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Butadiene plant explosion injures three in Texas
Added: 28 Nov 2019
Port Neches facility belongs to raw materials supplier TPC Group

UK chemicals order books, sales turn positive
Added: 27 Nov 2019
CBA members under pressure due to financing "historically high stock levels"

French tire groups to promote retreading on new website
Added: 27 Nov 2019
SNCP and SPP mobilise to defend multi-life tire model for the circular economy

European associations call for ambitious industrial strategy
Added: 27 Nov 2019
Brussels - Industry4Europe has published a new “joint paper” calling for an ambitious long-term ind…

Mitsubishi Chemical acquiring PU elastomer business in US
Added: 26 Nov 2019
Business supplies products for medical devices such as cardiovascular catheters.

Toyoda Gosei shedding German seals manufacturer
Added: 26 Nov 2019
Toyoda Gosei Meteor being sold to AEQPH GmbH, a subsidiary of a German business fund

ERJ prepares Tire Technology Expo 2020 preview
Added: 26 Nov 2019
Preview to appear in ERJ's Jan/Feb 2019 issue; extended submission deadline of 8 Jan.

ETRMA backs revised EU tire labelling text
Added: 26 Nov 2019
Brussels-based group believes new text addresses shortcomings of the existing regulation

Linglong rolls out first TBR tire from fourth China plant
Added: 26 Nov 2019
Development marks a milestone in the Chinese tire maker’s growth plan.

Corrie MacColl details landmark collaboration in Cameroon
Added: 25 Nov 2019
Mighty Earth and Community Forests Platform have joined the Cameroon Sustainability Council

Bridgestone Americas starts making tires with rCB
Added: 25 Nov 2019
Company has begun at-scale use of recovered carbon black in tire production in Americas

Trelleborg acquiring US manufacturer of rotary seals
Added: 25 Nov 2019
Tritec Seal manufactures engineered products for industries including mining, industrial, oil & gas…

Enviro, Nynas in link-up to enhance pyrolysis oil
Added: 25 Nov 2019
Swedish entities to further refine Enviro's pyrolysis oil for use as processing oil

Tire majors to fund new research into tire-dust impact
Added: 25 Nov 2019
Decision made during a Tire Industry Project (TIP) meeting in Kyoto, Japan

Analysis: Rubber-parts makers invest in CEE locations
Added: 25 Nov 2019
Central and eastern Europe attracts forward-looking investment projects

Cabot starts $100m Indonesian expansion
Added: 25 Nov 2019
First phase to add 80ktpa of rubber carbon black production capacity

DSM-led partnership to develop flexible 3D solutions
Added: 22 Nov 2019
The companies expand their collaboration to market Chromatic's line of FlexTune PU materials
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Rubber shares tracker: Prices improve
Added: 22 Nov 2019
Shares of major rubber goods companies recorded improvements over the recent weeks

Recycler warns of “massive gap” in Australia’s ELT processing capacity
Added: 22 Nov 2019
GDT plans to add new processing plants in response to export ban on end-of-life tires

Toyoda Gosei expanding seal production in China
Added: 22 Nov 2019
Japanese group to double weatherstrip capacity at TG Zheng Ao operation by 2021