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European Custom Compounding Survey 2023
Added: 31 Jul 2023
Strong sales growth but caution over impact of current pressures on costs, supply-chain and markets
Global Top 50 Rubber Product Manufacturers 2023
Added: 31 Jul 2023
New challenges ahead for the world’s largest non-tire rubber product makers
Chinese tire makers advance overseas investment plans
Added: 30 Jul 2023
Amid uncertain domestic prospects, Chinese tire makers are eyeing new overseas expansion projects
North America tire & rubber product sector shake-up
Added: 29 Jul 2023
Jolt to rankings was provided, however, by Goodyear’s 2021 acquisition of Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.
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ERJ Machinery Survey 2023 - Powering through
Added: 31 May 2023
Market pressures keep a lid on growth but business fundamentals remain strong for global manufactur…
Tire industry now a pacesetter in AI arena
Added: 31 May 2023
Skills shortages after Covid crisis accelerate investment in ‘digital algorithmic’ capabilities
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Elastomers for Sustainability - New Top 10 rankings
Added: 31 May 2023
The latest staging of ERJ’s programme to identify materials science-based projects contributing mos…
Seals makers and end-users in frontline of PFAS battle
Added: 26 May 2023
Alarm over moves by European regulatory agency to ban fluorine-based substances, including elastome…
Tire makers seek to build on 2022 gains amid rising costs
Added: 14 Apr 2023
Ability to manage and offset higher materials, energy, labour costs will be key to maintaining prof…
Toxicity of tire wear particles rising up the industry agenda
Added: 11 Apr 2023
A challenge ‘to get ahead on, because this is a harder issue to solve and potentially more problema…
Silicone 'key to growth' in regulation-driven EV markets
Added: 8 Apr 2023
Global market “very dynamic with the supply-chain realigning at the moment…”
Elastomer R&D on full charge
Added: 7 Apr 2023
Innovation in the rubber industry being driven by rising adoption of electric vehicles amid fast-ch…
EU deforestation law ‘could marginalise rubber growers’
Added: 22 Feb 2023
Rubber produced by smallholders could be relegated to second-tier market, warns leading consultancy
How VMI is dealing with supply-chain pressures
Added: 22 Feb 2023
Leader explains how Dutch-based tire & rubber machinery maker is managing these on-going challenges…
Securing supply is the new challenge for European rubber industry
Added: 22 Feb 2023
‘To restore resilience, companies will need to consider a range of options to secure stable supplie…
Synthetic rubber demand spurs investment and innovation
Added: 22 Feb 2023
Global market demands drive expansion and R&D in the areas of olefinic, HNBR, SBR elastomers
Driving energy efficiency in the tire & rubber industry
Added: 22 Feb 2023
Motors and drives are key to optimising rubber mixing and other energy-intensive processes, Fausto …
Zeppelin advances automation capabilities
Added: 22 Feb 2023
“Our vision is to have more digital services for predictive maintenance, digital-twin, AI and smart…
German chemicals producers braced for tough 2023
Added: 22 Feb 2023
VCI: Costs have risen faster than selling prices so that profits are now falling at around 80% of t…
Tire Technology Expo: Back to the future
Added: 22 Feb 2023
Annual show is once again fully geared up to showcase developments and technologies that will shape…
