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New racing, specialist tire brand launched in UK
Added: 24 Jan 2024
Nova Motorsport founded by Paul Hallas, MD of UK-based compounder SPC Rubber Group
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India’s Epsilon Carbon setting up €1bn integrated plant
Added: 24 Jan 2024
Facility in eastern province of Odisha to have overall capacity of 785ktpa of products, including 3…
Slow demand, downtime stifle Orion earnings growth
Added: 24 Jan 2024
Carbon black supplier completes air emission upgrades; projects fourth year of continued growth...
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China tire cord maker Shenma to establish Thai factory
Added: 24 Jan 2024
Company to invest €32m in project to establish polyamide fibre production facility
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Decline continues for European replacement tire market
Added: 23 Jan 2024
Almost all segments report year-on-year decrease in final quarter of 2023, according to ETRMA figur…
Birla to build two new carbon black plants in Asia
Added: 23 Jan 2024
Greenfield facilities to have 120ktpa of capacity each and to be built in India and Thailand
Bridgestone submits proposal for upgrade at Chinese tire plant
Added: 23 Jan 2024
"Technical transformation” project to be carried out at passenger car tire factory in Wuxi, Jiangsu…
Strong physical demand buoys natural rubber futures
Added: 23 Jan 2024
All rubber exchanges report higher trading volume, as tire demand “remains strong”
Sumitomo Rubber, Deloitte to collaborate on cybersecurity
Added: 23 Jan 2024
Partners to build a ‘human resources development model’ in areas covering IT, factory, products and…
ContiTech initiates pilot project for ‘green operations’ globally
Added: 23 Jan 2024
Defines three locations in China, Canada and Germany to investigate carbon neutrality
Michelin opens demo bio-butadiene production facility
Added: 22 Jan 2024
Unit near Bordeaux will enable partners to validate process technologies for the manufacture of rub…
Shin-Etsu says silanes-supply still affected by Japan earthquake
Added: 22 Jan 2024
Naoetsu factory has partially resumed operations but restart of some silicone production units dela…
MacLellan Rubber tracks impact of Red Sea shipping crisis
Added: 22 Jan 2024
UK rubber compounder says transport costs more than double as companies re-route vessels
Bridgestone files lawsuit against Apollo over Pinza tire brand
Added: 22 Jan 2024
Claims use of ‘nza’ suffix makes brand “confusingly similar” to Bridgestone’s Potenza, Turanza, and…
Yokohama UK names new managing director
Added: 22 Jan 2024
Current chief financial officer Marisa Hever-Smith to assume the top role in April
Goodyear taps Stellantis for new CEO, president
Added: 19 Jan 2024
Mark Stewart joins from automotive major, where he served as chief operating officer for North Amer…
ERJ: Rubber & Tire industry in numbers
Added: 19 Jan 2024
Wacker Chemie... ZC Rubber... Sanok Rubber... Toyo... Tire shares prices... Synthetic rubber prices…
EU new-car demand 14% up in 2023
Added: 19 Jan 2024
But December sees trend reversal after 16 months of growth, mainly due to high 2022 comparison basis
Sigma, Momentive in link-up to optimise silicone elastomer moulding
Added: 19 Jan 2024
Partnership to work on material data to enable ‘more reliable virtual moulding’
ERJ: News stories of the week
Added: 19 Jan 2024
Most widely-read news reports posted on the European Rubber Journal website over the last seven days
