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Krahn Chemie expands rubber product portfolio

SNCP: Rubber price rises continuing into 2022

Added: 15 Feb 2022

French rubber industry association charts persistent increases in costs for synthetic and natural r…

LG Chem start production at China nitrile butadiene latex plant 

Synthomer expects NBR latex premium to normalise to pre-crisis levels this year

Added: 15 Feb 2022

Group doubles 2021 earnings on ‘exceptional’ NBR latex growth 

 

Goodyear changes leadership in Asia Pacific unit

Goodyear reports return to profit as sales rise 42%

Added: 14 Feb 2022

Growth primarily due to the Cooper Tire merger, higher volume and improvements in price/mix 

 

Akwel increases turnover 26% in first half

Akwel posts decline in sales, profit amid ‘volatile’ 2021

Added: 14 Feb 2022

Visibility regarding the global vehicle market over 2022 remains poor 

 

Windspace, Enviro advance tire pyrolysis project

Carbon Recovery establishes Austria’s ‘first’ tire pyrolysis plant

Added: 14 Feb 2022

Starts up pilot facility at the site of former Semperit tire factory in Traiskirchen

Bridgestone results hit by Covid pandemic

Bridgestone divesting Sports Arena unit to narrow focus on core businesses

Added: 14 Feb 2022

Division included swimming pools, tennis facilities and school operations

 

Reka Rubber adding new warehouse in Poland

Added: 14 Feb 2022

Finnish rubber manufacturer says it is experiencing "rapid growth"

 

ERJ Tire Tech Expo 2022 Preview

Added: 14 Feb 2022

Focus on technologies set to make an impact at this year’s international trade show

 

Sumitomo Rubber reports double-digit growth in 2021 sales, profits

Added: 11 Feb 2022

Tire and sports businesses see strong sales, but industrial rubber products decline

 

Kraiburg TPE names Zintner as new chief executive

Added: 11 Feb 2022

Former CEO Hinterecker joins Kraiburg Holding’s board of directors 

 

Researchers develop 'programmable', 'elasto-magnetic' materials

Added: 11 Feb 2022

"Metamaterial" takes advantage of phase shift properties to amplify energy release, absorption 

 

US brand Cole Haan launches dandelion-rubber sustainable shoe range

Added: 11 Feb 2022

Footwear also features recycled PET & rubber, ‘vegan microfibre suede’

 

Continental tires support Dubai Eye

Added: 11 Feb 2022

Tires help smooth rolling of Ain Dubai, world's “largest and tallest observation wheel”

 

Synthos investing in nuclear power plant in Poland

Synthos to build 40ktpa bio-butadiene plant

Added: 10 Feb 2022

Taps Lummus Technology for the plant which will support 'sustainable synthetic rubber' production 

Silicone demand set for a ‘strong rebound’ in coming years

Elkem Silicones reports 177% earnings growth in 2021

Added: 10 Feb 2022

Higher sales dampened by rising costs of silicons, slowing construction sector in China

 

Hong Seng, Mitsui in 'strategic partnership' for NBL plant

Added: 10 Feb 2022

Malaysia group advances plans to build an integrated nitirile butadiene latex project

 

But while Arlanxeo will continue to buy feedstock from suppliers, such as Ineos, Shell and Sabic, de Vries said the JV would have a “totally different position” in raw materials than the business had in the past.

Lanxess in global automation supply deal with Siemens

Added: 10 Feb 2022

Covers procurement of digital control systems, motor control centres and fire detection systems

 

Rubber industry “uncool” for young talent

Abstract submission open for RubberCon 2023

Added: 10 Feb 2022

University of Edinburgh to host the event in May next year

 

Kemya, Continental Carbon start Saudi carbon black plant

LG Chem expanding elastomer film capacity under strategic growth plan

Added: 9 Feb 2022

Project will make Korean group the world’s second largest producer of POE film for solar panel appl…

Enviro studying production of fuel from recycled tires

Enviro reports “milestone” contract for tire-pyrolysis oil

Added: 9 Feb 2022

Major US oil company will test suitability as feedstock for the production of biofuels