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Outside track: Millions "written off" due to maintenance supply issues
Added: 15 Mar 2024
ERJ’s 'Outside track' reports cover developments across the wider manufacturing and process industr…
ERJ: News stories of the week
Added: 15 Mar 2024
Most widely-read news reports posted on the European Rubber Journal website over the last seven days
Sri Lanka tire maker GRI appoints chief operating officer
Added: 15 Mar 2024
Thanuja Samaranayake has over 20 years of experience in global strategy and sustainability
Hexpol Compounding adding rubber devulcanisation capabilities in Europe
Added: 14 Mar 2024
New line to enable in-house mechanical devulcanisation of scrap rubber produced by customers
Cabot closing reinforcing carbon black unit at Chinese site
Added: 14 Mar 2024
Restructuring moves at Tianjin facility acquired by US group from Tokai Carbon in 2022
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Elkem appoints new acting SVP for Silicones division
Added: 14 Mar 2024
Sandy Chen temporarily takes over from Larry Zhang who is taking up a new position in Sinochem
Workers injured in explosion at Metso rubber plant in Mexico
Added: 14 Mar 2024
Property also damaged in a ‘steam explosion’ at the Irapuato site, central Mexico
Continental Carbon, Maxxis in link-up for rCB use in tires
Added: 14 Mar 2024
Chinese carbon black maker supplies recovered carbon black to Cheng Shin for production of bicycle …
GRI sets out ambitious plans for agricultural tire market
Added: 13 Mar 2024
'Infrastructure already set, and we have pipeline to increase utilisation because of the way we hav…
Tire makers 'facing more challenging trading conditions'
Added: 13 Mar 2024
HSBC Global Research: Raw materials prices, volumes could impact profitability in tire manufacturin…
China’s Zhongzhe Group to build 200ktpa synthetic rubber plant
Added: 13 Mar 2024
Signs deal with local government in Ningbo area for €380-million project to produce SSBR/LCBR
ANRPC reports improvement in natural rubber market sentiment
Added: 13 Mar 2024
Producers' association attributes positive change to ‘unexpected tight supply of rubber’
More European industry leaders sign up to Antwerp Declaration
Added: 13 Mar 2024
Over 500 corporate leaders, industry officials across 20 sectors support a European “industrial dea…
Conti finance chief Katja Garcia Vila to step down
Added: 13 Mar 2024
German group's CFO will not “seek to extend contract” after it expires at the end of the year
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Sailun unveils plan to establish $250m Indonesia tire plant
Added: 12 Mar 2024
Facility to have the capacity to produce 3.6 million passenger car tires, 37ktpa of off-highway pro…
Updated: Bridgestone investing over €200m in Spanish tire plant
Added: 12 Mar 2024
Burgos facility will see a 75% increase in larger-rim tire capacity to over 7 million units/year...
Sri Trang launches ‘GPS tires’ scheme to meet rubber traceability rules
Added: 12 Mar 2024
Development intended to increase competitiveness of Thai NR industry ahead of EU deforestation-free…
Marubeni investing in German 'refined' recovered carbon black maker
Added: 12 Mar 2024
Funds to go towards construction of RCBNano's commercial facility to produce ‘chemically refined’ r…
Camso extends R&D partnership on rubber tracks for farming robots
Added: 12 Mar 2024
Links up with farming robotics experts Naio Technologies to advance ‘electrically driven rubber tra…
Dayco starts ‘full scale’ production of automotive belts at Mexico plant
Added: 12 Mar 2024
Facility in San Luis Potosi produces “original equipment-quality” drive belts
