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Michelin names new North America boss
Added: 21 Dec 2017
Greenville, South Carolina – Michelin has promoted 21-year company veteran Scott Clark to chairman …
Season's greetings to all ERJ readers
Added: 21 Dec 2017
European Rubber Journal's office will close for the Christmas holiday from 25 Dec.
Our online and ne…
Linglong to fund research into dandelion rubber
Added: 21 Dec 2017
Beijing - Linglong Group Co. Ltd has pledged to invest $450 million to help set up a company in Chi…
Siemens to build power plant for Nizhnekamsk
Added: 21 Dec 2017
Tatarstan, Russia - PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim has signed an agreement with Germany’s Siemens AG for…
PPG raises precipitated silica prices
Added: 21 Dec 2017
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - PPG Industries Inc. is raising prices for sodium silicate and all precip…
Innovative wheel design could revolutionise tire industry
Added: 21 Dec 2017
Troy, Mich. — Did you know that the wheel was invented more than 5,000 years ago?
It is uncertain ex…
Mitsui to expand rubber chemicals production
Added: 20 Dec 2017
Tokyo – Mitsui Chemicals Inc is to expand production within its elastomers portfolio, the Japanese …
Triangle to build tire plants in North Carolina
Added: 20 Dec 2017
Tarboro, North Carolina – China's Triangle Group Co. Ltd. will become the latest foreign tire maker…
ERJ People in Pictures
Added: 19 Dec 2017
Focus on announcements regarding key personnel as well as skills & training initiatives in the inte…
Bridgestone sets up mining supply unit in Indonesia
Added: 19 Dec 2017
Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp has integrated its mining offerings in Indonesia: setting up PT Bridgeston…
Pirelli extends rubber supply agreement with Nizhnekamsk
Added: 19 Dec 2017
Milan – Pirelli & C. SpA has signed a contract with Russia’s leading rubber maker PJSC Nizhnekamskn…
India rejects plea for butadiene rubber duties
Added: 19 Dec 2017
New Delhi – The Indian government has decided that anti-dumping duties should not be levied on buta…
European car sales up 6% in November
Added: 19 Dec 2017
Brussels – European new-car sales rose 5.8% in November, helped by an extra selling day with Peugeo…
Seal-leak hits €3.5bn UK aircraft carrier
Added: 19 Dec 2017
London – HMS Queen Elizabeth, the UK’s new £3.1-billion (€3.5-billion) aircraft carrier is leaking,…
Sumitomo exec: Tire industry will “weather” autonomous storm
Added: 18 Dec 2017
Addressing a Tire Industry Association a recent event in Las Vegas, Smallwood said as with every si…
Bridgestone, JSR developing gloves for para-athletes
Added: 18 Dec 2017
Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp. is working with synthetic rubber manufacturer JSR Corp. to develop gloves…
Toyoda Gosei stalks a new world of products
Added: 18 Dec 2017
Kiyosu, Japan—The parts that Toyota Group supplier Toyoda Gosei Co. is best known for—plastic mould…
Lessons from the past: One for the road
Added: 18 Dec 2017
This picture was published around 100 years ago in ERJ archives, showing an object that could be an…
DRAFT GRC 2018 set for Cambodia
Added: 17 Dec 2017
Sihanoukville, Cambodia – The Association of Rubber Development of Cambodia (ARDC) will host the Gl…
Nishikawa Rubber reaches price-fixing settlement
Added: 17 Dec 2017
Detroit, Michigan – In the latest of a series of settlements, Nishikawa Rubber Co. will pay $11.9 m…
