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Sibur ramping up trial production at Voronezh TPE unit
Added: 22 Apr 2020
Expansion project to increase total capacity of the site to 135 kilotonnes per year

Mesnac sees Q1 net loss on Covid impact
Added: 22 Apr 2020
Chinese machinery maker expects financial results to pick up in the second quarter of the year

Sibur to produce NBR latex at Siberian site
Added: 21 Apr 2020
New capacity to enable local production of rubber gloves and reduce imports

Blair Rubber announces layoffs amid Covid downturn
Added: 21 Apr 2020
US rubber company temporarily suspends roofing membrane and coating production lines

Trelleborg elastomer straps for Boeing 3D-printed shields
Added: 21 Apr 2020
Swedish group dedicates aerospace facility in Massachusetts for manufacture of parts

Trelleborg adding automotive parts plant in Morocco
Added: 21 Apr 2020
Plant located in Kenitra where major car makers have manufacturing bases

Bridgestone to fully resume manufacture in Europe
Added: 20 Apr 2020
Restarting production across the region in response to ‘rise in demand’ for tires

ERJ Brainteaser
Added: 20 Apr 2020
Each month, ERJ sets a weekly brainteaser, with questions of varying degrees of difficulty....

Bridgestone to idle production plants in Japan
Added: 20 Apr 2020
Response to “market situation and decline in demand" as group monitors Covid impact

Saipem nets contract to build $150m rubber plant in Egypt
Added: 20 Apr 2020
Scope-of-work includes single-train low-cis polybutadiene unit and related facilities

Bartell joins Rockwell Automation OEM scheme
Added: 17 Apr 2020
Programme members are focused on helping manufacturers increase business agility, optimise producti…

Goodyear eyes 'phased restart' of some commercial tire production
Added: 17 Apr 2020
Company's plant in Pulandian, China, is fully operational and ramping up in second quarter

Major tire-waste road trial in Australia
Added: 17 Apr 2020
Australia generates the equivalent of 56 million ELTs a year, with a high proportion ending up in l…

SPC advances closed-cell EPDM rubber formulation
Added: 17 Apr 2020
Target uses include light-weight seals for the automotive and construction industries

Goodyear reports loss of almost $200m for the first quarter
Added: 17 Apr 2020
Decline linked to decreases in global OE shipments and weakened replacement demand

Natural Rubber Price Monitor: Signs of recovery
Added: 17 Apr 2020
Benchmark rubber contracts on the Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo exchanges made gains

EU car demand more than halved in March
Added: 17 Apr 2020
Italy takes biggest hit with registrations falling by 85.4% to 28,326 new cars

Smiley Monroe extends production halts in Ireland, India
Added: 17 Apr 2020
Company set up a "senior leadership response team” to monitor Covid-19

Covid having “drastic” impact on European tire markets
Added: 16 Apr 2020
Latest ETRMA data shows 26% decline in passenger car tire sales in March

Trinseo restructures leadership, changes rubber boss
Added: 16 Apr 2020
Newly appointed SR business chief Lanning to take on strategy, corporate development and marketing …