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Nokian completes recruitment campaign at US tire factory
Added: 14 Aug 2023
Finnish tire maker expands Dayton workforce in run-up to doubling capacity

Avient adds recycled-content TPEs for automotive interiors
Added: 13 Aug 2023
Grades with post-consumer recyclate ‘can match performance to conventional elastomers’

Tire tracker – Michelin expands Pilot aircraft tire line
Added: 13 Aug 2023
Latest news on tire fitments, testing and related innovations...

ContiTech nears 60% earnings-growth in first half
Added: 11 Aug 2023
Buoyed by conveyor belts, air-spring systems, industrial hose businesses

Yokohama Rubber posts 5% earnings rise on “record” sales
Added: 11 Aug 2023
But ‘business profit’ impacted by higher costs for materials, energy at Tires segment...

Brighter prospects for new-look Semperit after “solid” first half
Added: 11 Aug 2023
Sale of its medical gloves business now expected to close this month

Nokian has much catching-up to do
Added: 11 Aug 2023
Finnish group’s H1 passenger car tire sales well below levels before Russian exit - updated with co…

Tire Tracker – Pirelli claims UHP tire ‘first’ with 55% sustainable P Zero E
Added: 11 Aug 2023
Latest news on tire fitments, testing and related innovations...

ERJ: News stories of the week
Added: 11 Aug 2023
Most popular news reports posted on the European Rubber Journal website over the last seven days

Conti trims tire sales forecast after mixed first half showing
Added: 10 Aug 2023
Replacement market dip poised to offset gains from pick-up in automotive production

Bekaert grows rubber reinforcement earnings despite sales dip
Added: 10 Aug 2023
“China volumes offsetting lower sales elsewhere, with strong margin performance across regions...”
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Reselo advancing birch-bark rubber developments
Added: 10 Aug 2023
CEO: “Overwhelming interest” in birch tree-derived rubber following Nokian recognition

Indian tire maker Ceat more than doubles earnings
Added: 10 Aug 2023
Improved pricing and volumes, with replacement and international business “looking good"

AirBoss unveils cost-saving measures in ‘defence unit’
Added: 10 Aug 2023
Move to cut $5m in annual costs, help segment “return to profitability”

Tire Tracker – Michelin 45% tire wins automotive award
Added: 10 Aug 2023
Latest news on tire fitments, testing and related innovations...

Avient develops bio-TPE tubing for pharma industry
Added: 10 Aug 2023
Said to match performance of conventional tubing materials, including silicone and standard TPEs...

Cabot carbon black earnings grow despite lower volumes
Added: 9 Aug 2023
US-based supplier expects continued growth in profit, driven by pricing and product-mix...

Covestro starts up new elastomers plant in Shanghai
Added: 9 Aug 2023
Chinese unit to help meet “ever rising demand” for polyurethanes in the Asia Pacific
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Bridgestone research targets molecular-level simulation of tire compounds
Added: 9 Aug 2023
Minute structural differences in materials have “a large impact on performance”...

Trelleborg advances FEA to optimise semiconductor sealing materials
Added: 9 Aug 2023
TSS using finite element analysis to model compression set of elastomers for semiconductor customer…