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ETRMA calls for agenda to support European tire & rubber industry

Added: 18 Apr 2024

Manifesto urges a ‘shared agenda’ to enhance competitiveness and support sustainability targets of …

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…