Revealed: The world's top 50 rubber product manufacturers for 2020
Jul 14, 2020 · London – Major rubber product manufacturers held their ground in 2019, despite growing impact of the global pandemic, according to ERJ’s annual ranking of top 50 non-tire rubber goods makers.. The impact of the Covid-19 crisis had just started to register on the figures collated for this year’s annual survey of the global rubber-product manufacturing sector.
ERJ: Review of the year | European Rubber Journal
Dec 23, 2022 · London – As 2022 draws to a close, ERJ looks back on a year which, after a promising start, brought some of the most serious challenges ever faced by the rubber & tire industry. Cautious optimism prevailed in the early months of 2022 with markets in clear recovery mode, helped by an easing of Covid measures across the world, bar southeast Asia.
New horizons for expanded Synthos rubber group
Aug 22, 2022 · Completed 1 Dec 2021, the €400-million deal added Trinseo’s styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) production site in Schkopau, Germany, with 440 employees, to Synthos’ rubber production facilities in Poland and the Czech Republic. With the addition, Synthos’ overall synthetic rubber capacity increased to around 820 kilotonnes per annum (ktpa ...
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Borflex acquires French elastomer-coated fabrics specialist
Jun 2, 2023 · Hermes, France – French rubber/polymer parts manufacturer Borflex has acquired Bobet Group, an elastomer-coated fabrics producer also based in France. Founded in 1937, Bobet manufactures rubberised doctor blade-coated fabrics, according to a Borflex announcement, issued 25 May. With production facilities and headquarters in Grand-Quevilly ...
Economic trends reshaping the global tire market
Dec 13, 2022 · Imports from emerging economies are becoming an increasing driver, according to leading analyst. Following on from all the global economic turmoil seen this year, 2023 looks set to present an equal if not tougher set of challenges for major tire manufacturers, forecasts Robert Simmons, managing director, LMC Tyre and Rubber Research.
Weir doubles rubber production at Malaysia plant
Sep 30, 2022 · Rubber products used in mining, minerals processing and industrial applications. Kuala Lumpur – Weir Minerals has made a £13-million (€15 million) investment to double rubber manufacturing at its facility in Batu Caves near Kuala Lumpur. The new expanded site, which was opened 28 Sept, includes a new continuous rubber process (CRP2 ...
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Nov 1, 2024 · SRI recognised for biodiversity work at Shirakawa tire factory. Added: 1 Nov 2024. Forest management, conservation of endangered plants among activities at Sumitomo Rubber facility. ….
EU clears €11bn Celanese-DuPont deal subject to elastomers unit …
Oct 13, 2022 · Brussels – The European Commission has granted conditional approval for the proposed €11 billion (€11 billion) acquisition of DuPont's engineering polymer unit - mobility and materials business - by Celanese. The deal, announced in February, will see Celanese acquiring a broad portfolio of engineered thermoplastics and elastomers, brands ...
EV batteries spark rubber innovation - European Rubber Journal
Feb 1, 2022 · Project backer SK Innovation is building a new EV battery plant in Georgia, US to produce an annual volume of lithium-ion batteries equal to 21.5 Gigawatt-hours by 2023. “All-solid-state batteries can dramatically increase the mileage and safety of electric vehicles,” said Kyounghwan Choi, director of SK Innovation’s battery research centre.