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ERJ: Rubber & tire industry in numbers

Added: 26 Jan 2024

Yokohama... Birla... Epsilon... Cooper... Nova Motorsport... Orion... ETRMA data... Rubber shares..…

Cote d’Ivoire becomes third largest natural rubber producing country

Added: 26 Jan 2024

Global production rises 6.5% year-over-year, as Indonesia lowers final figures for 2022 output

Top 10 Elastomers for Sustainability II

Fraunhofer event to explore elastomer recycling

Added: 26 Jan 2024

Online session to discuss EPDM devulcanising; new TPE based on biogenic raw materials

ERJ: News stories of the week

Added: 26 Jan 2024

Most widely-read news reports posted on the European Rubber Journal website over the last seven days

Global TPE consumption drops 30% amid Covid slowdown  

Hexpol rejigs executive team in Americas region

Added: 26 Jan 2024

Drew Dubois to take over CFO role at rubber compounder, replacing Ernie Ulmer who is retiring

Yokohama resumes work at Philippines plant

Yokohama unveils €60m expansion plan at Philippines tire factory

Added: 25 Jan 2024

Move to increase production capacity by nearly 6% at passenger car tire plant

Goodyear in negotiations to sell Avon Tyres assets

Added: 25 Jan 2024

US tire manufacturer says in ‘advanced discussions with third-party’ over potential sale

Sailun Vietnam rolls out first rubber track

Added: 25 Jan 2024

Latest addition completes range of products including PCR, TBR and OTR tires manufactured at the si…

Tire Cologne sets out stall in trade show battle

Tire Cologne expects 50% rise in exhibitors

Added: 25 Jan 2024

Event in to be held in June will focus on key topics such as sustainability and digitalisation

KraussMaffei names new EMEA extrusion head

Added: 25 Jan 2024

German machinery maker appints ex-Conti official Ralf Benack as new EMEA extrusion boss

New racing, specialist tire brand launched in UK

Added: 24 Jan 2024

Nova Motorsport founded by Paul Hallas, MD of UK-based compounder SPC Rubber Group

India’s Epsilon Carbon setting up €1bn integrated plant

Added: 24 Jan 2024

Facility in eastern province of Odisha to have overall capacity of 785ktpa of products, including 3…

Slow demand, downtime stifle Orion earnings growth

Added: 24 Jan 2024

Carbon black supplier completes air emission upgrades; projects fourth year of continued growth...

China tire cord maker Shenma to establish Thai factory

Added: 24 Jan 2024

Company to invest €32m in project to establish polyamide fibre production facility  

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

Decline continues for European replacement tire market

Added: 23 Jan 2024

Almost all segments report year-on-year decrease in final quarter of 2023, according to ETRMA figur…

Birla to raise carbon black prices in North America

Birla to build two new carbon black plants in Asia

Added: 23 Jan 2024

Greenfield facilities to have 120ktpa of capacity each and to be built in India and Thailand

Bridgestone submits proposal for upgrade at Chinese tire plant

Added: 23 Jan 2024

"Technical transformation” project to be carried out at passenger car tire factory in Wuxi, Jiangsu…

Strong physical demand buoys natural rubber futures

Added: 23 Jan 2024

All rubber exchanges report higher trading volume, as tire demand “remains strong”

Sumitomo Rubber, Deloitte to collaborate on cybersecurity

Added: 23 Jan 2024

Partners to build a ‘human resources development model’ in areas covering IT, factory, products and…

German chemicals industry sees EU climate package as ‘enormous challenge’

ContiTech initiates pilot project for ‘green operations’ globally

Added: 23 Jan 2024

Defines three locations in China, Canada and Germany to investigate carbon neutrality