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Michelin opens demo bio-butadiene production facility
Added: 22 Jan 2024
Unit near Bordeaux will enable partners to validate process technologies for the manufacture of rub…
Shin-Etsu says silanes-supply still affected by Japan earthquake
Added: 22 Jan 2024
Naoetsu factory has partially resumed operations but restart of some silicone production units dela…
MacLellan Rubber tracks impact of Red Sea shipping crisis
Added: 22 Jan 2024
UK rubber compounder says transport costs more than double as companies re-route vessels
Bridgestone files lawsuit against Apollo over Pinza tire brand
Added: 22 Jan 2024
Claims use of ‘nza’ suffix makes brand “confusingly similar” to Bridgestone’s Potenza, Turanza, and…
Yokohama UK names new managing director
Added: 22 Jan 2024
Current chief financial officer Marisa Hever-Smith to assume the top role in April
Goodyear taps Stellantis for new CEO, president
Added: 19 Jan 2024
Mark Stewart joins from automotive major, where he served as chief operating officer for North Amer…
ERJ: Rubber & Tire industry in numbers
Added: 19 Jan 2024
Wacker Chemie... ZC Rubber... Sanok Rubber... Toyo... Tire shares prices... Synthetic rubber prices…
EU new-car demand 14% up in 2023
Added: 19 Jan 2024
But December sees trend reversal after 16 months of growth, mainly due to high 2022 comparison basis
Sigma, Momentive in link-up to optimise silicone elastomer moulding
Added: 19 Jan 2024
Partnership to work on material data to enable ‘more reliable virtual moulding’
ERJ: News stories of the week
Added: 19 Jan 2024
Most widely-read news reports posted on the European Rubber Journal website over the last seven days
Denka reports disruptions at Omi plant after Japan quake
Added: 18 Jan 2024
Group 'gradually resuming’ operations at factory, which manufacturers chloroprene rubber among othe…
PentaCarbon seeks alternative to Russian carbon black ahead of EU sanctions
Added: 18 Jan 2024
German distributor to cooperate with Turkmen supplier Eziz Dag for supply of thermal blacks in Euro…
Goodyear announces retirement of top executives
Added: 18 Jan 2024
Americas president Stephen McClellan and EVP Darren Wells to retire later this year
Sumitomo Rubber invests in US vehicle failure prediction startup
Added: 18 Jan 2024
SRI entered partnership with Viaduct last year to monitor vehicle status in real-time
Linglong rolls out first giant tire at China plant
Added: 18 Jan 2024
New tire size “filling a gap” in the company’s range of engineering radial tires
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Major rubber tracks factory planned in China
Added: 18 Jan 2024
Zhongce Rubber (Jiande) submits environmental impact assessment for project to be located in Jiande…
Petro Rabigh shares drop 6% in wake of €1.5bn loss
Added: 18 Jan 2024
Aramco-Sumitomo Chemical JV says ‘challenging market conditions’ affected margins
Covestro signs off-take agreement with Encina for circular raw materials
Added: 18 Jan 2024
US-based company to supply Covestro with chemically recycled feedstock for MDI, TDI and polycarbona…
ZC Rubber building tire plant in Indonesia
Added: 17 Jan 2024
China's largest tire maker also 'in final stages of' evaluating Mexican factory
Sumitomo Rubber taps hydrogen energy for tire manufacture
Added: 17 Jan 2024
SRI starts mass production of Falken-branded tires at Shirakawa factory in Japan
