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Michelin, partners launch €60m innovation park project in France
Added: 7 Apr 2024
Parc Cataroux project, involving private and public investors, set for opening end of 2025

Aeolus details plans to upgrade Chinese tire production facility
Added: 5 Apr 2024
Launching new €185-million project to add annual capacity for the manufacture of 'giant' off-road t…

Mesnac posts jump in profits despite dip in sales
Added: 5 Apr 2024
Chinese group links 2023 earnings growth to investments in innovation, including integrated automat…

India starts antidumping probe into insoluble sulphur imports from China, Japan
Added: 5 Apr 2024
Oriental Carbon and Chemicals triggers investigation into imports of the rubber chemical from China…

ETRMA signs 'Antwerp declaration' for European Industrial Deal
Added: 5 Apr 2024
European tire & rubber association joins over 900 organisations urging EU enhance competitiveness t…

Fraunhofer launches cross-institute project to develop bio-rubber
Added: 5 Apr 2024
Project producing rubber monomers butadiene, isoprene and dimethylbutadiene from biobased alcohols

Continental names new general manager for Romanian tire factory
Added: 5 Apr 2024
Serban Nicolescu takes over management of tire factory in Timișoara, effective 1 April

ERJ: News stories of the week
Added: 5 Apr 2024
Most widely-read news reports posted on the European Rubber Journal website over the last seven days

ETRMA joins urgent, cross-sector call for clarification on EUDR
Added: 4 Apr 2024
22 industry bodies demand “urgent clarification and workable solutions” for implementation of EU de…

Sumitomo Rubber introducing technology to detect loose wheel nuts
Added: 4 Apr 2024
SRI already has one commercial OEM customer for the Sensing Core technology to reduce risk of runaw…

Volker Cwielong takes over as new Datwyler CEO
Added: 4 Apr 2024
Swiss rubber products group announced top-executive appointment in October last year

Sri Trang impacted by El Nino, gloves over-supply in 2023
Added: 4 Apr 2024
Earnings decline 62% as both natural rubber and gloves segments report lower operating profits

Dow appoints new Performance Materials & Coatings leader
Added: 4 Apr 2024
Brendy Lange was previously responsible for Dow's Industrial Solutions and the growth of its global…

New partnership to help NR industry comply with EUDR regulation
Added: 3 Apr 2024
RubberWay, Farmforce signal large-scale roll-out of technology to address new EU traceability requi…

Global tire consortium identifies five potential 6PPD alternatives
Added: 3 Apr 2024
Preliminary assessment by USTMA-organised consortium conducted on more than 60 initial candidates

Semperit targets strong earnings growth despite market challenges
Added: 3 Apr 2024
Austrian rubber products group continues to observe different developments for two new divisions

Goodyear opens driving simulation centre in Luxembourg
Added: 3 Apr 2024
New European facility to help Goodyear enhance tire design and development process

Michelin supplying tires for new Peugeot SUVs
Added: 3 Apr 2024
"Deployed significant industrial means to accompany the commercial success of the new Peugeot model…

Essentially Rubber: Animal-free drive
Added: 3 Apr 2024
Leading-edge designs and applications showing how elastomer materials...

Brenntag acquires UK distributor Lawrence Industries
Added: 3 Apr 2024
Move to expand footprint and technology portfolio in ‘material science’, including rubber
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