ERJ: News stories of the week
15 Sep 2023
Most widely-read news reports posted on the European Rubber Journal website over the last seven days
Chinese tire maker Haohua advances $500m plant in Vietnam
Facility in Binh Phuoc province to produce 12m passenger car, 2.4m commercial tires
Goodyear expects $100m savings from EMEA restructure
Total net job cuts 700, as tire maker adds 500 positions, largely in Romania
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Sibur completes halobutyl rubber expansion work at Nizhnekamsk
Project to increase production capacity to 200ktpa at Tatarstan site
Michelin produces 100% recycled-styrene SBR at French rubber plant
Pyrowave supplies styrene monomer from plastics waste recycling operation in Canada
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Union: Goodyear 'pulls plug' on German tire plant negotiations
Tire maker claimed to have ‘broken off’ talks as union presents counter-proposal to Fulda cutbacks
Conti uses Pyrum recovered carbon black in solid tires
German group aims to extend use of rCB in other ‘Continental compounds’
Synthomer shares drop 33% as polymer group announces €320m rights issue
'Short-term cash preservation' move follows 18 months of challenging trading environment
Rubber futures prices maintain upward momentum
'Concern over supply on natural rubber driving market rally amid stable market demand...'
Sumitomo reports 'world-first' in atomic-scale analysis of rubbe
SRI researchers simultaneously observe movement of carbon and polybutadiene particles in tire rubber at 890 nanoseconds
Austrian rail company fits 3D-printed elastomer parts
National rail company OBB equipping railcars with additive manufactured bellows, grommets
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