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ERJ Appointments Tracker: July/Aug

Added: 18 Aug 2024

Rogers CFO departure... Hexpol Compounding Americas / Mark Ramsey... Synthomer / Peter Hill... Synt…

Linglong investing €585m in Serbian tire factory expansion

Added: 16 Aug 2024

Construction work set to start in January 2025 and be completed before end of 2030...

FST advances use of AI in testing, manufacturing processes

Added: 16 Aug 2024

Projects include use of AI at German plant that reduced scrap generated during final inspections by…

Tokai carbon black business delivers strong first half

Added: 16 Aug 2024

Revenue up despite a slight fall in sales volumes due to on-going, inventory adjustments among tire…

Q&A: New frontiers for the Philippines rubber industry  

Added: 16 Aug 2024

Interview supplied by organisers of next month’s international rubber industry conference in Davao …

VMI parent group ahead at Q3

VMI parent posts strong first half for tire building systems unit

Added: 15 Aug 2024

Dutch group TKH notes increasing tire-industry investment in areas of sustainability, EVs, automate…

Toyo Tires moving to new HQ on 70th anniversary

Toyo upgrades 2024 forecast as second quarter earnings exceed projections

Added: 15 Aug 2024

Better-than-expected trends around currency, raw materials prices and ocean freight costs and gains…

Apollo responds to BSE question over Malaysian plan

Apollo targets tire price hikes amid rising natural rubber costs

Added: 15 Aug 2024

Indian tire maker to raise prices as raw materials costs climb 5% since previous quarter

Schwalbe hits million mark for bicycle-tire recycling scheme 

Added: 15 Aug 2024

Materials including rCB recycled from tires collected via network of more than 1,800 dealers in Ger…

Harta targets future growth after huge jump in sales, earnings

Hartalega sees signs of a pick-up in global gloves demand

Added: 15 Aug 2024

Reports improved sales volumes and “marginal” increase in average selling prices in fiscal first qu…

JPX reports pick-up in natural rubber futures prices

Added: 14 Aug 2024

Increases across all major exchanges linked to better-than-expected economic data from China

Trelleborg compounds range covers 'all' hydrogen sealing applications

Added: 14 Aug 2024

Swedish group employed "proprietary" test methods to ensure reliability "for every application of t…

Kemya, Continental Carbon start Saudi carbon black plant

Flexsys raising rubber chemical prices by up to 12%

Added: 14 Aug 2024

Increases linked to "significant investment" in programme to develop more sustainable alternatives …

TARRC adds ‘world-first’ seismic-bearing tester 

TARRC-Rubber Consultants to stage industry event at UK base

Added: 14 Aug 2024

Event will mark the 40th anniversary of Rubber Consultants and 85th anniversary of TARRC

Galicia university fund ‘will support’ Sentury Tire project

Added: 13 Aug 2024

Regional president cites delayed €540m tire plant project among key strategic initiatives being pro…

Bridgestone revises down 2024 forecasts despite first-half gains

Added: 13 Aug 2024

Notes deterioration in Latin America business situation, lower growth in North America and deterior…

NOK upgrades business outlook despite dip in vehicle production

Added: 13 Aug 2024

Better-than-expected returns from initiatives to raise prices and reduce costs as well as favourabl…

Freudenberg seals safety advance for long-distance lorries

Added: 13 Aug 2024

FST claims component for central tire inflation systems can “revolutionise heavy duty on road mobil…

German rubber industry reports recovery amid ‘tense supply situation’ 

Reka reports decline in rubber business on weakened demand

Added: 13 Aug 2024

Finnish industrial rubber supplier links drop to ‘general financial situation’ and uncertainty in t…

Prinx unveils own-developed tire manufacturing technologies

Added: 13 Aug 2024

Chinese tire maker highlights 'digital intelligence' strategy to advance innovation at production f…