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UK chemical industry urges new government to ‘get Brexit right'
Added: 16 Dec 2019
CIA boss says the country now has the political clarity and certainty

US sanctions push Nynas into administration
Added: 16 Dec 2019
Business crisis linked to financial restrictions against 50% shareholder Venezuelan PDVSA

Natural rubber price tracker: Uptrend continues
Added: 13 Dec 2019
Market reacts to a possible new round of export cuts and supply disruption
Trelleborg expands sealing systems facility in China
Added: 13 Dec 2019
Plant to manufacture tunnel gaskets for series of Chinese infrastructure projects

ECHA committees support proposal to restrict siloxanes
Added: 12 Dec 2019
D4, D5 and D6 siloxanes are used as chemical intermediates in the production of a wide range of sil…

Leoni in red as market environment remains challenging
Added: 12 Dec 2019
Cables and wiring specialist has reported a net income loss of €264 million in the first nine month…

Behn Meyer, FGV to co-market products to tire sector
Added: 12 Dec 2019
Partnership to offer epoxidised natural rubber alternatives to oil-based rubber systems

People: Hexpol appoints new Americas boss
Added: 12 Dec 2019
Kenneth Bloom named as new president Hexpol Compounding Americas

People: Steelastic names new president
Added: 12 Dec 2019
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio-based company appointed Jim Vogel as president

Texas BD explosion to have 'nominal impact' on market
Added: 12 Dec 2019
Butadiene facilities in US running at just 60% capacity, according to Bill Hyde of IHS Markit

Metso to close rubber parts plant in Sweden
Added: 12 Dec 2019
Some 150 manufacturing positions will be affected by the plant closure in Ersmark

New graphene partnership targets tire market
Added: 11 Dec 2019
XG Sciences and Perpetuus Advanced Materials have partnered to supply functionalised graphene to th…

Hexpol TPE rolls out advanced cable compounds
Added: 11 Dec 2019
Materials claimed to “exceed global standards for reliability and durability, combined with the low…

ZSL: Industry ‘not delivering’ on NR sustainability commitments
Added: 11 Dec 2019
Zoological Society of London gives average rating of just 35% to group of 15 natural rubber supplie…

Amsted acquires seals facility in China
Added: 11 Dec 2019
The 96-press facility will be known as Amsted Seals Ningbo

VMI delivers growth in third quarter
Added: 10 Dec 2019
Quarter also saw VMI's first delivery of its UNIXX-integrated tire-building machine platform

Machine maker Uzer Makina adding new facility
Added: 10 Dec 2019
Kocaeli-based supplier moving ‘pre-production’ activities from its tire-curing press plant to a new…

Marangoni expanding retread presence in Austria
Added: 10 Dec 2019
Edler Reifen's new branch features Marangoni's Ringtread (spliceless retread) process and equipment…

GRI on expansion trail with Australian acquisition
Added: 9 Dec 2019
Purchase to strengthen GRI's presence in industrial tire segment

Goodyear launches pilot online sales in Germany
Added: 9 Dec 2019
Pilot programme covers sales and installation of tires across the country