Rubber 
The Russian media are reporting that Sibur and Tatneft are to merge their tyre activities. The combination of Sibur Russian Tyres and Nizhnekamskshina would be a formidable force in the Russian tyre sector, given that Sibur is now the largest creditor of Amtel, and hence has nominal control over Amtel's tyre building assets.
24 August 2010
Pirelli Tyre has secured the services of Mercedes GP Petronas test driver Nick Heidfeld – who has more than 150 career Formula 1 starts in his resume – to be its official test driver as it begins testing tyres for next year’s F1 season.
19 August 2010
Avon Rubber has reported a positive performance for the first half of 2010, showing improved results for the third quarter of the year (Q3), compared with the same period last year.
18 August 2010
Cyclist Christian von Ascheberg from Braunschweig set up three new world records on his special bike, fitted with Continental tyres, at the Lausitzring in Germany.
10 August 2010
Pirelli UK has been fined £9,000 after a worker suffered a broken leg when he was hit by a forklift truck at the company's Carlisle factory.
26 July 2010
There has been a management buy-out at MacLellan Rubber, which has been a division of the Beldam Burgmann group since 2005.
15 July 2010
Rubber manufacturer VIP Polymers, with the backing of its major shareholder Grove Industries, has been investing in new technology to replace its old fleet of compression and injection moulding machines.
14 July 2010
UK residents who become aware of unlawful tyre disposal activity now have a central contact point to report the crime. A small team within the UK's Environment Agency, led by a former police officer, is building an intelligence database to counter large-scale illegal tyre disposal.
12 July 2010
German hose and flexible tubing maker Masterflex has reached an agreement with its financing partners for a long term restructuring of its finances, subject to approval by its board and bank syndicates.
6 July 2010
Pirelli will be sole tyre supplier to the Formula One World Championship for a three-year period between 2011 and 2013.
24 June 2010
Using the tyres of a 6-tonne racing truck, an Avon shod Formula Two single-seater, a race bike and a Caterham kit car as his paintbrushes, artist, Ian Cook, has created a 50 square metre painting.
24 June 2010
India’s Reliance Industries aims to be among the top ten elastomer makers in the world. The company's chairman and managing director, Mukesh Ambani, outlined the ambition at the annual shareholders' meeting in Mumbai last week.
23 June 2010
Russian petrochemicals giant Sibur is planning an investment of more than RUB 2bn (€52m) to expand production capacity for butadiene-acrylonitrile rubber (NBR) and butadiene.
21 June 2010
The head of Lanxess’ technical rubber products business unit, Dr Guenther Weymans, believes that the crisis in the rubber industry is over "provided the economic climate continues to remain stable".
18 June 2010
ContiTech Fluid Technology is breaking into plastic production at its plant in Waltershausen, Thuringia, Germany. The company has historically focussed almost exclusively on rubber technology.
14 June 2010
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