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Hankook investing €540m in Hungary plant to add TBR tire production
Added: 24 Nov 2023
Facility in Racalmas to add production capacity for 800k units of truck & bus tires by 2027

Nokian achieves 'lowest level of CO2 emissions in tire industry'
Added: 24 Nov 2023
Says estimate of 347kg per tonne of tires produced at least half that of most other manufacturers..…

First ‘giant tire’ roll-off at Sailun Vietnam plant
Added: 24 Nov 2023
Company claims to be first Chinese manufacturer to produce PCR, TBR and OTR tires in Vietnam

Update: European replacement tire market continues on downward track
Added: 24 Nov 2023
ETRMA links third quarter decline to “continued increases in the cost of raw materials, energy, log…

Elastomers experts to focus on sustainable fashion
Added: 24 Nov 2023
IoM3 Elastomers Group staging hybrid technical seminar mid-December in London

ERJ: News stories of the week
Added: 24 Nov 2023
Most widely-read news reports posted on the European Rubber Journal website over the last seven days

Black Donuts urges Chinese tire makers to consider Europe as “next big step”
Added: 23 Nov 2023
Consulting firm describes Europe as "an underutilised opportunity”, providing diverse markets, clim…

New Michelin job contract targets ‘professional development’
Added: 23 Nov 2023
Contract with French staff to facilitate access to training for all; prioritise 'sensitive position…

Akwel on track with 10% revenue growth target
Added: 23 Nov 2023
Sales decline slightly in three months to end of September, primarily due to currency effects

Sentury recalls 9k ‘improperly cured’ tires
Added: 23 Nov 2023
Certain chemicals ‘missing’ during compound mixing of tires, manufactured in Thailand

Essentially Rubber: Hubner taps silicones to protect fingers
Added: 23 Nov 2023
Leading-edge designs and applications showing how elastomer materials...

Avon Protection 'star rising' despite falling sales, earnings
Added: 22 Nov 2023
UK manufacturing group says strategy working amid declines in business performance for fiscal 2023
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Synthomer reorganises SBR operations ahead of paper & carpet exit in Europe
Added: 22 Nov 2023
Group steps up investment in speciality end markets, principally in Asia, US

Rubber gloves maker Hartalega to focus on ‘better cost management’
Added: 22 Nov 2023
Group reports loss for first half of fiscal year amid lower volumes, prices

EU new car registrations up 15% in October
Added: 22 Nov 2023
Market records 15th consecutive month of growth with double-digit gains in key regions

Orion opens second carbon black plant in China
Added: 21 Nov 2023
Facility in Anhui to 'enable reallocation of production in US and Europe...'

Datwyler ‘scaling business model’ to deliver medium-term growth
Added: 21 Nov 2023
Swiss group impacted by “very rapid and almost complete loss of the Covid business”, higher costs i…

Remondis, Pyrum mull joint tire recycling plant in Germany
Added: 21 Nov 2023
BASF to purchase pyrolysis oil from proposed 20ktpa facility in Bremen

Kuraray's isoprene unit hit by 'defect' at new Thai plant, low demand
Added: 21 Nov 2023
Japanese group notes “intensifying competition” for elastomers business

Update: Synthetic rubber pricing data
Added: 21 Nov 2023
Weekly data compiled by ChemAnalyst based on selected commodity trading activity in Europe