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Synthetic rubber prices likely to remain volatile
Prices for synthetic rubber and petrochemical feedstocks have been “incredibly volatile” and are likely to remain so for a while,...
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Oct 9, 20181 min read
Thailand asks farmers to cut down rubber trees to boost prices
Thailand, the world’s largest rubber producer and exporter, has launched a program to encourage farmers to cut down rubber trees earlier...
Notch
Feb 8, 20182 min read
Bridgestone announces new global sustainable procurement policy
Bridgestone has announced a new Global Sustainable Procurement Policy to help identify and evaluate qualified suppliers, promote best...
Notch
Feb 8, 20182 min read
World Rubber Summit 2018
Registration is now open for the ISRG World Rubber Summit 2018. IRSG in collaboration with the Ministry of Plantation Industries of the...
Notch
Jan 30, 20181 min read
Pirelli and Nizhnekamskneftekhim ink agreement of cooperation
Pirelli has signed a contract with synthetic rubber maker Nizhnekamskneftekhim to establish supply in 2018. The delegates from the...
Notch
Jan 4, 20181 min read
Cabot Opens Asia Technology Center in Shanghai
On September 14, Cabot Corporation officially opened its new Asia technology center on the campus of its regional headquarters in...
Notch
Sep 21, 20171 min read
Lanxess may spin off synthetic rubber business
Tire Business reports that Lanxess A.G. is holding talks with potential partners regarding the formation of alliances or joint ventures...
Notch
Mar 11, 20151 min read
ExxonMobil to shut French butyl rubber unit in 2015
Rubber News reports that ExxonMobil has confirmed that it plans to close its butyl rubber unit at Notre Dame de Gravenchon, France by the...
Notch
Dec 29, 20141 min read
Dunlop Aircraft Tyres to open first retread facility in the US
Dunlop Aircraft Tyres, a UK-based aircraft manufacturer and retreader, has announced plans to establish its first retreading facility in...
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Sep 30, 20141 min read
Evonik building silanes research center in Germany
Evonik Industries (Essen, Germany) is building a new research center for silanes at its factory in Rheinfelden, Germany. Ground-breaking...
Notch
Jul 2, 20141 min read
Nokian will cut back tire production in Finland as its new Russian plant begins production
Nokian is scheduled to begin production at its new factory in Vsevolozhsk, Russia in June 2012. The factory is built alonside an existing...
Notch
May 29, 20121 min read
Rubber demand in China forecast to grow 7% in 2012
Rubber demand in China is set to expand 7.2 percent in 2012, beating last year’s pace, as the government focuses on bolstering the...
Notch
May 29, 20121 min read
BST Elastomers sets up fund to compensate victims of fatal explosion in Maptaphut, Thailand
On May 5, a fatal fire broke out at the BST Elastomers facility in Maptaphut Industrial Estate in Rayong, Thailand. The fire, which broke...
Notch
May 22, 20121 min read
Conti Expands Truck Tread Capacity in Mexico
Last week, Continental Tire announced plans to double plant size and more than triple capacity at its ContiLifeCycle tread rubber...
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Jan 8, 20121 min read
Lehigh Technologies, maker of sustainable rubber powders, expands into Brazil
Lehigh Technologies, manufacturer of sustainable, micronized rubber powders, has announced its expansion into Brazil with the appointment...
Notch
Oct 25, 20111 min read
Sibur and Sinopec plan two rubber joint ventures
Chemicals-Technology.com reports that Sinopec has entered into a memorandum of extended cooperation with the Russian company Sibur to...
Notch
Oct 21, 20111 min read
VI International Conference: Rubber and Tires 2011 to be held in Moscow
The annual international Conference, Rubber and Tires 2011, will be held November 22, 2011 at the Baltschug Kempinski Hotel in Moscow....
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Oct 21, 20111 min read