European Rubber Journal (March/April 2022)

40 pages. Features: *A comprehensive report on all the latest news about the rubber industry form around the world *Tire Technology Expo 2022 *Fazilet Cinaralp, secretary general of the ETRMA about current developments in the European industry *Adapting to a new reality: Annual tire industry expo returns to Hanover at a time of major upheaval and uncertainty *Towards a greener 'magic triangle': Materials scientists steadily expanding the envelope of wear resistance, fuel efficiency and traction *Focus on equipment suppliers: Automation, digitalization are important themes among the technologies lined up for the Hanover show *Tire supply-chains to reshape for the future: Smithers analyst explores the impact of the global pandemic and the Ukraine crisis on the tire industry *E45: Projects in the pipeline: Materials science-based projects that could play a significant role in raising the environmental profile of the elastomers/rubber industry *Tire makers react to Ukraine crisis: Western tire makers focused on employee safety, supply-chain security, forward strategies *Ukraine crisis heaps pressure on hard hit rubber sector: Impact of surge in energy and related materials costs being felt across the rubber industry