ERJ November/December issue

Click the issue link to read the NOV/DEC 2025 edition of European Rubber Journal magazine. 

CONTENTS

4 Comment: EUDR: Brussels regulators in a spin

5 Comprehensive report on all the latest news about the rubber industry from around the world

ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT

Global Tire Report 2025

15 Staying on top but in a lower gear

Leading tire makers retain position in global Top 75 despite challenge from fast-growing competitors

20 Global ranking of tire producers (based on 2024 tire sales, including subsidiaries)

22 Tire makers investing $13bn in new production

Investment in new capacity and plant upgrades despite global market pressures

26 Major players rejig global production

28 GTR Listings Section

Comprehensive worldwide listing of tire manufacturing plants by country

FEATURES

40 Elastomers for Sustainability Awards 2025

Vote for the industry’s most important sustainability projects – supporting comment required

43 Sparking innovation

New mobility is generating leading-edge innovation at component makers and materials suppliers

REGULARS

46 Industry data page

47 Postscript – On the record