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EMEA costs-spike a trigger for Goodyear restructuring
Added: 20 Nov 2023
Closures of tire plants in Fulda and Furstenwalde will leave a major dent in US group's operations …
Year-end demand, rainy season support rubber futures
Added: 20 Nov 2023
Main Far East markets make ‘modest gains’ last week amid lower trading activity
Toyo posts 60% earnings hike on higher sales, lower costs
Added: 20 Nov 2023
Tire maker's revenues buoyed by North America sales, as volumes grow 8% in region
BASF in financial loan deal with tire recycler Pyrum
Added: 20 Nov 2023
Loan facility to support construction of planned German ELT pyrolysis plant, other facilities
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Hutchinson opening second Asian polymer technical centre
Added: 20 Nov 2023
Chinese unit to develop rubber, TPE materials for applications including sealing, automotive...
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German chemical makers halt production slide at Q3 stage
Added: 20 Nov 2023
VCI: Down-trend 'appears to have reached the bottom of the curve' but cost and market pressures per…
Goodyear 'to close down two German tire factories'
Added: 17 Nov 2023
US group to fully close its tire plants in Fulda by 2025 and Fürstenwalde by 2027
Pirelli announces plans to expand Italian digital centre
Added: 17 Nov 2023
Bari technology unit to see number of employees rise to 80 by 2025 from current 30
Lanxess to divest PU business as 'last remaining polymer' operation
Added: 17 Nov 2023
Cologne-based group also launching restructuring measures to reduce costs by €150m
Sumitomo Rubber points to recovery trends as cost pressures ease
Added: 17 Nov 2023
Japanese group's Tire business delivers a more than eight-fold increase in earnings for first nine …
Update: Ceat cleared to restart tire manufacturing plant
Added: 17 Nov 2023
Indian tire maker had been directed to close down facility in Bhandup, Mumbai due to pollution issu…
Freudenberg develops advanced sealing for ‘demanding’ cobot applications
Added: 17 Nov 2023
FST enhances polyurethane seal design while improving performance with solid film lubricant coating…
ERJ: News stories of the week
Added: 17 Nov 2023
Most widely-read news reports posted on the European Rubber Journal website over the last seven days
Goodyear selling rubber business as part of ‘transformation plan’
Added: 16 Nov 2023
Dunlop brand and off-road tires also to be divested as strategy looks to double margins by 2025
Goodyear's long-time leader Richard Kramer to retire
Added: 16 Nov 2023
US tire maker also unveils ‘transformation plan’ to optimise portfolio, expand margins
Tokai posts 77% increase in carbon black earnings
Added: 16 Nov 2023
Volumes decline year-on-year amid ‘bearish demand’ in TBR replacement market
Essentially Rubber: Walking on air
Added: 16 Nov 2023
Leading-edge designs and applications showing how elastomer materials...
US fishing groups sue tire manufacturers over 6PPD
Added: 16 Nov 2023
The tire makers named in the case include Goodyear, Michelin, and Bridgestone
Metso to end rubber parts production in Sweden with planned factory closure
Added: 15 Nov 2023
Starts negotiation process on plan to discontinue factory in Trelleborg
ANRPC revises up rubber supply and demand forecasts
Added: 15 Nov 2023
Improved outlook linked to adjustments in production estimates from association members, including …
