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Fraunhofer assesses CO2 savings of different tire recycling routes
Added: 5 Dec 2023
LCA 'impact categories' included global warming, particulate matter and resource-use compared to en…

US progressing probe into Thai truck & bus tire imports
Added: 4 Dec 2023
ITC determines that there is “reasonable indication” that the US industry is materially injured
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Michelin starts expansion project at Shanghai tire factory
Added: 4 Dec 2023
Project to increase production capacity to 9.5m units of PCR tires per year at the Chinese plant

ACEA leader offers way forward for EU industry
Added: 4 Dec 2023
Luca De Meo: Europe and its automotive industry have reached a "turning point"

Tire makers register double-digit share-price gains in 2023
Added: 4 Dec 2023
Most leading manufacturers have seen a significant increase in stock values over the year-to-date
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Continental launches driving simulator for tire tests
Added: 4 Dec 2023
German tire maker expects to save costs, raw materials and shorten development times

Xingda sets out sustainability goals for 2030
Added: 4 Dec 2023
Chinese tire cord manufacturer targets ‘green transformation’ through digital technology

Goodyear names new North America commercial business VP
Added: 4 Dec 2023
Joe Burke succeeds Dave Beasley who is retiring after 40 years with Akron group

Arlanxeo debottlenecking HNBR plants to meet growing market demand
Added: 1 Dec 2023
Upgrades at facilities in Germany, US to increase hydrogenated nitrile-butadiene rubber supply
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German rubber industry 'sounds alarm' amid tire plant closure moves
Added: 1 Dec 2023
“We'll be gone,” warns WDK president in a statement following extensive cuts by two major tire make…

Toyoda Gosei starts up airbags, safety systems manufacturing plant
Added: 1 Dec 2023
South China unit to address anticipated increase in automotive production, safety regulations

Hutchinson names new senior leader for aerospace, defence and industry operations
Added: 1 Dec 2023
Nicolas Orance joins Hutchinson’s executive committee from French military supplier Aresia

Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 1 Dec 2023
Review of the key figures and data to emerge this week from leading players in the tire & industry
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ERJ: News stories of the week
Added: 1 Dec 2023
Most widely-read news reports posted on the European Rubber Journal website over the last seven days

General Science investing €110m in China tire expansion
Added: 30 Nov 2023
Upgrade project to add 6 million units per year of passenger car tire capacity at Wuxi site

Linglong assessing locations for new tire manufacturing plant
Added: 30 Nov 2023
Chinese group conducting “on-site inspections, analysis and comparisons” for third overseas product…

Pyrum changes location of second German tire pyrolysis plant
Added: 30 Nov 2023
Water-protection requirements for second Saarland unit would have required “considerable additional…

Desma announces top management change in Slovakia
Added: 30 Nov 2023
Branislav Pavlik to take over as 'sole' leader in January, as Wolfgang Tarrach returns to Germany
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Dynasol names Quimipol as emulsion rubber distributor
Added: 30 Nov 2023
Exclusive rights to Químicos y Polímeros Corp. to “centralise the operations of the distribution ma…

Essentially Rubber: Time for "skin-friendly" eco-TPEs
Added: 30 Nov 2023
Leading-edge designs and applications showing how elastomer materials...