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Yanchang Rubber completes €130m tire plant
Added: 12 Sep 2014
Jane Ho, ERJ China correspondent
Shaanxi, China - Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Northwest Rubber has re…

Breaking ground at Continental's Korbach tire plant
Added: 12 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Hanover / Korbach, Germany – A ground-breaking ceremony was held on 11 Septemb…

Car designer Hilton to explore industry trends at Future Tire conference
Added: 11 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
London – The Future Tire Conference will be held 28-29 October in Brussels, an…

PanAridus gets new patent and first guayule shipment
Added: 11 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Akron. Ohio – PanAridus CEO, Mike Fraley, announced the company’s ninth USDA (…

Anvis expands German HQ capacity
Added: 11 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Steinau an der Straße, Germany – Anvis, the anti-vibration systems manufactur…

Pirelli reveals tire choices for Japan and Russia
Added: 11 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Milan, Italy – Pirelli has revealed its tire choices for the forthcoming grand…

Orgkhim pushing for carcinogenic tire ban
Added: 11 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Nizhny Novgorod, Russia – Rubber chemicals supplier Orgkhim is trying to ban …

China ends rubber anti-dumping measures
Added: 11 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Beijing - China has terminated anti-dumping measures imposed on rubber importe…

Most read: BASF starts butadiene production in Antwerp
Added: 11 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Ludwigshafen, Germany – BASF has started up a 155-kilotonnes-per-annum (ktpa)…

Mitas rolls out half-tonne farm tire
Added: 10 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Mitas has launched what it says is one of the world's largest agricultural tir…

Goodyear partners on record-breaking attempt across three continents
Added: 10 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Akron, Ohio – Goodyear’s Wrangler HP tires will be used on an attempt to dri…

Evonik completes US precipitated silica expansion
Added: 10 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Chester, Pennsylvania – Evonik Corporation opened a new 20,000-tonne expansion…

Cooper and Avon British championships reach finale
Added: 10 Sep 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Melksham, UK – Donington Park plays host to the final rounds of the Cooper Tir…

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…