ERJ: News stories of the week
1 Dec 2023
Most widely-read news reports posted on the European Rubber Journal website over the last seven days
Michelin announces plant closures in Germany, loss of 1,532 jobs
Closing production sites in Karlsruhe, Trier, Homburg, relocating customer support centre to Poland
Linglong shifting some TBR production from Thailand to Serbia
Awaits US ruling on antidumping measures against truck & bus tires originating from Thailand
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General Science investing €110m in China tire expansion
Upgrade project to add 6 million units per year of passenger car tire capacity at Wuxi site
Semperit reports declines amid ‘difficult market environment’
Austrian group repositions itself as elastomers specialist; streamlines activities
German union “not giving up” on Michelin sites
IGBCE calls for strategies to avoid French group's “shock” closures and relocation plan
VMI parent group reports strong tire segment performance
TKH links third quarter gains to "easing of component shortages and a continued strong order book..."
Linglong assessing locations for new tire manufacturing plant
Chinese group conducting “on-site inspections, analysis and comparisons” for third overseas production site
Pyrum changes location of second German tire pyrolysis plant
Water-protection requirements for second Saarland unit would have required “considerable additional investment”
New SRI tech centre to track chemical reactions in rubber
Sumitomo Rubber Industries' unit to make use of 'soft x-rays' from high-intensity synchrotron facility
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