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Cariflex names new boss, announces $50m investment
Added: 17 Jul 2020
New large-scale polyisoprene latex plant to double production capacity in Brazil

Rubber Price Monitor: Prices improve
Added: 17 Jul 2020
Latex prices on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange were the only exception, registering a 3% decline o…

Michelin picks 2020 Challenge Design ‘Upcycle' winners
Added: 17 Jul 2020
Theme challenged artists and designers to create a design that added environmental, societal or eco…

US places 'detention order' on Top Glove products
Added: 17 Jul 2020
Malaysian gloves maker says move linked to issues ‘related to foreign labour'

Production starts at new Evonik multi-purpose silicone facility
Added: 17 Jul 2020
Plant produces silicones and silane-terminated polymers for applications in construction and electr…

EU new-car sales fall 22% in June
Added: 16 Jul 2020
All EU markets continued to post significant declines with the exception of France

Hankook to up self-sealing tire capacity in China
Added: 16 Jul 2020
Seoul-based company to increase capacity for extended-mobility tires by nearly a million units a ye…

Apollo inaugurates two-wheel tire production plant
Added: 16 Jul 2020
Indian tire maker eyes top position in the premium two-wheel segment

Smithers expands capabilities at winter testing facility
Added: 16 Jul 2020
Latest investments enable electric vehicle testing in lower temperatures

UK group acquires local rubber goods maker Aldona
Added: 16 Jul 2020
New owners plan to scale up existing operations through investments in emerging new energy technolo…

Packaging boss to take the helm at Pirelli
Added: 15 Jul 2020
Marco Tronchetti Provera is to propose the appointment of Angelos Papadimitriou as the general mana…

Nizhnekamsk sales, profit slump in 2019
Added: 15 Jul 2020
Russian materials supplier expanded the production of elastomers last year

Finalists for Journey to Automation Awards announced
Added: 15 Jul 2020
Winners will be revealed on 16 Sept during a special J2A virtual ceremony

US agency votes to proceed with consumer tire import investigations
Added: 15 Jul 2020
The ITC now has until 26 Aug to issue its preliminary countervailing duty determination

EU tire markets post "worst results", full recovery “far away”
Added: 14 Jul 2020
ETRMA links “steep drop” to the global outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic

Bridgestone launches new brand tagline for sustainable mobility
Added: 14 Jul 2020
Existing brand tagline "Your Journey, Our Passion" will be replaced in the second half of 2020

University of Dundee, Michelin Scotland Innovation Parc sign partnership agreement
Added: 14 Jul 2020
Link-up to help companies develop “new and advancing products” for sustainable mobility

Conti looks to save ‘several hundred million euros’, cut jobs
Added: 14 Jul 2020
German group's cost structure no longer in-line with lower global vehicle production

Five rubber parts makers win GM's supplier award
Added: 14 Jul 2020
Recipients of the annual award included 116 suppliers from 15 countries

China's Huide starts up PU resin and TPU plant
Added: 14 Jul 2020
At full capacity, the project is to create 315 jobs and generate annual sales of €300 million