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ERJ Appointments Tracker - 2026

Added: 22 Apr 2026

New DATL CEO... JK Tyre president... Nokian CFO starts... New Dow leader... Guill sales manager… El…

ERJ Business Briefing

Added: 22 Apr 2026

Ineos chlor-alkali sale... Solvay digital sensor rollout… Nouryon silica expansion... Denka CR hike…

Sailun unveils $285m tire expansion project in Egypt

Added: 21 Apr 2026

Group targets addition of capacity to produce another 7 million units at Suez Canal facility

Europe's auto industry sees unprecedented crisis following production losses

WDK: German supplier industry warns of “deep structural crisis”

Added: 21 Apr 2026

Pressures driving “new wave of globalisation in the supplier industry,” with companies increasingly…

NR producers start three-month export cuts

NR futures slip as synthetic rubber, crude prices fall

Added: 21 Apr 2026

Major Far East markets witness ‘profit-taking and position adjustment trading’

SRI launches rubber seismic damper for compact housing

Added: 21 Apr 2026

New unit uses high-damping rubber and slimmer design to meet new building standards 

Technology focus: Invisible air-con

Added: 21 Apr 2026

Toyoda Gosei innovation being used on instrument panels of the Toyota bZ7 model

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Rubber hit as Middle East war drives supply chain pressures to three-year high

Added: 20 Apr 2026

GEP index shows shortages, stockpiling and transport costs surging amid energy shock

Pirelli lays out mitigation plan to address Middle East crisis

Added: 20 Apr 2026

Tire maker says tensions causing “great pressure” on energy, raw materials costs

Semperit selling Italian hose plant to Matec Group

Semperit expects first-quarter earnings to double 

Added: 20 Apr 2026

Austrian group maintains full-year earnings forecast amid “increased uncertainties”

Kraiburg, SaarGummi develop automotive seals with recycled-content TPE

Added: 20 Apr 2026

Material based on Thermolast K range combines more than 50% recyclate with “unchanged performance”

Rubber & Tire industry in numbers

Added: 17 Apr 2026

Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

KraussMaffei sees "dynamic" growth in some tire machinery markets

Added: 17 Apr 2026

German group highlights opportunities in emerging markets and rising interest in retrofit solutions

Hexpol eyes rubber-compounds recovery amid automotive, energy transition

Added: 17 Apr 2026

Swedish-based group flags up growth in electrification, infrastructure and outsourcing demand

Doublestar sales down; raises funds for smart plants

Doublestar completes acquisition of Kumho Tire

Added: 17 Apr 2026

Chinese tire maker now indirectly owns 45% of Kumho shares, addressing 'horizontal compeition' with…

ERJ Tire Tracker - News, developments, fitments

Added: 17 Apr 2026

Pirelli / Porsche 911... Laufenn / Skoda... YRC / Subaru… Bridgestone / Toyota supplier awards... P…

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

Will EUDR get off the ground this time?

Added: 17 Apr 2026

European Commission to deliver simplified version of previously unworkable proposals by 30 April

Shin-Etsu raising silicone prices globally

Added: 17 Apr 2026

Japanese group cites Middle East conflict and impact on crude and naphtha prices

ERJ Sustainability Tracker 2026: Latest news & developments

Added: 16 Apr 2026

Synthos SSBR in 140m 2025 tires... Toyoda Gosei action plan... EcoVadis Platinum for Giti, Teijin A…

Omnova sells rubber facility in India

India's Nocil starts up rubber chemicals plant, approves €12m expansion

Added: 16 Apr 2026

Chemicals supplier boosts anti-degradants capacity for tires, industrial applications