Tokyo - Zeon Corp has broken ground on a bench-scale facility to produce "highly efficiently" butadiene from ethanol derived from biomass and other sources. The unit will be built at Zeon’s Tokuyama ...

Milan, Italy – Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is claiming an industry first by adopting 70% sustainable tires from Pirelli: starting with selected Range Rover models later this year.

Frankfurt am Main, Germany – The German rubber industry association (WDK) has called on the federal government to abolish the ...

Hamburg, Germany – Biesterfeld has received distribution rights for biobased rubber filler Hemplizit across Europe, the German distributor announced 26 June.

Hanover, Germany – Continental is increasing its use of sustainable fillers, including rice-based silicas, in the production of tires, the German group has announced. As part of this effort, ...

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Houston, Texas – Orion SA has announced plans to discontinue production at "three to five" carbon black lines at multiple sites in the Americas and EMEA by the end of 2025. The move is part of a ...

Tokyo – Natural rubber futures closed the week ended 3 July flat in quiet trading, according to data released by Japan Exchange Group (JPX). “Market uncertainty and a lack of clear direction left ...

Dow announced its European asset review in October last year, with the focus initially on the polyurethanes segment but later ...

Clermont-Ferrand, France – French union CGT Michelin has expressed concern over the future of ‘white-collar jobs’ in France due to an accelerated wave of relocations from Clermont-Ferrand to ...

Seoul – Hyosung Advanced Materials is restructuring its US airbag subsidiary GST Automotive Safety Components International with the aim to expand the manufacturing and sales of airbag cushions and ...

The third quarter, however, also saw “pronounced headwinds, chiefly lower ASPs, heightened competition, coupled with cost savings pass through,” explained Lim Cheong Guan, managing director of Top ...