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Rubber & Tire industry in numbers
Added: 24 Apr 2026
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

Enviro contests bid to end restructuring as dispute with Infiniteria escalates
Added: 24 Apr 2026
Swedish ELT pyrolysis company rejects €84m damages claim, defends termination of JV agreements
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PCBL progresses carbon black expansion plans
Added: 24 Apr 2026
Group expects environmental clearance to be completed for greenfield project in Andhra Pradesh

Mesnac outlines AI-based manufacturing advances at CRIA conference
Added: 24 Apr 2026
Chinese machinery group VP reports on “closed-loop” intelligent system for tire production
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Getzner opens new railway elastomer products plant in India
Added: 24 Apr 2026
Austrian vibration isolation supplier also adding a new factory at headquarters in Vorarlberg

Europe’s final major petrochemicals industry investment?
Added: 24 Apr 2026
Ineos: Antwerp cracker project could be last such investment in EU petchems sector

ERJ Business Briefing
Added: 23 Apr 2026
Trelleborg Q1 results... Tosoh TPU hike… Nokian incentives… PCBL top for Ceat… Cooper Standard reco…

Nokian Tyres reports higher profits on improved pricing, efficiencies
Added: 23 Apr 2026
Finnish group reports fourth straight quarter of year-on-year improvement
Freudenberg develops ‘non-wet’ adhesive system for surface bonding
Added: 23 Apr 2026
FACT process eliminates solvents, claimed to cut carbon emissions dramatically

Tire makers launch healthcare scheme for rubber farmers in Ivory Coast
Added: 23 Apr 2026
GPSNR-led project targets 1,800 households, links health access to supply chain productivity

TRA warns UK circular economy ‘unachievable’ amid low tire export compliance
Added: 23 Apr 2026
Association calls for “shred-only” mandate as most waste tires still exported to illegal processing…

Manuli Ryco in JV deal to manufacture hydraulic hoses in India
Added: 23 Apr 2026
Italian group now owns 51% share of Mithra Fluidtrans based in Hyderabad

SaarGummi opens new elastomer parts plant in southern India
Added: 22 Apr 2026
Chennai facility to boost EPDM and TPV sealing systems capacity, strengthen regional footprint

Eneos Materials acquires JSR elastomer logistics, land
Added: 22 Apr 2026
Japanese supplier moves to centralise operations and strengthen business base

Trelleborg launches lower-carbon EPDM grades
Added: 22 Apr 2026
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions introduces materials based on “non-fossil sources” with up to 55% PCF …

Technology focus: Smart LSR cell
Added: 22 Apr 2026
Engel develops automated production concept for e-vehicle component applications

ERJ Appointments Tracker - 2026
Added: 22 Apr 2026
New DATL CEO... JK Tyre president... Nokian CFO starts... New Dow leader... Guill sales manager… El…

VCI welcomes emissions trading “course correction”, calls for faster action
Added: 22 Apr 2026
German chemical industry warns “snail’s pace is not enough” without further adjustments
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BASF presenting TPU outsole materials at Chinaplas
Added: 22 Apr 2026
German supplier notes lower manufacturing footprint versus rubber alternatives

Zeon to raise synthetic rubber prices
Added: 21 Apr 2026
Japanese group cites rising raw material, fuel and logistics costs
