for 61% of total revenue, 45% of adjusted earnings

 

Analysis: ContiTech moves forward after Veyance acquisition

Conti expanding Brazilian mining conveyor belt capacities

Added: 18 Feb 2022

Investment of €25m to meet demand for ‘high strength belts’ 

 

ANRPC report: Improved fundamentals fail to lift rubber prices

Natural rubber markets gain as crude oil prices rise

Added: 18 Feb 2022

Intermittent wintering season negatively affecting supply

 

Semperit expands investment in European hose plant

Semperit marginally lowers earnings outlook as 'challenging environment' continues

Added: 17 Feb 2022

But Austrian group remains confident it will report record earnings for the year 

Yokohama, Bridgestone to hike truck tire prices in US 

Yokohama Rubber to expand hose production in major restructuring move

Added: 17 Feb 2022

Group reorganising automotive hose operations in North America, consolidating aerospace division

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Shin-Etsu silicones business reports growth

Shin-Etsu announces €600m silicone expansion project

Added: 17 Feb 2022

Investment to meet ‘robustly growing demand’ for advanced functional products 

 

Record high for UK car exports

EU new car sales falls 6% in January

Added: 17 Feb 2022

Historic low in European Union new car registration for first month of year

 

Linglong extends German football club sponsorship

Added: 17 Feb 2022

Chinese tire maker adds sustainability focus to established partnership with VfL Wolfsburg

 

Central Europe slowdown impact Nokian results

Nokian more than doubles operating profit on ‘record high’ sales

Added: 17 Feb 2022

Fourth quarter profits impacted by ‘sharp increases’ in raw material and logistics costs 

 

Bridgestone’s Webfleet in mobile link-up with TomTom

Added: 17 Feb 2022

Collaboration aims to better guide fleet managers and drivers via mobile devices

 

ANRPC reports 8.7% growth in rubber demand in 2021

Added: 16 Feb 2022

Supply increased marginally at 1.7%, as production was hit by floods in the final quarter 



Goodyear expects up to $800m additional raw materials costs in first half

Added: 16 Feb 2022

Includes ‘some significant increases’ in feedstock and non-feedstock costs

 

Chinese firm “optimistic” despite drop in rubber additives’ prices

Safic-Alcan is new distributor for Repsol rubber additives

Added: 16 Feb 2022

Agreement with Spanish group covers extender oils, processing aids and anti-ozone stabilisers

 

Hübner developing new bus/tram concept

Added: 16 Feb 2022

German manufacturer working on innovative steering systems for high-capacity buses

 

Energy costs hit EU chemical exports

BASF extends regulatory support service to polymer additives

Added: 16 Feb 2022

Focus on 'plastics' but service also covers additives for elastomeric materials within group portfo…

Pirelli results up in 9-month report

Pirelli lifts full-year sales outlook as volumes grow

Added: 15 Feb 2022

Price/mix effect more than offsets increasing raw material costs, foreign currency impact

New Bridgestone management structure to expedite decision-making

Bridgestone rebuilding earnings power as advances mid-term plan

Added: 15 Feb 2022

Japanese tire maker back in black in Europe, nearly doubles overall profit 

 

Pyrolysis Hellas to build tire recycling plant in Greece

Added: 15 Feb 2022

Facility in Moulkia to use Klean Industries technology for ELT pyrolysis