Wheel & tire maker Titan in €300m swoop for Carlstar... Rubber & tire industry in numbers... Arlanxeo to build new HNBR plant in China...

Goodyear tire plant utilisation rate down to 81% globally... News stories of the week... Brainteaser results...

View this email in your browser Tire & wheel maker Titan in €300m swoop for Carlstar "Transformative deal expands our manufacturing and distribution footprint while also further diversifying our product portfolio..." READ MORE> ERJ: Rubber & tire industry in numbers Bridgestone... General Science... FST... Sinochem... Titan... SRI... Goodyear... Reka... Tire shares... NR prices... Chemicals market... READ MORE> Arlanxeo to build new HNBR production plant in China Facility in Chanzhou to have 5ktpa capacity to produce hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber READ MORE> ERJ Brainteaser: February Prestigious Brainiac of the Month title goes to everyone who answered Q2: David Mann, Michele Girardi, Maurizio Bolognesi, Andrew Knox, Sudi Sudarshan, Stephan Paischer. READ MORE> More news today on ERJ On-line Goodyear tire plant utilisation rate down to 81% globally... News stories of the week... SI Group announces price increase to offset rising freight costs... Industry appointments...  READ MORE> Rockwell to enhance digitalisation strategy across Prometeon Tyre sites Announces strategic collaboration with Milan-based tire maker to "transform global manufacturing processes" READ MORE> Freudenberg Sealing Technology triples production of EV battery safety components Major orders for integrated pressure-compensation units designed to provide degassing in cases of thermal runaway... READ MORE> Tire Tech Preview - Industry leaders to show the way forward ERJ selection of top advances in the fields of technology, machinery and materials from leading exhibitors at this year's expo READ MORE> Lanxess expands production of tire release agents in India New production line at Jhagadia to produce Rhenodiv-branded additives for Asian tire & rubber market READ MORE> Bridgestone to exit truck & bus tire business in China Japanese tire & rubber group to focus on 'premium passenger car tire' business in the Chinese market READ MORE> New UK racing tire company acquires Avon assets from Goodyear Nova Motorsport becomes the global supplier of "vast majority" of Avon Motorsport tire products READ MORE> Tire Tracker: Fitments, testing, innovation Conti first in ADAC test... Bridgestone Enlitens Blizzak tires... Conti's "next-level winter tire"... Pirelli Cinturato all-season SF3... Apollo TBR drive... READ MORE> Reka progressing industrial rubber strategy following cables exit But profitability drops due to higher costs for labour, materials, components... READ MORE> General Science starts construction work on €180m Cambodia expansion Previously announced project to add production capacity for 3.5m passenger car tires and 750k truck & bus tires READ MORE> Natural rubber futures gain amid solid physical demand "Significant speculative and Chinese commodity fund buying" helped drive prices, according to JPX READ MORE> Datwyler highlights e-powertrain sealing advances 'Without a flawless performance of these sealing solutions, the e-drive is not ensured...' READ MORE> Lion Elastomers in link-up for EPDM-based emulsion products Belgian company Emulco to use Lion's L-EPDM as raw material for new line of water-based emulsions  READ MORE> SI Group reorganises China production under new local partnership Links up with Liaoning Dingjide Petrochemical for manufacture of certain products, to sell assets in Jinshan READ MORE> UNECE progresses tire particle emissions project with measurement methodology Data collected through proposed methods to be used for determining tire abrasion limits READ MORE> Sumitomo Rubber exceeds mid-term targets, turns North America profitable Japanese group to continue work on US tire plant, improve profitability of imported tires to the country READ MORE> Nordmann announces new partnerships in Spain, DACH region German distributor signs agreements with Spanish manufacturer Condensia and chemicals supplier WeylChem READ MORE> German rubber production down as industry loses ground to 'non-EU' rivals Rubber industry association WDK says a 10% increase in revenue "not enough to fully compensate" rising costs READ MORE> ERJ Brainteaser: February Question 3: Missing number 37, 10, 82 29, 11, 47 96, 15, 87 42, ?, 15 New teaser on Monday.   Brainteaser results  ALSO OF INTEREST Elastomers for Sustainability (E4S) focuses on projects contributing most to raising the environmental profile of the elastomers/rubber industry. 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