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Can AI revolutionise carbon black manufacturing?
Added: 16 Jul 2025
Article by Birla Carbon president and CEO John Loudermilk exploring potential to enhance efficiency…

IKEA, Hainan Rubber investigate sustainable rubber wood in China
Added: 16 Jul 2025
Initiative, also involving WWF, explores forest conservation, ESG goals, and processing standards

ERJ Appointments Tracker
Added: 16 Jul 2025
New Michelin PCR boss… Forbo executive change… Covestro extends CTO contract... Goodyear IR exec...…

Zeon develops new hydrophilic polymer for winter tires
Added: 16 Jul 2025
Nipol BR1300 is synthesised using polybutadiene rubber as its structural base...

Natural rubber futures hold “firm” amid Southeast Asia flooding
Added: 15 Jul 2025
Stable trading in early July supported by weather concerns and hints of Chinese stimulus

Linglong claims top spot for new energy OE tire sales
Added: 15 Jul 2025
Chinese tire maker also named top passenger car tire seller in China in 2024

WDK welcomes PFAS rethink, rejects EU chemicals plan as ‘bureaucratic fix’
Added: 15 Jul 2025
Association warns EU plan risks adding red tape while ignoring core competitiveness issues

Sumitomo Rubber, NEC in tie-up to boost R&D, explore new business opportunities
Added: 15 Jul 2025
Companies aim to enhance competitiveness by combining advanced technology, intellectual property

ERJ Business Briefing
Added: 15 Jul 2025
Covestro lowers outlook… Safic-Alcan / Chimica Lombarda… Michelin mining tire recycling in Chile...…

Bjorn Thorsen named pan-European distributor for Celanese TPEs
Added: 15 Jul 2025
Deal covers Santoprene TPV, Hytrel TPC, Bexloy TPC, Laprene TPS, and Ateva G EVA medical grades
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Michelin wins partial EU court victory in anti-trust case
Added: 14 Jul 2025
Court limits Commission’s inspection decision, blocking use of some evidence

Dow increasing EPDM rubber production at US site
Added: 14 Jul 2025
Moves to ‘restart’ additional capacity in Plaquemine, Louisiana in fourth quarter

Improved costs, lower raw material prices support Elkem silicones earnings growth
Added: 14 Jul 2025
Group sees substantial increase in second-quarter earnings despite lower commodity sales prices

Trelleborg acquiring sealing specialist in Singapore
Added: 14 Jul 2025
Masterseals specialises in sealing solutions for energy, industrial sectors

Pyrum raises €5.6 million to fund German expansion
Added: 14 Jul 2025
Company places over 200,000 new shares with institutional investors

JLR to fit new Pirelli tires made with over 70% sustainable materials
Added: 11 Jul 2025
P Zero using rice husk-derived silica, recycled steel, and FSC-certified rubber for Range Rover mod…

Rubber & tire industry in numbers
Added: 11 Jul 2025
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

Zeon starts building bio-butadiene demo plant in Japan
Added: 11 Jul 2025
Set for operation next year, Yamaguchi facility to produce butadiene from bio-based ethanol
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Hutchinson develops integrated cooling module for electric vehicles
Added: 11 Jul 2025
Developed for ‘major European OEM’, system improves range and charging times of vehicles

Italian polymer machinery sector reports 1.4% growth
Added: 11 Jul 2025
Final results surpass preliminary estimates in March which anticipated contraction in turnover