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Michelin teams up for renewable isoprene production
Added: 9 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Emeryville, California / Sao Paulo, Brazil / Clermont-Ferrand, France – Amyris…

Update - Qingdao Sentury to automate green-tire handling at new plant
Added: 9 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Helsinki - Qingdao Sentury Tyre has signed up Finnish company Cimcorp Oy to su…

Carbon black veteran Silcox joins CCT
Added: 9 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Potsdam, Germany – Peter Silcox has joined carbon clean tech AG (CCT), a produ…

Yokohama to compete in Mexican off-road race
Added: 9 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber announced it will enter an original SUV in the 2014 Te…

Machine maker targets extruded profile rebound
Added: 8 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Munich, Germany - KraussMaffei Berstorff is seeking to advances its position i…

Synthomer appoints new Asia distributor
Added: 8 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Harlow, UK – Emulsion polymer manufacturer, Synthomer Group has announced the …

Two more organisations join IRSG
Added: 8 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Singapore – The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) announced two new mem…

Nokian Tyres signs co-op deals with IOF, Tough Mudder
Added: 8 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Nokia, Finland – Nokian Tyres has signed a three-year co-operation contract w…

EC clears investment aid for Apollo tire plant in Hungary
Added: 8 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Gyöngyöshalász, Hungary – The European Commission (EC) has cleared regional in…

Chrysler goes with Falken tires for two Jeep models
Added: 8 Sep 2014
(Tire Business Report)
Kobe, Japan – Chrysler Group has selected the Falken Ziex ZE 914 EcoRun as an…

Hamilton wins Italian Grand Prix
Added: 8 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Monza, Italy – Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won the Italian Grand Prix in Mo…

Expansions boost ContiTech's global hose business
Added: 5 Sep 2014
(Rubber News Report)
Karben, Germany – ContiTech AG has been building its hose operation regularly d…

Nynas aims to build on Harburg acquisition
Added: 5 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Zaventem, Belgium - Speciality oils supplier Nynas is planning to leverage it…

JSR joins Lehigh in $8m expansion drive
Added: 4 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Atlanta, Georgia – Sustainable materials company Lehigh Technologies, Inc. ha…

Tokai Rubber helps Hiroshima landslide victims
Added: 4 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Komaki, Japan – Tokai Rubber Industries (TRI) has donated 600,000 yen to the v…

Cooper Standard to buy control of China automotive sealing JV
Added: 4 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Novi, Michigan – Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. is to purchase an additional 47…

ERJ Weekly Review: Rubber Industry News
Added: 4 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
London – ERJ looks back at some of the top stories of the week. These include …

Lanxess highlights wind power role for EVM rubber
Added: 4 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Cologne, Germany – Lanxess is highlighting the role of its ethylene-vinyl acet…

Waste-tire carbon to power electric vehicles
Added: 4 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Oak Ridge, Tennessee - US researchers have developed technology to convert scr…

UK team advances 3D printing with rubber
Added: 4 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
London - A research team at Loughborough University in the UK is seeking to d…