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Reliance: New lows for butadiene, advances SR plans

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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”

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

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”

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

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

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

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…