ERJ: News stories of the week

26 Jan 2024

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

Birla to build two new carbon black plants in Asia

Greenfield facilities to have 120ktpa of capacity each and to be built in India and Thailand

India’s Epsilon Carbon setting up €1bn integrated plant

Facility in eastern province of Odisha to have overall capacity of 785ktpa of products, including 300ktpa of carbon black

Decline continues for European replacement tire market

Almost all segments report year-on-year decrease in final quarter of 2023, according to ETRMA figures

New racing, specialist tire brand launched in UK

Nova Motorsport founded by Paul Hallas, MD of UK-based compounder SPC Rubber Group

Yokohama unveils €60m expansion plan at Philippines tire factory

Move to increase production capacity by nearly 6% at passenger car tire plant

Bridgestone submits proposal for upgrade at Chinese tire plant

"Technical transformation” project to be carried out at passenger car tire factory in Wuxi, Jiangsu...

MacLellan Rubber tracks impact of Red Sea shipping crisis

UK rubber compounder says transport costs more than double as companies re-route vessels

Goodyear in negotiations to sell Avon Tyres assets

US tire manufacturer says in ‘advanced discussions with third-party’ over potential sale

Goodyear taps Stellantis for new CEO, president

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

Tire Cologne expects 50% rise in exhibitors

Event in to be held in June will focus on key topics such as sustainability and digitalisation

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