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Alliance Tire to raise OTR tire prices in North America
Added: 18 Apr 2018
Wakefield, Massachusetts – Rising raw materials costs are driving the latest price increases by All…

Cabot increases prices for rubber carbon black
Added: 18 Apr 2018
Boston, Massachusetts – Cabot Corp is increasing prices for its rubber carbon black reinforcement m…

Bridgestone, Goodyear to start tire-distribution JV in North America
Added: 17 Apr 2018
TireHub will be based in Atlanta and managed by an independent management team led by CEO Peter Gib…

NR demand, production grow amid low prices
Added: 17 Apr 2018
Kuala Lumpur – While natural rubber prices experienced a weak quarter in the first three months of …

Siemens to advise UK government on process and engineering
Added: 17 Apr 2018
London – Mike Houghton, managing director, process industries & drives, Siemens UK, has been appoin…

Continental developing aquaplaning warning system
Added: 16 Apr 2018
Frankfurt, Germany – Continental AG engineers are developing an aquaplaning alert system that uses …

Future Tire: Q&A with VMI R&D manager, tire building
Added: 16 Apr 2018
ERJ: Please identify one significant development in the tire industry in the last 2-3 years, and e…

Nokian progresses sustainability projects
Added: 16 Apr 2018
Nokia, Finland – Nokian Tyres has reported significant progress in improving the energy-efficiency …

Dichtomatik offers new range of FFKM sealing products
Added: 15 Apr 2018
Derby, UK – DichtomatikLtd is offering a new range of DuPont Kalrez 7375 perfluoroelastomer O-ring …

Dow unveils three new LSR technologies
Added: 15 Apr 2018
Anaheim, California – Dow Medical Solutions, part of DowDuPont's Specialty Products Division has ad…

Facebook's privacy problem in the era of self-driving cars
Added: 15 Apr 2018
"Uh, no," the tech executive replied.
"If you've messaged anybody this week, would you share with us…

Tire Cologne is ready to roll
Added: 15 Apr 2018
Around 68% of the exhibitors at the event, taking place 29 May to 1 June in Cologne, are from abroa…

HF boss has high hopes for new TBM
Added: 15 Apr 2018
After two decades of working in the tire-manufacturing sector, Markus Wachter is now guiding HF’s i…

Automation wave in rubber machinery sector
Added: 15 Apr 2018
Respondents to the ERJ Machinery Survey 2018 have highlighted the increasing role of automation wit…

Kobe sees growing demand for challenging technologies
Added: 15 Apr 2018
Article published in ERJ's March/April issue
Japanese major reports growing demand for technologies …

ERJ Top 10 Technology Stories
Added: 15 Apr 2018
ERJ focus on significant developments and advances in rubber materials, processing and application …

TRA introduces part-worn tire initiative
Added: 13 Apr 2018
Wishaw, UK – The Tyre Recovery Association (TRA) has launched a part-worn scheme to ensure all such…

Freudenberg opens digital learning training centre
Added: 13 Apr 2018
Weinheim, Germany – The Freudenberg Group has invested more than €8.5 million in the construction o…

Teknor TPEs for Davis-Standard I4.0 line at NPE
Added: 13 Apr 2018
Pawtucket, Rhode Island – At NPE2018, Davis-Standard will use a medical grade thermoplastic elastom…

Power surge halts rubber production at Tosoh site
Added: 13 Apr 2018
Tokyo— Tosoh Corp. has included chloroprene rubber and chlorosulfonated polyethylene among a list o…