European Rubber Journal (July/August 2021)

36 pages. Volume 203, number 4. Features: *New challenges lie ahead for Chinese manufacturing sector: Rising costs and revived market-competition reduce optimism after period of strong recovery *China's rubber sector registers raised profit margins: CRIA reports rebound in tire and rubber-product earnings during 2020 despite lower sales *Pandemic reduces global NR sector demand by $4bn: But natural rubber industry on track for single-digit growth in 2021, IRSG leader tells CRIA conference *Top 50 manufacturers: One step backwards. .: Annual ranking highlights scale of challenges now facing the world's largest rubber-product manufacturers * Focus on synthetic rubber: Global SR market in recovery mode. . . Margins set to improve *Elastomers for sustainability-E4S3: Third revision of ERJ's Top 10 ranking of projects based on contribution to raising the environmental profile of the elastomers/rubber industry