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ERJ Sustainability Tracker - 2026
Added: 14 Jul 2026
YRC Thai farmer training... Zeon FTSE first... Fenner 2m hour injury-free... Nokian earns top 100 T…

ERJ Business Briefing - 2026
Added: 14 Jul 2026
Covestro raises earnings outlook... Silicones market 'to hit $19bn'... Goodbye to ERIKS...
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Zeon battery binder patent partly 'revoked', reports Arlanxeo
Added: 13 Jul 2026
Says Federal Patent Court has invalidated German part of patent covering synthetic rubber technolog…

Egypt signs $300 million tire steel project with China's Zenith Group
Added: 13 Jul 2026
Facility to produce steel cord and bead wire for local tire industry, exports

Kumho raises investment in new Korean tire plant by 15%
Added: 13 Jul 2026
Tire maker extends completion schedule for Hampyeong factory by two months

Freudenberg acquires subsea equipment supplier Balmoral Comtec
Added: 13 Jul 2026
Deal strengthens group's portfolio in 'critical sealing systems, buoyancy, cable protection and rel…

Cefic urges EU to harmonise chemical recycling waste rules
Added: 13 Jul 2026
Industry group warns 'regulatory fragmentation' is holding back investment

Rubber & Tire Industry in Numbers
Added: 10 Jul 2026
Review of the key figures and data to emerge over the last seven days from leading players worldwide

Danfoss inks ‘definitive agreement’ to acquire Alfagomma
Added: 10 Jul 2026
Italian company’s board of receivers says deal marks ‘success of efforts to preserve business conti…

Bekaert, Chinese group launch steel cord recycling project
Added: 10 Jul 2026
Partners to assess use of steel recovered from end-of-life tires in new tire cord production

Colour-changing tactile sensor enables robots to ‘see’
Added: 10 Jul 2026
QMUL: Elastomeric sensor design “moves sensing into the material itself...”

FST: Requirements for seals in renewable energy applications
Added: 10 Jul 2026
New whitepaper examines the key technical challenges associated with H2 systems

Polyn, Alter Technology open chip testing lab in France
Added: 10 Jul 2026
Partnership to support validation of low-power AI chips for automotive and other applications

Euro 7 set to 'take nearly half of all tires off the road'
Added: 9 Jul 2026
Tire abrasion thresholds will be transposed into European legislation within the next six months

Michelin to speed up rollout of bio-feedstock-HMF
Added: 9 Jul 2026
Enters talks with engineering group Axens to commercialise renewable 5-HMF technology

US lowers subsidy rates for two Vietnam tire makers
Added: 9 Jul 2026
Other tire makers will continue to receive tariff rate calculated in 2021

Ineos leader demands protection & support for EU chemicals industry
Added: 9 Jul 2026
Manufacturing sector already in “closure mode”, chairman Sir Jim Ratcliffe warns in letter to Ursul…

Bridgestone begins first commercial deployment of 'AirFree' tires in Japan
Added: 9 Jul 2026
Airless tires enter regular autonomous shuttle service in rural Shiga Prefecture

ERJ Appointments Tracker - 2026
Added: 9 Jul 2026
Trelleborg Medical appoints... Ostrander leaving Nokian… Schwalbe leadership change… New Arkema COO…

EU confirms anti-dumping duties on Chinese PCR tires
Added: 8 Jul 2026
Measures enter force 8 July but there will be no retroactive collection of anti-dumping duties
