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Midland, Michigan –  DowDuPont Materials Science has started up world-scale ethylene and polyethylene (PE) production facilities in Freeport, Texas – with new olefinic rubber and elastomers units scheduled to follow.

Dow announces global silicone capacity expansion

Added: 6 Apr 2022

Move in response to growing demand for mobility technologies

Conti claims breakthrough with large-scale production of rPET-based tires

Added: 6 Apr 2022

In-house technology industrialised “in just a few months”

Terror threat to bolster Avon Rubber shares

Avon says Ukraine war highlighted ‘criticality of products’

Added: 6 Apr 2022

Company in active discussions for potential incremental orders

Toyoda Gosei to establish new airbag production plant in China

Added: 6 Apr 2022

Unit to supply to growing automotive industry in southern China

Kraton expanding pine-based tire additives capacity in France

Added: 5 Apr 2022

Company to make ‘significant investment’ to raise capacity for alpha methyl styrene

Sumitomo Rubber advances tire wear monitoring with internal power device

Added: 5 Apr 2022

Miniaturised energy harvesters can power peripheral sensors in tires

New boss takes over at Desma China

Added: 5 Apr 2022

Kevin Wang joined Desma from Engel subsidiary WinTec

Hexpol completes 70% acquisition of recycled polymer compounder

Added: 5 Apr 2022

Acquisition in line with strategy to grow in ‘high recycled-content’ polymers

Pirelli rejects Italy minister’s ‘bad loan’ allegation

Pirelli expects ‘moderate pace of growth’ in 2022

Added: 4 Apr 2022

Russia-Ukraine war, Omicron and high costs to impact performance

JSR to sell elastomers business to energy group Eneos

JSR completes sale of elastomers business to Eneos

Added: 4 Apr 2022

Business will be relaunched as Eneos Materials Corp.

UK recycling body says increased tire weight adds to collection costs

Italian recycler Rubber Conversion raises €2.5m to boost capacity

Added: 4 Apr 2022

Start-up holds patented technology for rubber devulcanisaion

Versalis, Novamont strengthen biochemicals partnership

Added: 4 Apr 2022

Companies to enhance the technology and product assets of bioproducts JV Matrica  

OE market dents sales, earnings at Apollo 

Apollo premises searched by Indian competition authorities

Added: 1 Apr 2022

Three tire makers reportedly under investigation for “unfair trade practices”

ANRPC expects rubber-price gains as output lags demand

Mixed picture in rubber markets as crude prices stabilise

Added: 1 Apr 2022

Markets decline in Shanghai and Singapore, as Japanese rubber futures gain 5%

Safic-Alcan names new chief executive

Added: 1 Apr 2022

Martial Lecat and Phillippe Combette to remain on supervisory board of French distributor

Teknor Apex launches recycled content TPEs

Added: 1 Apr 2022

Monprene RX CP-15100 series contains 25-35% post consumer recycled waste

Nokian tracking sustainability goals

Nokian planning to invest in new capacity in Europe

Added: 31 Mar 2022

Tire maker cutting dividend due to war in Ukraine

Orion announces executive management changes

Orion raising rubber carbon black prices in Europe

Added: 31 Mar 2022

Company increasing carbon black oil surcharge, introducing a natural gas charge 



Bridgestone wins US grant to advance guayule research

Added: 31 Mar 2022

Japanese tire maker looking to optimise desert shrub for increased rubber content

Goodyear invests in blockchain wireless networks specialist Nova Labs

Added: 31 Mar 2022

Move to help Goodyear advance connected mobility ambitions