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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... 

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

Industry group shares 15 years of tire particle research for free

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 

Japan's automotive industry concerned by Trump tariffs

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…

Polymer industry urges EU to shift energy policy

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