The world production of natural rubber (NR) registered 0.1% growth to 1.397 million tonnes during December 2022, the slowest growth in production of the year, according to data from Kuala Lumpur-based Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC)’s December 2022…
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Continental opens AI lab in Berlin
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