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ETRMA calls for agenda to support European tire & rubber industry

Added: 18 Apr 2024

Industry manifesto calls for a ‘shared agenda’ to enhance competitiveness and support sustainabilit…

European Chemical Agency sees “low level of concern” for recycled rubber

Recyclers to explore continued use of rubber infill in playing pitches

Added: 18 Apr 2024

“It’s not time to give up…”, according to ETRA working group 're-plan plan city life project'

Conti extends e-mobility strategy to secondary tire brands

Added: 18 Apr 2024

New products from Continental's secondary brands now feature EV-compatible logo on the sidewall

Yokohama stages groundbreaking for Mexican tire plant project

Added: 18 Apr 2024

YRC facility in Saltillo due to start up in early 2027 with planned annual capacity of 5 million ti…

Tire rubber sales contribute to Asahi gains

ERJ Tire Tracker: April/May

Added: 18 Apr 2024

YRC Geolandar / Toyota Crown... Pirelli Elect / Porsche Taycan... Nexen Red Dot Award... Michelin T…

Trelleborg completes acquisition of Korean semiconductor seals manufacturer

Added: 18 Apr 2024

Based just outside Seoul, MNE Group supplies ‘precision seals’ for semiconductor production equipme…

Essentially Rubber: Tire-based sneakers

Added: 18 Apr 2024

Leading-edge designs and applications showing how elastomer materials...

ContiTech says will close Veyance deal by yearend

Conti rubber businesses miss first quarter estimates

Added: 17 Apr 2024

But German group says it sees “sufficient improvement potential” in all group sectors

Sailun doubles investment plan for Cambodia tire factory

Sailun postpones Vietnam expansion start-up until 2025

Added: 17 Apr 2024

Group maintains project scope but extends schedule for operational commencement to March 2025

Hyosung TNC investing $1bn to establish bio-butanediol plant in Vietnam

Added: 17 Apr 2024

Facility in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province to eventually have a nameplate capacity of 200ktpa

Angst+Pfister expands sealing production with new plants in China, Vietnam

Added: 17 Apr 2024

Facility in China a joint venture with Argomm Group, while Vietnam site fully owned by Swiss manufa…

Siemens app helps tire makers to track carbon footprint

Added: 17 Apr 2024

Management tool said to enable dynamic PCF measurement across manufacturing and supply-chain operat…

Shell's Ormen Lange gas field in Norway

Outside track: Petchem engineers battling spare-parts shortages

Added: 17 Apr 2024

Survey warns of potential disruption due to sourcing problems at process plants across Europe

Versalis buys compounder Tecnofilm to strengthen footwear, technical elastomers offerings

Added: 16 Apr 2024

Based in the Le Marche region of Italy, Tecnofilm's portfolio includes functionalised compounds bas…

Rubber market sentiment ‘uncertain’ amid supply concern, China weakness

Added: 16 Apr 2024

Japan Exchange Group observes ‘mixed trend’ across major Far-East markets

Walmart ordered to pay $101m for cancelling nitrile-gloves contract

Added: 16 Apr 2024

US retail giant “wrongfully cancelled” $500m contract to purchase latex gloves from London Luxury

VMI introduces AI-based system for foreign-object detection

Added: 16 Apr 2024

Incorporated into tire-building machines, technology uses detection system employing high-resolutio…

Retention ponds can ‘substantially reduce' impact of tire-wear emissions

Added: 16 Apr 2024

Research team analysed mass of tire wear particles found in drainage systems alongside UK's busiest…

Beijing rubber factories’ short-lived ‘APEC blue’

ERJ Business Briefing - March/April

Added: 16 Apr 2024

Yokohama TWS price hike... Cefic data...  Technip / Lanzatech... James Walker F4N... Azelis / DBH..…

Wacker names new head of US business

Added: 16 Apr 2024

Munich, Germany – Wacker Group’s head of research Christoph Kowitz has been named to head Wacker Ch…