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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…

ERJ Weekly Review - Rubber Industry News

Added: 4 Sep 2014

ERJ staff report (PR)

London – ERJ looks back at some of the top stories of the week. These include …

Goodyear names new IR vice president

Added: 4 Sep 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Akron, Ohio – The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company announced that Christina Za…

Evonik to expand speciality silica capacities in Japan

Added: 4 Sep 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Essen, Germany – Evonik Industries has announced an expansion of its specialit…

Michelin reveals 2015 design winners

Added: 4 Sep 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Greenville, South Carolina – Michelin announced the 15 winners of its global 2…

Update: Semperit seeks international arbitration in Thai JV legal battle

Added: 3 Sep 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Vienna – Semperit AG Holding has requested international arbitration to resolv…

Prices increase for Cabot speciality carbons

Added: 3 Sep 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Boston – Cabot Corp. announced it will increase prices, up to 8 percent global…

Evonik invests €2bn in German operations

Added: 3 Sep 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Essen, Germany – Evonik is investing €2 billion in its German operations with …

Brenntag acquires Indian chemical distributor

Added: 3 Sep 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany − Brenntag, the chemical distribution company, ha…

MESNAC appoints new director at US research centre

Added: 3 Sep 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Akron, Ohio – MESNAC announced the appointment of Dr K. Mohamed Hassan as the…

Accella acquires tire fill systems maker Zeus

Added: 3 Sep 2014

ERJ staff report (PR)

St. Louis, Missouri – Accella Performance Materials, Inc., a maker of polyuret…

Nokian launches new SUV and summer tires

Added: 2 Sep 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Nokia, Finland – The world's northernmost tire manufacturer, Nokian Tyres, has…

Cooper Tire Europe launches winter tire for compact cars

Added: 2 Sep 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Melksham, UK – Starfire Tires, engineered by Cooper Tires, is to launch a new …

'Grand slam' of design awards for Nexen Tire

Added: 2 Sep 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Seoul – Nexen Tire said it became the first tire maker in the world to achiev…