ERJ January/February 2025 issue

Click the issue link to read the January/February 2025 edition of European Rubber Journal magazine.

CONTENTS 

4 Comment: Worlds apart

Direction of travel of tire & rubber industries in Western regions could hardly be more different than that of its counterparts in the East.

5 Comprehensive report on all the latest news about the rubber industry from around the world

FEATURES

16 Preview - Tire Technology Expo 2025

Sustainability the key driver

Topics around tire wear, emissions, recycling will be to the fore at this year’s event in Hanover

24 Tire and rubber machinery trends in 2025

Leading players identify their most significant machinery technology developments for this year

28 High-performance: Critical parts no other materials can reach

High-end elastomer materials deliver unique benefits, especially when supported by top-level expertise in product development and materials-science

33 Fillers & additives: Glass half-full or half-empty for 2025?

 Mixed signals from developments at major suppliers of reinforcing fillers to the tire and rubber industries

34 Elastomers for sustainability

Top 10 rankings to be updated on a ‘rolling basis’ culminating in the announcement of the E4S Awards winners

35 Future Tire is back

ERJ announces return of conference series focused on issues of critical importance to the global tire industry

36 Market analysis

‘Uncertainty’ is the watch word for natural rubber markets in 2025

REGULARS

38 Industry data page

39 Postscript – On the record