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ERJ Business Briefing - 2026

Added: 9 Nov 2026

BREAKING NEWS: Goodyear axes CEO... Nokian ends sponsorship... Bluestar Silicones price hike... Avo…

Update: Tariff-hit Chinese tire makers to “intensify” EU trade

Update: WDK unveils plans for new European lobbying platform 

Added: 9 Nov 2026

German rubber association targets November launch with counterparts in France, Spain and Italy

Bridgestone earnings decline on flat sales in 2018

Fire damages Bridgestone tire plant in Japan

Added: 9 Nov 2026

Blaze broke out in vulcanisation process at Tosu factory; no injuries reported

Kumho notes uptrend in butadiene, SR prices

Kumho Petrochemical synthetic rubber earnings plunge in Q3

Added: 9 Nov 2026

Operating profit in the synthetic rubber division fell 92.6% year-on-year 

Japan’s Tokai Kogyo acquires rubber parts maker Kinugawa

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Japanese suppliers combine sealing, hose and anti-vibration businesses to strengthen global operati…

Michelin, academic partners launch tire research laboratory

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Four-year programme to focus on tire performance, rubber compound manufacturing and flexible materi…

ERJ Brainteaser: July

Hankook tire sales hit quarterly record as earnings decline

Added: 9 Nov 2026

Higher volumes, premium tire sales support growth, but raw-material and logistics costs weigh on pr…

Apollo Vredestein to scale back European production 

Apollo sales rise 17% as raw-material costs pressure margins

Added: 9 Nov 2026

Indian operations drive growth supported by our sustained rural expansion

Omnova sells rubber facility in India

Chinese producer plans upgrade at rice-husk silica plant

Added: 9 Nov 2026

Fenghai project will convert part of existing 40ktpa silica capacity to higher-value hydrophobic gr…

ERJ Tire Tracker - 2026

Added: 9 Nov 2026

Michelin / Segway... Conti / VW... Bridgestone on Boeing 737… Hankook / Porsche… Conti / Volvo... M…