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Rubber futures prices ease back as markets realign

Added: 23 Oct 2023

Prices last week “retraced from technically overbought condition” inline with dip in open interest.…

Covestro IPO to raise €2.5bn

Covestro mulling Adnoc bid ahead of Q3 results

Added: 23 Oct 2023

German-based urethanes and polycarbonate maker involved in “open-ended discussions...”

Yokohama Europe announces top management reshuffle

Added: 23 Oct 2023

Former Pirelli exec Giovanni Angelo Ponzoni takes over as chief executive officer

Trump to impose stiff steel, aluminium tariffs

US trade agency reverses ruling on ESBR imports from Mexico

Added: 22 Oct 2023

Preliminary USITA decision follows determination in July on ESBR imports from Mexico, Brazil, Polan…

Tire Tracker – Top score for Conti WinterContact TS 870 P

Added: 22 Oct 2023

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Monolith set to go green with carbon black

Carbon black maker Monolith further strengthens management team

Added: 22 Oct 2023

Appoints Vildzius as CTO, Joyner to top manufacturing role at Olive Creek 2 facility

Feature  – JK Tyre maps out road to automation

SI Group reports 'positive response' to bio-based accelerator

Added: 22 Oct 2023

With over 85% bio-based content, product can be used in tires, belts, hose, footwear and medical de…

Sumitomo trialling ‘Sensing core’ on autonomous buses

Added: 20 Oct 2023

Project in Suzhou City, China sees technology providing data on road surface conditions to fleet op…

Ceat sales and earnings bolstered by "strong" OE demand

Added: 20 Oct 2023

Earnings more than double in second quarter helped by cost-efficiencies, "judicious" pricing...

Essentially Rubber: Inflatable incubators

Added: 20 Oct 2023

Leading-edge designs and applications showing how elastomer materials... 

Cooper Standard rolls out TPV hoses for electric vehicles

Added: 20 Oct 2023

Potential weight savings of up to 40% compared to EPDM and increased flexibility compared to thermo…

Tire Tracker: Enso testing tires on London delivery EVs  

Added: 20 Oct 2023

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Washington — The US Department of Commerce is recommending stiff tariffs on steel imports into the US, encouraging representatives of the domestic steel industry but alarming US tire manufacturers dependent on imported tire-grade steel cord.

ERJ: News stories of the week

Added: 20 Oct 2023

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

Bridgestone launches global management restructure

Added: 19 Oct 2023

Group to be divided to East and West organisations, led by Masahi Higashi and Paolo Ferrari respect…

Albis unveils polyamide adhesion modified TPV grades

ECHA committees to review PFAS feedback in November

Added: 19 Oct 2023

Meetings will examine information provided for consultation process 'for the purpose of opinion dev…

Cefic warns of “challenging times” ahead of EU chemical industry

German 'chemistry summit' fails to address industry's most pressing issue

Added: 19 Oct 2023

Little progress on energy costs, though federal government makes 'clear commitment' to risk-based s…

Kraiburg presents new compliant elastomers for water hoses

Added: 19 Oct 2023

New TPE range to be displayed at German rubber & plastics show Fakuma

Sentury claims world first with new runflat

Sentury appoints ex-Michelin manager as R&D centre director

Added: 19 Oct 2023

Philippe Oberti will also serve as Chinese tire maker’s deputy general manager

Tire Tracker: Anyline launches ‘analog’ sidewall scanner

Added: 19 Oct 2023

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Monolith promotes Ostermeyer to chief development officer

Added: 19 Oct 2023

Expands leadership team with internal promotion of executive vice president of development