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Retailer ignorance dents sales of premium tires
Added: 19 Nov 2014
Brussels – Drivers are being steered away from buying premium brand tires because tire retailers la…

Wacker silicone film to spark ideas
Added: 19 Nov 2014
Munich, Germany – Electroactive polymer sensors, actuators, and generators and medical electronic d…

New leadership for EU compounds group
Added: 19 Nov 2014
Brussels – The European Masterbatchers and Compounders (EuMBC), a sector group of EuPC, has elected…

Apollo president Sarkar to go from CFO to CBO
Added: 19 Nov 2014
Apollo Tyres is to ‘redesignate’ Sunam Sarkar, its president and chief financial officer, to a new …

IISRP to honour industry leaders
Added: 19 Nov 2014
Houston, Texas — The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers (IISRP) will honour two …

Q&A: John Dorken on skills shortages in the UK rubber sector
Added: 19 Nov 2014
For a recent feature, ERJ asked John Dorken, president of the British Rubber and Polyurethane Produ…

Industry executives discuss rubberised asphalt, recycled tires
Added: 19 Nov 2014
Akron, Ohio — Industry executives have called for better use of crumb rubber taking an active voice…

New industrial ops leader at Bayer MaterialScience
Added: 18 Nov 2014
Leverkusen, Germany - Dr. Klaus Schäfer is to become Bayer MaterialScience’s new head of industrial…

ERJ Energy Feature: Call for information
Added: 18 Nov 2014
European Rubber Journal is preparing a major a feature on issues relating to Energy Efficiency in …

Continental opens new plant in China, to employ 1,500
Added: 18 Nov 2014
Wuhu, China – German automotive supplier and tire producer Continental announced on 17 Nov that it …

Europe-based private equity firm 3i to buy Q Holding
Added: 18 Nov 2014
Twinsburg, Ohio — US precision moulded rubber and silicone components maker Q Holding Co. is expect…

Eni advances 'green' plan at Porto Marghera
Added: 18 Nov 2014
Rome - Eni has reached an agreement involving its institutional investors and trade unions concer…

Sumitomo reports modest gains, “severe” markets
Added: 18 Nov 2014
Kobe, Japan —Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. has reported marginal increases in operating and net i…

Farrel to consolidate into modern structure
Added: 17 Nov 2014
Ansonia, Connecticut – HF Mixing Group is making an investment in its continuous mixers business un…

Michelin CEO addresses sustainability
Added: 17 Nov 2014
Chengdu, China—While the more recognizable Michelin man roamed among the crowd hamming it up with s…

Mitas launches new brand, to remove Continental on OEMs
Added: 17 Nov 2014
Prague – Czech off-road tire manufacturer Mitas has announced that it is launching “Mitas Premium”,…

Benecke-Kaliko acquires to advance car interiors position in Europe
Added: 17 Nov 2014
Hanover, Germany: Benecke-Kaliko, part of ContiTech, has taken over Belgium’s Mecaseat Group to exp…

GT Radial makes debut EuroBus 2014
Added: 17 Nov 2014
GT Radial has made its debut at Euro Bus Expo 2014, with the GSR225 Combi Road and GAU861 all-posit…

Continental opens solar power station project at China plant
Added: 14 Nov 2014
Hanover, Germany – The international tire manufacturer Continental has inaugurated a solar photovol…