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Wastefront provides update on UK tire-pyrolysis project
Added: 12 Dec 2023
Due for start-up in 2027, the Port of Sunderland facility will process 83ktpa of scrap tires...
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Global Tire Report - A solid platform
Added: 12 Dec 2023
Leading players firming up positions in the annual global tire rankings amid changing market dynami…
Natural rubber excluded from UK deforestation regulation
Added: 11 Dec 2023
Commodities covered within the legislation include palm oil, cocoa, beef, leather and soy...
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NR futures continue slide on weak China credit rating
Added: 11 Dec 2023
Japan’s OSE futures fell 7.5% week-on-week, as other major markets experienced smaller declines
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Elkem reports fire at Norwegian silicon materials plant
Added: 11 Dec 2023
“We have halted all production and are doing our utmost to assist the emergency services...”
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Bridgestone adding ‘four-compound extruder’ technology at China tire plant
Added: 11 Dec 2023
Japanese group investing €7m in Tianjin tire production facility to improve product quality
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Trelleborg divests metal-components trading operation
Added: 11 Dec 2023
New owner “familiar with the business and wants to continue developing it”
Nokian Tyres signs €200m sustainability-linked credit facility
Added: 11 Dec 2023
Interest margin of the revolving credit facility will increase or decrease dependent on company’s m…
Kraton names ex-DuPont exec as new finance chief
Added: 11 Dec 2023
Eun-Mi Kim joins leadership team to support ‘transformative journey’
Conti 'cooperating with authorities' in hose quality investigations
Added: 8 Dec 2023
ContiTech self-reported ‘deviations' from standards in hose production last September
Michelin JV Symbio inaugurates first hydrogen fuel cell gigafactory
Added: 8 Dec 2023
French fuel cell specialist in JV agreement with Schaeffler to produce bipolar plates
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Sumitomo Rubber sets new carbon neutrality targets across “entire supply chain”
Added: 8 Dec 2023
Defines 'scope 3' targets while raising other GHG emission goals to 2030
ERJ: News stories of the week
Added: 8 Dec 2023
Most widely-read news reports posted on the European Rubber Journal website over the last seven days
USTMA upgrades forecasts for passenger car tire market in 2023
Added: 7 Dec 2023
But US Tire Manufacturers Association expects year-on-year declines in light truck, truck tire segm…
Carbon black profits up, sales down at PCBL
Added: 7 Dec 2023
First half performance reflects business trends reported by other major producers in the sector
Enso plans to manufacture 'decarbonised' tires at new factory
Added: 7 Dec 2023
London-based start-up targets production at “brand-new carbon-neutral tire factory”
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Covestro modernising TDI plant in Germany
Added: 7 Dec 2023
German chemicals supplier to invest “double-digit-million euro” amount in Dormagen facility
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Continental sets out strategic targets for ContiTech
Added: 7 Dec 2023
German group to review 'all options' for ContiTech’s automotive unit in mid-term strategy
Origin Materials axes 30% of workforce to bolster long-term prospects
Added: 7 Dec 2023
Sustainable carbon products company expects to incur $2.7 million in restructuring charges
Technology report: Compound interest
Added: 7 Dec 2023
HF analysis shows how tandem mixing technology can reduce energy costs and increase efficiency
