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Automotive rubber: Innovation drivers
Added: 22 Apr 2024
Rubber manufacturers to the fore in enabling the automotive industry to enhance the safety, perform…

Supplier shake-up in rubber additives sector
Added: 22 Apr 2024
Major players respond to developments in dynamic global market for rubber fillers, chemicals and ad…

Tire Tech Preview - Industry leaders to show the way forward
Added: 18 Mar 2024
ERJ selection of top advances in the fields of technology, machinery and materials from leading exh…

Dips and turns in store for synthetic rubber markets
Added: 4 Feb 2024
Global SR market finds itself at a crossroads as we journey into 2024, writes Karan Chechi, founder…

Tire plant investment drive continues into 2024
Added: 3 Feb 2024
New projects in response to import tariffs and strategies to locate production closer to customers

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…

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

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.
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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
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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…

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…

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…