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ERJ Business Briefing

Added: 23 Apr 2026

Trelleborg Q1 results... Tosoh TPU hike… Nokian incentives… PCBL top for Ceat… Cooper Standard reco…

Central Europe slowdown impact Nokian results

Nokian Tyres reports higher profits on improved pricing, efficiencies

Added: 23 Apr 2026

Finnish group reports fourth straight quarter of year-on-year improvement

Freudenberg develops ‘non-wet’ adhesive system for surface bonding

Added: 23 Apr 2026

FACT process eliminates solvents, claimed to cut carbon emissions dramatically

Tire makers launch healthcare scheme for rubber farmers in Ivory Coast

Added: 23 Apr 2026

GPSNR-led project targets 1,800 households, links health access to supply chain productivity

TRA warns UK circular economy ‘unachievable’ amid low tire export compliance

Added: 23 Apr 2026

Association calls for “shred-only” mandate as most waste tires still exported to illegal processing…

Italian private equity fund acquiring Manuli oil & marine business

Manuli Ryco in JV deal to manufacture hydraulic hoses in India

Added: 23 Apr 2026

Italian group now owns 51% share of Mithra Fluidtrans based in Hyderabad

SaarGummi opens new elastomer parts plant in southern India

Added: 22 Apr 2026

Chennai facility to boost EPDM and TPV sealing systems capacity, strengthen regional footprint

Eneos Materials acquires JSR elastomer logistics, land

Added: 22 Apr 2026

Japanese supplier moves to centralise operations and strengthen business base

Trelleborg launches lower-carbon EPDM grades

Added: 22 Apr 2026

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions introduces materials based on “non-fossil sources” with up to 55% PCF …

Technology focus: Smart LSR cell

Added: 22 Apr 2026

Engel develops automated production concept for e-vehicle component applications

ERJ Appointments Tracker - 2026

Added: 22 Apr 2026

New DATL CEO... JK Tyre president... Nokian CFO starts... New Dow leader... Guill sales manager… El…

environment

VCI welcomes emissions trading “course correction”, calls for faster action

Added: 22 Apr 2026

German chemical industry warns “snail’s pace is not enough” without further adjustments

BASF presenting TPU outsole materials at Chinaplas

Added: 22 Apr 2026

German supplier notes lower manufacturing footprint versus rubber alternatives

Zeon to raise synthetic rubber prices

Added: 21 Apr 2026

Japanese group cites rising raw material, fuel and logistics costs

Sailun unveils $285m tire expansion project in Egypt

Added: 21 Apr 2026

Group targets addition of capacity to produce another 7 million units at Suez Canal facility

Europe's auto industry sees unprecedented crisis following production losses

WDK: German supplier industry warns of “deep structural crisis”

Added: 21 Apr 2026

Pressures driving “new wave of globalisation in the supplier industry,” with companies increasingly…

NR producers start three-month export cuts

NR futures slip as synthetic rubber, crude prices fall

Added: 21 Apr 2026

Major Far East markets witness ‘profit-taking and position adjustment trading’

SRI launches rubber seismic damper for compact housing

Added: 21 Apr 2026

New unit uses high-damping rubber and slimmer design to meet new building standards 

Technology focus: Invisible air-con

Added: 21 Apr 2026

Toyoda Gosei innovation being used on instrument panels of the Toyota bZ7 model

trade

Rubber hit as Middle East war drives supply chain pressures to three-year high

Added: 20 Apr 2026

GEP index shows shortages, stockpiling and transport costs surging amid energy shock