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China, Cambodia sign '$1bn rubber & tire projects' agreement

Added: 15 Jan 2024

Memorandum of understanding designed to ‘strengthen a number of priority projects’ between two coun…

Update: Tariff-hit Chinese tire makers to “intensify” EU trade

EC funding hydrogen, carbon black project in Croatia

Added: 15 Jan 2024

Sludge-to-hydrogen project to produce carbon black by-products for use in the tire industry

Bridgestone to tap ‘next-gen’ synchrotron for rubber R&D

Added: 15 Jan 2024

Japanese group aims to use NanoTerasu facility to enhance the performance of rubber materials

Michelin names new commercial director for Spain, Portugal

Added: 15 Jan 2024

Appoints Alexandre Hennion to replace Antonion Crespo, who is retiring after 40 years

US acquisition to expand Bridgestone’s mobile hose & fittings service

Added: 15 Jan 2024

Japanese group takes over South Carolina-based family business Cline Hose & Hydraulics

Wacker unveils €150m silicones expansion plans at German site

Wacker building silicone compounds plant in Czechia

Added: 12 Jan 2024

German group investing ‘low triple-digit million-euro’ amount in 20ktpa facility in Karlovy Vary

Opinion: Step up to the platform

VMI eyes expansion amid 'record' tire-machinery orders

Added: 12 Jan 2024

Voortman: We will need to expand capacity to meet "such large numbers of orders and high hopes for …

Rubber parts maker Sanok expands with Finnish acquisition

Added: 12 Jan 2024

Takes over 100% shares of Teknikum Group, with operations in Finland and Hungary

ERJ: Rubber & Tire industry in numbers

Added: 12 Jan 2024

General Science... Jinyu Tire... Aramid expansion... Gloves recovery... Rubber share prices... Natu…

Safic-Alcan expands in central Europe with Slovakia office

Added: 12 Jan 2024

Bratislava subsidiary to support customers in both rubber and plastics industries

ERJ: News stories of the week

Added: 12 Jan 2024

Most widely-read news reports posted on the European Rubber Journal website over the last seven days

PPG to increase US precipitated silica capacity

PPG launches review of silica products business

Added: 11 Jan 2024

Unit “may be better suited to operate as a core business within another company or as a standalone …

Update: Metso to open rubber parts plant in Lithuania 

Metso decides to end rubber-parts production in Sweden

Added: 11 Jan 2024

Finnish group to discontinue factory in Trelleborg, strengthen production in Lithuania

Pirelli chief financial officer stepping down

Pirelli shares up as Italian investors raise stakeholding

Added: 11 Jan 2024

Transaction brings total ownership of Italy-based companies in the Milan group to over 26%

Natural rubber futures gain in September

ANRPC projects dip in global natural rubber demand for 2023

Added: 11 Jan 2024

However, consumption in producer countries, particularly China, India, Thailand, set to show substa…

Update: Synthetic rubber pricing data

Added: 11 Jan 2024

Weekly data compiled by ChemAnalyst based on selected commodity trading activity in Europe

EU car associations caution against ‘no-deal Brexit’

UK new-car market delivers “best year since 2019”

Added: 11 Jan 2024

Passenger car registrations reach 1.9m as fleet investment accelerates, according to SMMT

China TBR maker General Science goes public

General Science terminates €200m tire plant project

Added: 10 Jan 2024

Chinese tire maker drops project in Inner Mongolia 'due to macroeconomic environment...’

Goodyear launches intelligent tire system for fleets 

New Goodyear partnerships target intelligent tire, mobility advances

Added: 10 Jan 2024

Tire maker to collaborate with logistics and software companies, as well as ZF to further develop s…

Shah Alam, Malaysia – Higher raw material prices have driven down annual profit at Malaysian rubber gloves manufacturer Top Glove Corp. Bhd, despite a strong fourth quarter performance and higher sales volumes in 2017.

Top Glove says on road to “steady recovery”

Added: 10 Jan 2024

Malaysian gloves maker achieves sales volume growth, expects trend to continue