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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 …

Swedish auto supplier SKF acquires two companies
Added: 15 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Gothenburg, Sweden – Automotive supplier SKF Group has acquired two companies …

Suzhou Yokohama to start 1.7m tire/year expansion project
Added: 15 Sep 2014
(Jane Ho, ERJ special correspondent, China)
Jiangsu, China – Suzhou Yokohama Tire Company, a fully-o…

Pirelli soft and supersoft tires set for Singapore GP
Added: 15 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Milan, Italy – Formula One heads to Singapore where the two softest compounds …

Lanxess moves rubber chemicals operations to new unit
Added: 15 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Cologne, Germany – Lanxess announced its antioxidants and accelerators produc…

Avon unveils new slick tire for British GT 2015 season
Added: 12 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Melksham, UK – Avon Tyres has introduced a new tire to the British GT champio…

Sentury Tire Americas suing Toyo
Added: 12 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Los Angeles, California – Sentury Tire Americas has issued Toyo Tire & Rubber …

ERJ Weekly Review - Rubber Industry News
Added: 12 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
London – ERJ looks back at some of the top stories of the week. These include …