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European Rubber Journal magazine has been reporting on the world's rubber industry since 1884. Published six times a year, the magazine provides details of all of the important commercial and technical developments within this business, one of the world's most dynamic and globally integrated industrial businesses.



ENI/Versalis to add EPDM, S-SBR capacity By David Shaw, ERJ staff Milan, Italy – Versalis, the re-named ENI subsidiary, is to add capacity for EPDM, solution-SBR (S-SBR) and styrenic block co-polymers (SBCs) in the next 4 years. As reported a week ago, the company announced a euro 500 million investment in its elastomers activity last we...
18/5/2012
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Oriental Carbon brings new insoluble sulphur capacity on stream ERJ staff report (DS) Mundra, Gujarat – In a brief Stock Exchange announcement, Indian chemical company Oriental Carbon & Chemicals Ltd said that on ...
18/5/2012
view full story		 Mitsui publishes annual results; comments on resorcinol blast ERJ staff report (DS) Tokyo – Mitsui Chemicals has published its annual results, and also issued a statement on the fatal explosion on 22 April at it...
18/5/2012
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News from elsewhere on the web (18 May 2012) (18 items) London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers might be interested to read these news stories. ERJ...
18/5/2012
view full story		 Michelin UK launches tyre labelling website ERJ staff report (DS) Stoke-on-trent, UK – Michelin UK has launched a dedicated tyre labelling information module on its website. The pages explain e...
18/5/2012
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NR prices mixed ahead of the weekend ERJ staff report (DS) London – Rubber prices were mixed on Friday. On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract were trading down 2 at...
18/5/2012
view full story 		Infinity exhibited at UK's CV show ERJ staff report (DS) Birmingham, UK – Infinity Tyres recently participated at the Commercial Vehicle Show, held at the NEC, Birmingham, as a measure...
18/5/2012
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Indian Rubber Board invites replanting applications ERJ staff report (DS) Kottayam, India – India's Rubber Board has invited applications from growers for re-planting grants. In the traditional rubbe...
18/5/2012
view full story 		European tyre market studied ERJ staff report (DS) Dublin, Ireland -- Datamonitor has published a new report titled, Hot Topics ...
18/5/2012
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ERJ to host tire labelling conference ERJ staff report (DS) London – ERJ is organising a conference in Brussels in October on the implications of consumer tire labelling for the tire indus...
18/5/2012
view full story 		Triangle to move into radial aircraft tyres ERJ staff report (DS) Weihai, China – Triangle Tyre Co has formed an alliance with a Chinese research institute to develop radial aircraft tyres for ...
17/5/2012
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Bio-isoprene video emerges on EV website ERJ staff report (DS) Michigan – US website EVWorld has posted a two-part interview with Dr. Thomas Sharkey of Michigan State University in which Dr S...
17/5/2012
view full story 		Rubber executives seek backers for new technology ERJ staff report (RPN) By Miles Moore, Rubber & Plastics News Staff Hilton Head, South Carolina -- Executi...
17/5/2012
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Bridgestone says dandelion latex shows promising results ERJ staff report (DS) Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp. said the Russian Dandelion can become a commercially viable, renewable source of high-quality, tyre-g...
17/5/2012
view full story 		Tyres one of the last items to be bought online - Delticom ERJ staff report (DS) London – Even though UK consumers buy more goods online than anyone else in Europe, they have been slow to use online services ...
17/5/2012
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