ERJ: News stories of the week

19 Jan 2024

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

Hexpol offering carbon footprint data for rubber compounds

Swedish compounder “one of the first market players” to provide such transparency to customers…

Goodyear taps Stellantis for new CEO, president

Mark Stewart joins from automotive major, where he served as chief operating officer for North America…

PentaCarbon seeks alternative to Russian carbon black

German distributor to cooperate with Turkmen supplier Eziz Dag for supply of thermal blacks in Europe…

ZC Rubber building tire plant in Indonesia

China's largest tire maker also 'in final stages of' evaluating Mexican factory

Wacker building silicone compounds plant in Czechia

German group investing ‘low triple-digit million-euro’ amount in 20ktpa facility in Karlovy Vary

HSBC analysts lower Wacker rating on pricing concerns

Downgrade from 'buy' to 'hold' due largely to high exposure to Chinese spot prices...

Toyo develops 90% sustainable concept tire

Materials include biomass-derived butadiene rubber and SBR, rice husk ash silica, as well as CO2-de…

Avon lands ‘multi-million-euro’ deal for military diving rebreathers

German navy places order for supply of ‘multi-role’ rebreathers and technical support

China, Cambodia sign '$1bn rubber & tire projects' agreement

Memorandum of understanding designed to ‘strengthen a number of priority projects’ between two countries…

PPG launches review of silica products business

Unit “may be better suited to operate as a core business within another company or as a standalone …