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Reliance: New lows for butadiene, advances SR plans
Added: 20 Jan 2015
Mumbai, India – Butadiene prices have hit new lows, Reliance Industries Ltd has reported in a resu…

Skellerup reports solid 2014 resuls
Added: 20 Jan 2015
Auckland , New Zealand – Skellerup Group has announced its annual results, reporting a net profit a…

DuPont TPE help protect marine devices
Added: 20 Jan 2015
Geneva, Switzerland – DuPont Performance Polymers and Ireland-based Technology from Ideas (TFI) ha…

Laser tire code reader targets zero defects
Added: 19 Jan 2015
Alsdorf, Germany - Every change of a tire mould or its mould inserts requires a complete inspectio…

Teknor Apex, Arkema in breathable construction film deal
Added: 19 Jan 2015
Pawtucket, Rhode Island – Teknor Apex Co. and Arkema Inc. have formed an alliance to broaden the ra…

EU car market registers first annual growth for six years
Added: 19 Jan 2015
Brussels – The European Automobiles Manufacturers Association (ACEA) has announced that the EU cont…

Malaysian body says rubber to “recover” in 2015
Added: 19 Jan 2015
Kuala Lumpur – The Malaysian Rubber Board has forecast a less gloomy 2015 for rubber, saying it is …

Hankook appoints new head of EU marketing and sales
Added: 19 Jan 2015
Neu-Isenburg, Germany – Hankook Tire has appointed Gangseung Lee as its new vice president for mark…

Michelin announces OE partnerships at US show
Added: 19 Jan 2015
Detroit, Michigan — Group Michelin has announced a series of OE fitments at this year’s North Ameri…

US ethane consumption to reach 1.5m bpd
Added: 16 Jan 2015
Houston – The US petrochemical industry will add 600 million barrels per day of demand by 2020, wh…

Bayer isocyanate is a bio-polyurethane “first”
Added: 16 Jan 2015
Düsseldorf, Germany – Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) has developed ”the first bio-based crosslinker” f…

Avon develops new “all-season” bike tire
Added: 16 Jan 2015
Melksham, UK –Avon Tyres has developed a new adventure sport tire – the Avon Trailrider – designed …

ETRMA says 2014 tire sales “positive”
Added: 15 Jan 2015
Brussels – The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association [ETRMA] has published its member…

Change in Falken leadership
Added: 15 Jan 2015
Fontana, California – Falken Tire Corp has announced that it has added four members to its senior m…

Cooper Standard appoints VP for global supply chain
Added: 15 Jan 2015
Novi, Michigan — Cooper Standard Holdings Inc, parent company of Cooper Standard Automotive Inc, ha…

ERJ Archives: Frank Reddaway 1891
Added: 15 Jan 2015
A few years after the publication of this advert in 1891, Frank Reddaway Ltd was involved in a cour…

Goodyear names new HR officer
Added: 14 Jan 2015
Akron, Ohio - The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced on 12 Jan that the company has appointed…

Michelin to up agro tire portfolio in Europe
Added: 14 Jan 2015
Stoke-on-Trent, UK – Michelin’s agriculture division has announced plans to increase its Exelagri E…

Yokohama Chinese plant receives environmental certificate
Added: 14 Jan 2015
Tokyo ‒ Yokohama Rubber Co. has announced that its Chinese subsidiary Hangzhou Yokohama Tire Co Ltd…

James Walker studies effects of environmental lubricants
Added: 14 Jan 2015
London – With the growing enforcement of legislation promoting the use of environmentally safe lubr…