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Hankook Precision Works advances tire mould technology with 3D printing centre

Added: 24 Aug 2023

Unit in Daejeon to enhance precision tire mould parts, develop new kerf products 

AES Seal acquires Australian manufacturer Triseal

Added: 24 Aug 2023

UK seals maker ‘uniquely placed’ to serve mining and minerals, other industrial sectors in Australi…

Ley Rubber to the rescue for Batmobile owner

Added: 24 Aug 2023

Special weatherproof sealing protects iconic vehicle never intended to be driven on roads

Phillips Carbon Black to complete expansion project early next year

Indian carbon black major PCBL opens European subsidiary

Added: 24 Aug 2023

Group commissions first phase of speciality carbon black plant

John Crane, UK universities win £1m funding for carbon capture project

Added: 24 Aug 2023

Grant awarded for high-temperature sealing solution for “supercritical CO₂ power cycle”

Bridgestone adds curing bladder facility in China

Bridgestone details premium tire production strategy

Added: 23 Aug 2023

Japanese group to reinforce structure to produce BCMA-Enliten tires across 16 plants

ContiTech official notes changes in hose industry 

ContiTech progresses plan to make automotive business "organisationally independent"

Added: 23 Aug 2023

OE Solutions business segment to be separated from other ContiTech business units within two years.…

Cabot ready for take-off as economic recovery strengthens 

Cabot tracks impact of EU sanctions on Russian carbon black exports

Added: 23 Aug 2023

China, for example, "has its own competitive-intensity and Russian supply isn't really changing tha…

China ousts EU as global chemicals market leader

Evonik reports "no meaningful turnaround" in second quarter

Added: 23 Aug 2023

Chairman: "Germany is in a recession, Europe as well, and the economy in China is not picking up as…

Covestro H1 earnings halved on intense competition

Covestro appoints Christian Baier as new CFO

Added: 23 Aug 2023

German polymers company names technology office Thorsten Dreier for ‘labour director’ role

Essentially Rubber: A brush with sustainability

Added: 23 Aug 2023

Leading-edge designs and applications showing how elastomer materials...

ANRPC raises natural rubber supply, demand forecasts

Added: 22 Aug 2023

Upgrade based on increased consumption and production data from member countries for July

Tokai first-half profits rise on carbon black growth

Added: 22 Aug 2023

Group's carbon black sales up 15% year-on-year while operating income more than doubled...

More car makers suspend production as supply chain disrupted

Conti revises up car production expectations for 2023

Added: 22 Aug 2023

Europe saw 16% growth in vehicle production in first half, helped by “stabilised supply-chains...”

Yokohama Rubber expands marine fender portfolio

Added: 22 Aug 2023

New 'solid' products in addition to pneumatic fenders, which YRC has supplied for many years...

Sumitomo Rubber in link-up to monitor vehicle status in real-time

Added: 22 Aug 2023

Working with Viaduct, a US developer of AI-based vehicle-failure prediction technology

Bekaert announces CEO succession

Added: 22 Aug 2023

Kerstens previously a Bekaert executives and CEO of speciality business

DowDuPont launches electric vehicle initiative

EV sales buoy growth in UK new-car market

Added: 22 Aug 2023

SMMT: One battery electric vehicles registered every 60 seconds, as deliveries surge 88%

Pirelli outlines “value generating” programmes

Pirelli investing €400m in Romania, North America upgrades

Added: 22 Aug 2023

Technological upgrades target 'high value' tire production capacity

Kopernik helping rubber farmers to cap lost yields 

Natural rubber futures show continued weakness

Added: 21 Aug 2023

Uptick in Japan, but 'renewed selling pressure" impacts NR futures pricing on Chinese exchanges