ERJ: News stories of the week

15 Mar 2024

Most widely-read news reports posted on the European Rubber Journal website over the last seven days

Bridgestone investing over €200m in Spanish tire plant

Burgos facility will see a 75% increase in larger-rim tire capacity to over 7 million units/year...

Goodyear to close Malaysian tire manufacturing plant by yearend

Decision part of Goodyear Forward plan which targets savings across group's production footprint worldwide

Guizhou Tyre planning €200m passenger car tire plant in Vietnam

Chinese tire maker completes first phase of TBR tire project in the south east Asian country

Price/mix trend buoys Pirelli earnings amid rising costs

Sales improve only marginally reflecting a 6.3% negative impact of foreign exchange conversion

Sri Trang launches ‘GPS tires’ scheme to meet rubber traceability rules

Development intended to increase competitiveness of Thai NR industry ahead of EU deforestation-free products law

Sailun unveils plan to establish $250m Indonesia tire plant

Facility to have the capacity to produce 3.6 million passenger car tires, 37ktpa of off-highway products

China’s Zhongzhe Group to build 200ktpa synthetic rubber plant

Signs deal with local government in Ningbo area for €380-million project to produce SSBR/LCBR

Tire makers 'facing more challenging trading conditions'

HSBC Global Research: Raw materials prices, volumes could impact profitability in tire manufacturing sector

Cabot closing reinforcing carbon black unit at Chinese site

Restructuring moves at Tianjin facility acquired by US group from Tokai Carbon in 2022

GRI sets out ambitious plans for agricultural tire market

'Infrastructure already set, and we have pipeline to increase utilisation because of the way we have built our factories...'