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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

HSBC analysts lower Wacker rating on pricing concerns
Added: 17 Jan 2024
Downgrade from 'buy' to 'hold' due largely to high exposure to Chinese spot prices...

Vibracoustic launches NVH systems for electrified commercial vehicles
Added: 17 Jan 2024
Move in anticipation of a shift in commercial vehicles segment, similar to passenger car transforma…

Yokohama Rubber sets up subsidiary in Italy
Added: 17 Jan 2024
Tire maker to operate directly in the "strategically important" Italian market from 2024

Hexpol offering carbon footprint data for rubber compounds
Added: 16 Jan 2024
Swedish compounder “one of the first market players” to provide such transparency to customers...
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Sentury advances tires incorporating ‘iron-based' synthetic rubber
Added: 16 Jan 2024
UHP tires pass quality testing, claimed to provide improved wet-grip, braking and fuel-consumption

Toyo develops 90% sustainable concept tire
Added: 16 Jan 2024
Materials include biomass-derived butadiene rubber and SBR, rice husk ash silica, as well as CO2-de…