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Bayer MaterialScience to be floated off
Added: 19 Sep 2014
(Plastics & Rubber Weekly Report)
Leverkusen, Germany – Bayer, the chemicals giant, confirmed that i…
Yokohama acquires Italian marine hose maker
Added: 19 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber announced it has acquired the Italian marine hose manu…
Independence for Bayer MaterialScience
Added: 19 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
The decision to float off Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) and leave parent group B…
World Rubber Summit revamped for 2015
Added: 18 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Singapore – In partnership with SingEx Exhibitions, the International Rubber S…
Toyo Tires to exhibit at rail transport technology trade fair
Added: 18 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Osaka, Japan – Toyo Tire & Rubber announced that Toyo Chemical Industrial Prod…
Guangzhou Fengli starts 10m tire/year expansion project
Added: 18 Sep 2014
(Jane Ho, ERJ special correspondent, China)
Guangdong, China – Guangzhou Fengli Rubber Tire started …
Apollo confirms plant site in Hungary
Added: 18 Sep 2014
(Tire Business Report)
Budapest – Apollo Tyres has confirmed a site in north-central Hungary as the …
ERJ Weekly Review - Rubber Industry News
Added: 18 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
London – ERJ looks back at some of the top stories of the week. These include …
Heavy fall for SIBUR rubber revenue
Added: 17 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Moscow – OAO SIBUR Holding, the integrated gas processing and petrochemicals c…
Cooper Tires returns to UK rally car event
Added: 17 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Melksham, UK – Cooper Tire Europe returns to the ‘Rallyday’ car event in the U…
SIBUR increases funding for Russian steam cracker project
Added: 17 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Moscow – SIBUR announced its ZapSibNeftekhim steam cracker project in Russia h…
Rubber manufacturers defy UK slowdown
Added: 17 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
London - The rubber industry is among a group of sectors defying a general slo…
US consumer magazine finds some Chinese tires 'no bargain'
Added: 17 Sep 2014
(Tire Business Report)
Yonkers, New York – In its most recent tire test, the American magazine Consu…
DuPont increasing elastomer capacity
Added: 17 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Wilmington, Delaware – DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers is investing $10…
Bridgestone celebrates MotoGP photo contest
Added: 16 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Tokyo – Bridgestone celebrated its twelfth year of involvement in motorcycle r…
Safic-Alcan to supply polyisobutene from BASF
Added: 16 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Puteaux, France – BASF has appointed Safic-Alcan as official distributor for i…
Reifen and Automechanika team up for new markets
Added: 16 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Frankfurt am Main / Essen, Germany – The global fairs Reifen and Automechanika…
Conti launches new TPMS device
Added: 16 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP) 
Frankfurt, Germany – Continental is launching its new VDO TPMS (Tire Pressure…
SKF celebrates 15 years of sustainability
Added: 16 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Gothenburg, Sweden – Automotive supplier SKF Group announced it has been liste…
Trelleborg sells rubber boot facility to Delmon
Added: 16 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Trelleborg, Sweden – French Group Delmon Industrie SA has bought Trelleborg’s …
