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ERJ Top 10 Stories of the Week (9 - 13 March)

EU deforestation law ‘could marginalise rubber growers’

Added: 22 Feb 2023

Rubber produced by smallholders could be relegated to second-tier market, warns leading consultancy

Mitsubishi advances “world’s first” bio-polycarbonatediol

Synthetic rubber demand spurs investment and innovation

Added: 22 Feb 2023

Global market demands drive expansion and R&D in the areas of olefinic, HNBR, SBR elastomers

Driving energy efficiency in the tire & rubber industry

Added: 22 Feb 2023

Motors and drives are key to optimising rubber mixing and other energy-intensive processes, Fausto …

Zeppelin advances automation capabilities

Added: 22 Feb 2023

“Our vision is to have more digital services for predictive maintenance, digital-twin, AI and smart…

ITEC: US tire industry emphasises need for sustainability

Tire Technology Expo: Talking the talk

Added: 22 Feb 2023

Sustainability will be a major theme of the conference presentations in Hanover this year

HF back on top as China dents growth in rubber-machinery sector

Tire Technology Expo: Back to the future

Added: 22 Feb 2023

Annual show is once again fully geared up to showcase developments and technologies that will shape…

German chemicals producers braced for tough 2023

Added: 22 Feb 2023

VCI: Costs have risen faster than selling prices so that profits are now falling at around 80% of t…

Trump to impose stiff steel, aluminium tariffs

Economic trends reshaping the global tire market

Added: 13 Dec 2022

Imports from emerging economies are becoming an increasing driver, according to leading analyst

Tire industry rejig gathers pace as EU ramps up Russian sanctions

Added: 13 Dec 2022

Exit gathers pace as EU imposes eight package of sanctions in response to Putin regime’s war on Ukr…

Nokian eyes 2021 recovery following solid third quarter

Global tire industry on a solid footing

Added: 12 Dec 2022

ERJ's annual report show the global tire manufacturing industry in good shape to meet challenges ah…

ERJ Brainteaser: July

Vehicles of the future open door for advanced rubber technologies

Added: 12 Dec 2022

Electric vehicles are continuing to drive advanced R&D across all areas of the elastomers/rubber in…

Kemya, Continental Carbon start Saudi carbon black plant

Sustainability in synthetic rubber plants through advanced process technology

Added: 12 Dec 2022

With updated processes, traditional plants can achieve major improvements in terms of energy consum…

All were supplanted by companies with larger sales in 2015.

Replacement tire market dips as OE sales recover

Added: 12 Dec 2022

Industry warned of potential “market reversal” and challenging year ahead

Tire & rubber companies among top Forbes auto suppliers

Global Tire: Project pipeline keeps flowing

Added: 12 Dec 2022

Round-up of major investment and expansion projects reported during 2022

Sealing sustainability for hydrogen fuels

Added: 2 Nov 2022

Rubber manufacturers at the cutting-edge of fuel-cell developments for the energy, transport and au…

K Show to return to Düsseldorf in 2022 

Sustainability plus at K2022

Added: 17 Oct 2022

ERJ reviews some of the most eye-catching elastomer/rubber-related technical developments lined up …

Trump to impose stiff steel, aluminium tariffs

Imports cloud looms over EU tire makers

Added: 10 Oct 2022

Perfect storm of challenges could leave Europe open to major rise in imports from overseas car and …

DKT 2018 Materials: Exhibition and conference preview

Compounders on a roll

Added: 23 Aug 2022

Strong sales growth but uncertainty over what lies ahead for custom compounding sector

New horizons for expanded Synthos rubber group

Added: 22 Aug 2022

Acquisition of Trinseo business has strengthened the synthetic rubber maker’s capabilities in the f…

HF digital step-up

Added: 18 Aug 2022

ERJ interviews the head of HF Tire Tech Group’s newly formed Digital Solutions unit