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SRI to buy tire distributor in the UK
Added: 5 Jan 2017
Winchester, UK - Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) has sealed another deal in the UK in less than tw…
Report: Sharing is the future - DRAFT
Added: 5 Jan 2017
Based on feature article published in ERJ’s November/December issue:
Hutchinson boss believes that c…
Inner liner development work with tire manufacturers
Added: 4 Jan 2017
Based on feature article published in ERJ’s November/December issue:
Simon Holmes, Saudi elastomers …
Chinese company to buy rubber parts manufacturer
Added: 4 Jan 2017
Beijing – China’s polyurethane adhesive maker Beijing Comens New Materials announced in December it…
Tatneft selling synthetic rubber business
Added: 4 Jan 2017
Almetyevsk, Russia – Russian petrochemical giant PJSC Tatneft has agreed to sell its shareholding i…
Evonik completes €3.6bn acquisition of Air Products division
Added: 4 Jan 2017
Essen, Germany—Evonik Industries AG has completed its acquisition of the Performance Materials Divi…
Kuraray raises prices for elastomers
Added: 4 Jan 2017
Tokyo – Kuraray has announced that it will raise the prices of some of its elastomer products in al…
Fenner names new board member
Added: 4 Jan 2017
London – Fenner PLC has proposed to its shareholders to support the appointment of Michael Ducey to…
New Sri Lankan tire firm to use Marangoni technology
Added: 4 Jan 2017
Colombo – A Middle Eastern businessman with multiple holdings in Sri Lanka is venturing into the ti…
Sumitomo secures rights to Dunlop-branded products
Added: 3 Jan 2017
Kobe, Japan – Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI) has struck a deal to acquire the trademark righ…
UK car production heads for highest levels since 1999
Added: 3 Jan 2017
London — Britain built more cars in the first eleven months of 2016 than any full year since 2004, …
Hexpol names Brunstam as chairman, hunts for new CEO
Added: 3 Jan 2017
Malmo, Sweden – Hexpol AB’s nomination committee has proposed CEO and president Georg Brunstam to b…
Arburg delivers machinery for head-up displays to Continental
Added: 3 Jan 2017
Lossburg, Germany – Arburg delivered the tenth Allrounder injection moulding machine to Continental…
Covestro lifts force majeure on polyurethane raw materials
Added: 3 Jan 2017
Leverkusen, Germany – Covestro has lifted the force majeure on the polyurethane raw materials MDI a…
2017 could challenge automotive industry on supply, demand
Added: 3 Jan 2017
Detroit, Michigan – Auto makers are on pace to build more new cars and light trucks in 2016 than in…
ETRA boss rejects ‘management fallout’
Added: 25 Dec 2016
Brussels – Secretary general of the European Tyre Recycling Association (ETRA), Valerie Schulman ha…
Season's greetings from ERJ
Added: 24 Dec 2016
European Rubber Journal's office will close for the Christmas holiday from 25 Dec.
Our website and n…
Goodyear looking to complete UK plant close down mid-2017
Added: 23 Dec 2016
Wolverhampton, UK – Production has come to an end at Goodyear’s Wolverhampton plant and by 23 Dec, …
IMCD acquires Turkish distributor Feza Kimya
Added: 23 Dec 2016
Rotterdam, The Netherlands - Speciality distributor IMCD has acquired Istanbul-based Feza Kimya to …
Ex-Cooper Standard executive to drive growth in French group
Added: 22 Dec 2016
Terrasson-Lavilledieu, France – French rubber engineering group, Delmon Group, has appointed former…
