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Hutchinson launches new ‘sustainable’ elastomer range

Added: 12 Jul 2024

Revea-branded materials incorporate recycled or bio-based ingredients

Tosoh Silica setting up JV in South Korea

Jinling Huntsman building high-purity isobutylene production plant in China

Added: 12 Jul 2024

Products to be used, among other applications, in manufacture of car tires and automotive insulatio…

ContiTech says will close Veyance deal by yearend

Continental Tires names new general manager for China

Added: 12 Jul 2024

Tang Mingyou takes up position as first Chinese manager of the China operations 8 July

Towards Net Zero - July/Aug

Added: 12 Jul 2024

Bekaert in long-term PPA... Michelin UK CO2 savings... Conti TBR plant gains ISCC+... JK Tyre... Kl…

Yokohama Rubber confirms ‘considering’ Goodyear OTR tire business

Added: 11 Jul 2024

Japanese group tells ERJ “no decision has been made at this time”

Former Bridgestone tire plant in Russia set for start-up in November

Added: 11 Jul 2024

Now named Cordiant Ulyanovks, facility is expected to achieve design capacity by 2026

Synthos, Lummus in link-up for bio-butadiene production

Synthos rubber production unaffected by recent fire incident

Added: 11 Jul 2024

Company says impact limited to expanded polystyrene production line at Polish polymer site...

Michelin welcomes new EU reg on condition of worn tires

Added: 11 Jul 2024

New R117-04 regulation includes test that ensures tires can be used up to legal limit of 1.6 mm tre…

Goodyear names Ramy Elsabi as new Japan CEO

Added: 11 Jul 2024

“Japanese market is extremely important, not only in the Asia-Pacific region but also from a global…

Halcyon Agri in €28m deal to acquire RCMA’s polymer business

Natural rubber futures weaken as trading volume declines

Added: 10 Jul 2024

“Weaker economic data from China and decline in country's stock market putting pressure on rubber p…

Goodyear reports record first-quarter earnings

Goodyear posts dip in energy & emissions performance across global sites

Added: 10 Jul 2024

Latest Corporate Responsibility Report shows increase in energy intensity, tail-off in emissions-re…

Guanlian has started up new rubber compounds plant

Added: 10 Jul 2024

Company has commissioned 70ktpa facility in Jiangmen City, to better serve customers in south China…

Rubber Conversion reports OE adoption of devulc tire materials

Added: 10 Jul 2024

Stellantis, Bridgestone commercialise parts developed in collaboration with Italian recycler under …

Bridgestone, Arlanxeo, Solvay launch tire technology platform

Bridgestone provides update on its use of Techsyn

Added: 10 Jul 2024

Materials technology launched in 2021 following 24-month collaborative R&D effort with Arlanxeo and…

General Science starts up tire projects in China, Thailand

Added: 9 Jul 2024

New expansion projects add combined capacity to produce 16 million units of passenger car tires

Tanzania seeking investors to revive idled tire plant

Added: 9 Jul 2024

New government strategy aims to produce 1 million units of tires at Arusha-based manufacturing plant

Semperit offers new range of protective gloves

Semperit exits medical business with €7m transaction

Added: 9 Jul 2024

Vienna-based group completes sale of remaining production and packaging business to Harps Global

Goodyear to roll out rice-silica tire in China

Goodyear reports progress in use of sustainable materials

Added: 9 Jul 2024

Increases use of rice husk ash, soybean oil and sustainable carbon black in polymer and tire proces…

German rubber industry to return to double-digit growth in 2021

VW ‘needs greater collaboration’ with elastomers industry

Added: 8 Jul 2024

Decarbonisation “will only work if we come together in discussion and then jointly bring sustainabl…

Brazilian rice-husk silica manufacturer expanding

Notch sees opportunities and challenges ahead for rice husk silica

Added: 8 Jul 2024

New capacity on the way but increasing demand from a wide range of industries could make RHA a more…