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Report: Glove sector key to growth in SE Asia latex market
Added: 11 Dec 2014
Parsippany, New Jersey – The glove-dipping industry will be an important driver for growth in the S…

ETRA conference to address tire recycling challenges
Added: 10 Dec 2014
Brussels – Europe’s tire recycling industry is in a state of flux, with a deep need for new ways of…

Evonik launches new units for crosslinking activators
Added: 10 Dec 2014
Wesseling, Germany – Evonik has started two new plant units for the production of crosslinking acti…

Kumho to rebuild image, roll out six new tires next year
Added: 10 Dec 2014
Vieques, Puerto Rico—Kumho Tire USA Inc. is hoping to have a new start in 2015, putting behind its …

Major reshuffle at Toyo Tire
Added: 10 Dec 2014
Osaka, Japan – Toyo Tire and Rubber Co. Ltd. has announced that a major reshuffle across the group,…

DuPont selling Neoprene business to Denka of Japan
Added: 10 Dec 2014
Wilmington, Delaware – DuPont Performance Polymers is to sell its Neoprene polychloroprene to Denka…

Mercedes taps Bridgestone for new SUV
Added: 10 Dec 2014
Brussels – Mercedes-Benz has selected the new Bridgestone Dueler H/P for its latest compact SUV mod…

Bridgestone turns to biomass energy at Costa Rica plant
Added: 9 Dec 2014
La Ribera de Belén, Costa Rica – Bridgestone de Costa Rica has officially started up a biomass boil…

Toyoda Gosei sets up automotive hose JV in India
Added: 9 Dec 2014
Kiyosu,Japan – Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd is establishing an automotive hose joint venture in India with …

Huifu starts gas-phase white carbon black operation
Added: 9 Dec 2014
Hubei, China - Huifu Silicon Materials has opened a 2-kilotonne-per-annum (ktpa) facility for the p…

ExxonMobil predicts major shifts in global energy markets
Added: 9 Dec 2014
Irving, Texas -- Growth in the global middle class, expansion of emerging economies and an addition…

ERJ: Supplier News Tracker
Added: 9 Dec 2014
Bekaert ... SCG Chemicals ... Sumitomo Demag ... BASF ... Cefic Omnova letter ... Dynsol China ... …

Conti boss : Industry facing rubber price “tsunami”
Added: 8 Dec 2014
London – The head of Continental AG’s global R&D, David O’Donnell, has warned that the tire industr…

Continental trials first car tires with dandelion-rubber tread
Added: 8 Dec 2014
London – International automotive supplier and tire manufacturer Continental AG has announced that …

New Conti tire drops 30% rolling resistance
Added: 8 Dec 2014
London – Continental AG has developed a special tire for hybrid vehicles that features a 30-percent…

Indorama takes over Performance Fibers’ Asia arm
Added: 8 Dec 2014
Bangkok – Indorama Ventures PCL (IVL) announced on 8 Dec that it is to acquire automotive fibre bus…

Cooper plans to grow business in China - CEO
Added: 8 Dec 2014
Findlay, Ohio — Cooper Tire and Rubber Co has announced that it would continue to seek to expand it…

Global Bioenergies claims bio-butadiene breakthrough
Added: 5 Dec 2014
Evry, France – Global Bioenergies has claimed an industry first with the production of bio-based bu…

Michelin hiking budget-tire output to counter Chinese
Added: 5 Dec 2014
Chengdu, China—Michelin plans to almost double the proportion of budget tires in its global sales m…

ERJ Archives - Anyone for tennis?
Added: 5 Dec 2014
ERJ Archives: From the 9 June, 1890 edition of the magazine:
The all new patented Lawn Tennis Ball R…