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Chinese rubber chemicals industry “deeply affected” by Covid
Added: 11 Jun 2020
Weakening demand from end-users caused further slowdown for chemical manufacturers

EU car market to take five years to recover
Added: 10 Jun 2020
New car sales set for a 32% decline, according to US consulting group

US associations calls for Covid liability protections
Added: 10 Jun 2020
Congress urged to cover manufacturers from 'frivolous lawsuits' stemming from the outbreak

Pirelli solves mystery of black dust from UK factory
Added: 10 Jun 2020
Production stopped at Burton-on-Trent tire plant following complaints from local residents

Sentury receives approval for Shenzhen IPO
Added: 10 Jun 2020
Capital raised from the offering will fund ongoing projects, including aircraft tire plant in Qingd…

Tire makers expecting significant declines in Q2 results
Added: 9 Jun 2020
European markets could take at least two years to get back to 2019 levels of demand

US environment authority confirms Denka’s 85% emissions cut
Added: 9 Jun 2020
Company launched voluntary reduction programme at rubber production facility in early 2017

Pirelli offers serological Covid tests for Italian staff
Added: 9 Jun 2020
Move is part of tire maker's “safe restart” of activities after the lockdown

EU urged to introduce minimum recycled-content in rubber products
Added: 9 Jun 2020
BIR: There is a need to “change mindsets” and “force” industries to incorporate recyclate

Flexicon opens German technical support office
Added: 9 Jun 2020
Peter Kalinovski named regional sales manager of the office in Cologne

Nouryon launches elastomeric cool roof coatings
Added: 9 Jun 2020
Product can bring down the external surface temperature of a building by as much as 15 degrees Cels…

Bridgestone US plant sees more Covid cases in May
Added: 8 Jun 2020
The Iowa farm tires production plant continues to operate on a regular schedule

Semperit names new chief financial officer
Added: 8 Jun 2020
Schallegger previously served as a finance director at Austrian packaging group Mondi

Corrie MacColl setting up medical NR factory in Cameroon
Added: 8 Jun 2020
Factory to supply to the 'dipping industry' including producers of gloves, condoms and balloons
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Adidas, Allbirds to develop low carbon footprint shoes
Added: 8 Jun 2020
Project looks to 'innovate' manufacturing, materials and supply chain processes

Revised EU tire label rules to come into force this month
Added: 5 Jun 2020
New European regulations aim to make labels “more visible, more future proof and more accurate”
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Goodyear sees second quarter tire volumes dropping 50%
Added: 5 Jun 2020
Forecast is in line with expectations issued earlier by other tire makers including Continental and…

Tire production restarts at Michelin plants in Mexico
Added: 5 Jun 2020
Status of the French tire maker's factories in the US and Canada remains unclear
Analysis: How the pandemic will speed up some auto trends, stall others
Added: 5 Jun 2020
Automakers groan under the load of fixed costs with little or no revenue, while investments in futu…

Huebner consolidates rail activities, names new bosses
Added: 5 Jun 2020
Move to enable company to “react more quickly to evolving customer needs” worldwide