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Tire & rubber majors track progress towards meeting net zero

Added: 2 Feb 2024

Analysis shows variation in progress being made by cross-section of major players in delivering amb…

Elastomers for Sustainability - New Top 10 rankings

Added: 18 Dec 2023

The latest staging of ERJ programme to identify material science-based projects contributing most t…

Technology report: Moulding the future

Added: 14 Dec 2023

Energy-efficiency, part-complexity and requirements around materials sustainability are among the k…

Global Tire Report - A solid platform

Added: 5 Dec 2023

Leading players firming up positions in the annual global tire rankings amid changing market dynami…

Guanlian sets the pace for China’s rubber industry

Added: 26 Oct 2023

ERJ X Guanlian Special Feature: China's biggest rubber compounder offers a full spectrum of solutio…

European tire sector still leads the way

Added: 10 Oct 2023

Amid mounting challenges, major players in the European tire industry delivered high sales and earn…

Compounding survey: Leading players chart market highs and lows - DRAFT

European Custom Compounding Survey 2023

Added: 31 Jul 2023

Strong sales growth but caution over impact of current pressures on costs, supply-chain and markets

Global Top 50 Rubber Product Manufacturers 2023

Added: 31 Jul 2023

New challenges ahead for the world’s largest non-tire rubber product makers

Chinese tire makers advance overseas investment plans

Added: 30 Jul 2023

Amid uncertain domestic prospects, Chinese tire makers are eyeing new overseas expansion projects

Bridgestone, Microsoft develop tire-damage monitoring system 

North America tire & rubber product sector shake-up

Added: 29 Jul 2023

Jolt to rankings was provided, however, by Goodyear’s 2021 acquisition of Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.

Elastomers for Sustainability - New Top 10 rankings

Added: 31 May 2023

The latest staging of ERJ’s programme to identify materials science-based projects contributing mos…

Tire industry now a pacesetter in AI arena

Added: 31 May 2023

Skills shortages after Covid crisis accelerate investment in ‘digital algorithmic’ capabilities

ERJ Machinery Survey 2023 - Powering through

Added: 31 May 2023

Market pressures keep a lid on growth but business fundamentals remain strong for global manufactur…

Report: James Walker to unveil new O&G elastomer family

Seals makers and end-users in frontline of PFAS battle

Added: 26 May 2023

Alarm over moves by European regulatory agency to ban fluorine-based substances, including elastome…

Pirelli to cut costs, ‘contain' investment under new plan 

Tire makers seek to build on 2022 gains amid rising costs

Added: 14 Apr 2023

Ability to manage and offset higher materials, energy, labour costs will be key to maintaining prof…

Industry group shares 15 years of tire particle research for free

Toxicity of tire wear particles rising up the industry agenda

Added: 11 Apr 2023

A challenge ‘to get ahead on, because this is a harder issue to solve and potentially more problema…

Silicone 'key to growth' in regulation-driven EV markets

Added: 8 Apr 2023

Global market “very dynamic with the supply-chain realigning at the moment…”

Elastomer R&D on full charge

Added: 7 Apr 2023

Innovation in the rubber industry being driven by rising adoption of electric vehicles amid fast-ch…

Court clears extension to Nynas reorganisation

Securing supply is the new challenge for European rubber industry

Added: 22 Feb 2023

‘To restore resilience, companies will need to consider a range of options to secure stable supplie…

VMI: 75 years of making tire production possible

How VMI is dealing with supply-chain pressures

Added: 22 Feb 2023

Leader explains how Dutch-based tire & rubber machinery maker is managing these on-going challenges…