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Nokian tracking sustainability goals

Nokian Tyres signs €200m sustainability-linked credit facility

Added: 11 Dec 2023

Interest margin of the revolving credit facility will increase or decrease dependent on company’s m…

Kraton names ex-DuPont exec as new finance chief

Added: 11 Dec 2023

Eun-Mi Kim joins leadership team to support ‘transformative journey’

German rubber sales up 3.5% despite lower tire volumes

Conti 'cooperating with authorities' in hose quality investigations

Added: 8 Dec 2023

ContiTech self-reported ‘deviations' from standards in hose production last September

Michelin JV Symbio inaugurates first hydrogen fuel cell gigafactory

Added: 8 Dec 2023

French fuel cell specialist in JV agreement with Schaeffler to produce bipolar plates 

Bridgestone European locations powered by renewable energy

Sumitomo Rubber sets new carbon neutrality targets across “entire supply chain”

Added: 8 Dec 2023

Defines 'scope 3' targets while raising other GHG emission goals to 2030

Trump to impose stiff steel, aluminium tariffs

ERJ: News stories of the week

Added: 8 Dec 2023

Most widely-read news reports posted on the European Rubber Journal website over the last seven days

US tire shipments likely to fall 18% in 2020

USTMA upgrades forecasts for passenger car tire market in 2023

Added: 7 Dec 2023

But US Tire Manufacturers Association expects year-on-year declines in light truck, truck tire segm…

Carbon black profits up, sales down at PCBL

Added: 7 Dec 2023

First half performance reflects business trends reported by other major producers in the sector

Enso plans to manufacture 'decarbonised' tires at new factory

Added: 7 Dec 2023

London-based start-up targets production at “brand-new carbon-neutral tire factory”

Covestro modernising TDI plant in Germany

Added: 7 Dec 2023

German chemicals supplier to invest “double-digit-million euro” amount in Dormagen facility

ContiTech looks east, reports marginal loss

Continental sets out strategic targets for ContiTech

Added: 7 Dec 2023

German group to review 'all options' for ContiTech’s automotive unit in mid-term strategy

Origin Materials axes 30% of workforce to bolster long-term prospects

Added: 7 Dec 2023

Sustainable carbon products company expects to incur $2.7 million in restructuring charges

Technology report: Compound interest

Added: 7 Dec 2023

HF analysis shows how tandem mixing technology can reduce energy costs and increase efficiency

Sailun advances 100ktpa off-road tire project in China

Added: 6 Dec 2023

Subsidiary Zhucheng Yongan Rubber Technology to convert existing site for production of OTR tires

European Tire Market - Supplier Survey

ETRMA calls for clarity over upcoming EU regulations

Added: 6 Dec 2023

Industry association urges policymakers to synchronise rules, avoid mish-mash of requirements on ti…

Opinion: Step up to the platform

VMI opens new service centre in Thailand

Added: 6 Dec 2023

Dutch tire & rubber machinery maker moves to larger, ‘high-tech’ facility in Chonburi

Update: Synthetic rubber pricing data

Added: 6 Dec 2023

Weekly data compiled by ChemAnalyst based on selected commodity trading activity in Europe

Michelin devises four-part growth strategy

Michelin still ‘committed to’ making tires in Germany

Added: 6 Dec 2023

“As home of technology-leading automotive industry, Germany remains an important location...”

Datwyler link-up targets sealing materials for hydrogen fuel cells

Added: 6 Dec 2023

Partners with bipolar plates manufacturer Hycco for “high performance and system-critical sealing m…

BASF to increase BDO production in US

BASF set to offer 'low carbon' butanediol, polyTHF

Added: 6 Dec 2023

Chemical intermediates claimed to have carbon footprint “significantly below” global average