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Tire Tracker: Hankook OE on all-electric Hyundai Ioniq 6

Added: 13 Oct 2023

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Emerald Performance Materials sells additives businesses

Makrochem “working intensively” to resume operations

Added: 12 Oct 2023

Carbon black distributor “astonished” by Polish government decision to place it on sanctions list

Tire recycler Pyrum starts trading on Euronext Growth Oslo

Pyrum mulls tire pyrolysis plant in Czechia

Added: 12 Oct 2023

Planned facility would be built at Czech power supplier's site near German border...

Conti delays spin-off of powertrain unit due to Covid

Conti recalls 3.5k tires due to rubber contamination

Added: 12 Oct 2023

Zinc oxide used at Cuenca, Ecuador factory was contaminated with small metal fragments 

Freudenberg Medical expands manufacturing plant in Ireland

Added: 12 Oct 2023

Project doubles footprint and expands workforce by 25% at Galway production facility

Makrochem hit by Polish government sanctions

Added: 11 Oct 2023

Major carbon black supplier's operations halted by measures signed off 2 Oct by Polish minister of …

ChemChina reaches agreement to acquire more Pirelli shares

Pirelli selected as Formula 1 tire partner until 2027

Added: 11 Oct 2023

Fellow bidder Bridgestone says will continue close cooperation with FIA

Denka to build acetylene black plant in Thailand

Added: 11 Oct 2023

Joint venture facility with SCG Chemicals to be built in Rayong Province

INEOS Oxide site at Saltend, Hull

UK chemicals makers post decline in business sentiment

Added: 11 Oct 2023

Participants largely report declining sales, production and capacity utilisation

Freudenberg names new technology, finance chiefs in management rejig

Added: 11 Oct 2023

Thomas Herr taking over as CFO and Frank Heislitz as CTO at German rubber technology group

Tire rubber sales contribute to Asahi gains

Tire Tracker: Dunlop showcasing ‘active tread’ rubber technology

Added: 11 Oct 2023

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Synthomer advances nitrile latex for gloves manufacturers

Berenberg analyst upgrades Synthomer to ‘buy’ rating

Added: 10 Oct 2023

Four-fold increase in 'target price' as German bank sees signs of a "shake-out” in nitrile latex ma…

Update: Synthetic rubber pricing data

Added: 10 Oct 2023

Weekly data compiled by ChemAnalyst based on selected commodity trading activity in Europe

Top Glove to bolster capacity, technology, supply

Top Glove reports improved results as industry starts recovery

Added: 10 Oct 2023

Malaysian group finishes financial year on high note, with earnings improvement in final quarter

Enviro advances 'new type' of recovered carbon black

Added: 10 Oct 2023

Improved dispersion properties mean rCB ‘could replace larger amounts of virgin carbon black’

Report: James Walker to unveil new O&G elastomer family

“More to be done” to address PFAS restrictions plan

Added: 10 Oct 2023

UK seals makers urged to participate in webinar organised by fluoropolymers supplier Chemours

Corrections to ERJ Machinery Survey  

Tire Tracker: Toyo Proxes tire wins Red Dot award

Added: 10 Oct 2023

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European tire sector still leads the way

Added: 10 Oct 2023

Amid mounting challenges, major players in the European tire industry delivered high sales and earn…

SR price pressures ‘set to ease’ after Q2

India launches investigation into halobutyl rubber imports

Added: 9 Oct 2023

Anti-dumping probe to cover imports from Japan, Russia, Singapore, UK and US

Sailun to expand TBR capacity in China

Sailun Group encouraged to invest in South Africa

Added: 9 Oct 2023

Ambassador to China briefed on latest technology, including production of ‘liquid rubber’ tires