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Global Partnership Industry sharing of Best
Practices at global level
Over the years, collaboration within the tyre sector has been
strongly reinforced at the global level. Colleagues from our
Japanese sister organisation (JATMA)
and from the US sister association (RMA)
have notably expressed the need to enlarge discussions to include
more regular focus on key issues on the European agenda.
Today the areas mainly cover health, safety and environment
priorities. Indeed, learning the experience and activities of
colleagues from other parts of the world contributes immensely to
building the knowledge base essential for making continuous
improvements in the production and management of tyres until their
final use and disposal.
This international cooperation also includes trade issues with a
view to making common efforts to improve and sustain fair-trading
for tyres/rubber products.
The discussions on tyre Regulations and standards within the
international arena of the
United Nations WP29 also provide an important opportunity for
exchange of experience and goals. The European tyre industry is a
key contributor to the Geneva discussions through our technical
sister organisation,
ETRTO.
International co-operation on rubber
Natural rubber and synthetic rubber are essential raw materials
used in the manufacturing of tyres and general rubber goods.
The IRSG
(International Rubber Study Group) of which ETRMA is a member,
provides a forum for the discussion of matters affecting the supply
and demand of both synthetic and natural rubber. Based in London, it
covers all aspects of the world rubber industry, including
marketing, shipping, distribution and trade in raw materials and the
manufacture and sale of rubber products.
ETRMA remains a long-standing active member of the International
Rubber Association (IRA), located in
Thailand. The Association provides a readily available platform for
the exchange of views between members of the various sectors of the
world rubber producing, consuming and trading industry, of which RTAE (Rubber
Trade Association of Europe), …
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