ERJ: News stories of the week

1 Mar 2024

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

Bridgestone to exit truck & bus tire business in China

Japanese tire & rubber group to focus on ‘premium passenger car tire’ business in the Chinese market

Rockwell to enhance digitalisation strategy across Prometeon Tyre sites

Announces strategic collaboration with Milan-based tire maker to “transform global manufacturing processes”

UNECE progresses tire particle emissions project with measurement methodology

Data collected through proposed methods to be used for determining tire abrasion limits

New UK racing tire company acquires Avon assets from Goodyear

Nova Motorsport becomes global supplier of “vast majority" of Avon Motorsport tire products

ERJ: Rubber & tire industry in numbers

Michelin... Bridgestone... Goodyear... Trelleborg... SRI... Continental... Freudenberg... WDK... Cabot... Orion... Zeon... Elkem...

Freudenberg Sealing Technology triples production of EV battery safety components

Major orders for integrated pressure-compensation units designed to provide degassing in cases of thermal runaway...

Goodyear expects EMEA challenges to persist

There will still "be more work for us to do beyond 2025,” says CFO Christina Zamarro

Datwyler highlights e-powertrain sealing advances

"Without a flawless performance of these sealing solutions, the e-drive is not ensured..."

General Science starts construction work on €180m Cambodia expansion

Previously announced project to add production capacity for 3.5m passenger car tires and 750k truck & bus tires

Lanxess expands production of tire release agents in India

New production line at Jhagadia to produce Rhenodiv-branded additives for Asian tire & rubber market