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Continental Tyres has teamed up with Adidas to develop a high-end trail running shoe. The tyre maker’s Traction Compound technology is being used for shoe’s sole to provide “sure grip on wet and dry roads,” said the company. 6 January 2012

Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has made the official announcement that 140 jobs are to be created at the Michelin plant in Dundee as part of a substantial expansion and investment process. 25 November 2011

Avon Rubber has reported that its financial year, which ended on 30 September, concluded strongly for both its divisions. 12 October 2011

Dow Chemical is looling for potential partners and locations to build a new EPDM plant. 6 October 2011

Lanxess is investing €12m to convert 50% of its ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) synthetic rubber production in Geleen, the Netherlands, over to Keltan ACE technology. 26 September 2011

A case brought against rubber processing company Murfitts Industries by the Environment Agency has collapsed following a dispute over the admissibility of expert witnesses. 19 September 2011

Polymer component manufacturer Icon Polymer has won a contract to supply fire seals for the Bombardier CSeries commercial jet. 15 September 2011

Politicians should roll up their sleeves and become business buddies to local small firms, according to the prime minister David Cameron. 15 September 2011

Rubber coated fabrics manufacturer Cannon Tri-laminates is to relocate to larger premises so it can continue to increase its manufacturing capacity by more than 30%. 14 September 2011

The US Department of Defence (DoD) has ordered $19m (£12m) worth of Avon Rubber’s M50 gas mask for delivery next financial year. The order comes on top of the existing order of 100,000 masks per year. Avon has a ten year contract to supply the DoD with the M50 which runs until 2016. 14 September 2011

Silicone rubber supplier GSDI will be revealing full details of it European expansion plans at Fakuma 2011. 19 August 2011

An around Britain bike ride to raise money for The Royal Marsden Hospital in London starts tomorrow (20 August). Cancer sufferer Andrew Gordon is undertaking the 5,000 mile round trip on a Honda XLV1000 Varadero shod with Avon Distanzia tyres. 19 August 2011

Orders from US and UK defence ministries will boost revenues, says group 18 August 2011

Avon Tyres has shod a specially-built motorcycle, which celebrates a very special motorcycling decade. The S2 is one of a number of machines built by the Spirit of the Seventies custom bike company to take advantage of the latest rubber from Avon Tyres. 9 August 2011

Russian petrochemicals group Sibur Holding has agreed to transfer tyre production assets to a new joint venture being formed by Italian tyre giant Pirelli and Moscow-based state corporation Russian Technologies. 27 July 2011

• Plastics recycler seeks cross-party support for industry 1 February 2012
• ECO Plastics wraps up a £1.15m investment 2 February 2012
• Dow earnings hurt by Performance Plastics unit 3 February 2012
• Petainer’s ‘greenest ever’ refillable bottle 2 February 2012
• Door opens to natural fibres in PUR 3 February 2012

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• Welsh plastics recycler in administration 3 February 2012
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