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Production in 'full swing' at ZC Rubber plants 

Zhongce Rubber relocates Yangxi truck and bus tire plant

Added: 28 Apr 2022

ZC Rubber moves operation to an existing facility in same city

Elkem to cut jobs in two-year restructuring programme

Elkem investing in silicone innovation following record Q1 results

Added: 28 Apr 2022

Company building flagship R&I centre for silicones in Shanghai

BASF ups prices for butanediol in Europe

BASF to wind down activities in Russia, Belarus

Added: 28 Apr 2022

Decision not to include food production-related business

India imposes anti-dumping duties against EU, Korea and Thai SBR

German rubber industry at 'load limit amid materials price explosion'

Added: 27 Apr 2022

WDK expects double-digit increase in raw materials prices in second quarter

Green light for Dynasol expansion deal

Dynasol unveils synthetic rubber expansion projects

Added: 27 Apr 2022

New styrene-butadiene rubber capacity in Spain and Mexico

Michelin maintains guidance as first quarter sales increase 19%

Added: 27 Apr 2022

Group expects to see growth in markets despite ‘highly uncertain environment’

Teknor Apex partners with Israeli start-up for municipal waste-based TPEs

Added: 27 Apr 2022

UBQ manufactures sustainable plastic substitute entirely from unsorted solid waste

Answer: Bit of a tricky one, but as John Bowen concisely explained: Each tapper can tap 0.75 acre/hour, while the trainee can tap 0.375 acre/hour; working all together they can thus tap 1.875 acre/hour, so the time to tap 5 acres is 5/1.875 hours = 2.6667 hours, or 2 hours 40 minutes.

World Rubber Summit to explore value chains of the future

Added: 27 Apr 2022

IRSG event themed ‘sustainable and inclusive growth through digitalisation and market diversificati…

Opinion: Step up to the platform

VMI parent sees "strong recovery" in tire building systems business

Added: 26 Apr 2022

Dutch group TKH reports record performance in the first quarter of 2022

Conti rubber business posts flat Q3

Conti rubber units post higher sales but pressure on margins

Added: 26 Apr 2022

Hanover group posts preliminary first quarter data for Tires and ContiTech units

Manuli adds RYCO to create global hose and fittings “leader”

Manuli advances sales, earnings amid 2021 challenges

Added: 26 Apr 2022

Italian rubber group hit by higher materials, energy, labour and logistics costs

Nokian to restart US tire plant early May

Nokian reports workplace safety set-back

Added: 26 Apr 2022

Frequency of lost-time accidents rose in 2021, bucking positive three-year trend

Updated: 'Rubber contaminants' halt use of Moderna vaccine doses in Japan

US rubber laboratory grows, changes name

Added: 26 Apr 2022

Renamed ACE expanding services for rubber & silicones sectors

UK imposing 35% tariffs on Russian 'rubber product' imports

Added: 25 Apr 2022

Move impacting materials and products follows similar tariffs on tires

New IRCo leader foresees natural rubber shortage

Natural rubber prices on the slide

Added: 25 Apr 2022

JPX reports declines of 2-4% on major NR futures trading exchanges

Rubber additives market set for 5% annual growth

Rising costs prompt Conti to downgrade business outlook

Added: 25 Apr 2022

Materials, energy, logistics to take heavy toll on Tires, ContiTech units

Toyoda Gosei to enlarge automotive parts plant

Added: 25 Apr 2022

Project to raise competitiveness in automotive interiors and exteriors

Apollo Tyres opens ‘digital innovation hub’ in UK

Added: 22 Apr 2022

Technology centre in London to focus on improving manufacturing efficiency, quality, and sustainabi…

Silicones, elastomers contribute to Dow Q1 gains

Added: 22 Apr 2022

Rubber, elastomer and related materials contribute to strong first-quarter performance

Trelleborg advances small-batch production of LSR parts

Added: 22 Apr 2022

New manufacturing process for O-rings, profile seals, diaphragms and custom-mouldings