ERJ March/April 2025 issue
28 Mar 2025
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CONTENTS
4 Comment: Keep your AIs on the prize
5 Industry news
Comprehensive report on all the latest news about the rubber industry from around the world
News analysis
12 Tire markets show resilience
Positive trends identified by official figures from bodies in europe, north America, Asia
13 Industry mulls impact of tariffs
Tire makers and their suppliers are currently grappling with uncertainty fuelled by global trade disputes
14 Elastomers for Sustainability – New Top 10 Rankings
Latest staging of the E4S programme, ranking the potential of material science-based projects to improve the environmental performance of the rubber producers, processors and end-users
FEATURES
Automotive rubber
24 New-energy fuels innovation
Developments focused on fuel cells, hydrogen containment and advanced lighting for EV interiors
Sustainability report
26 Partnerships key to delivering net-zero goals
Leading tire & rubber players and researchers come together to develop more sustainable ingredient and end-products
28 Pyrolysis investment hotting up
Rising investment to establish new facilities for the recycling of end-of-life tires
Carbon black market
30 Mixed results by leading producers
Volumes strengthen in Europe but increasing pressure on Americas market linked to low-cost Asian tire imports
Business report
32 Market challenges hit some 2024 results
Major tire makers report mixed trends around full-year sales and earnings
REGULARS
34 Industry data page
35 Postscript – On the record.
