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ERJ Weekly Review: Rubber Industry News
Added: 14 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
London – ERJ looks back at some of the top stories of the week. These include …

Threat to ATS Euromaster branch in Manchester
Added: 14 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Manchester, UK - Tire and vehicle maintenance company ATS Euromaster looks set…

Global SBR market worth $23 billion by 2020
Added: 14 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
San Francisco – The global styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) market will be worth…

Datwyler signals seals-plant relocation amid first-half gains
Added: 14 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Altdorf, Switzerland – Datwyler Group has reported a “stable” first-half perfo…

Equipment and Materials News Tracker
Added: 14 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Borealis ... SIBUR ... ABB ... DESMA ... Oz Seams ... Rubber Consultants ... M…

Cimcorp bags Qingdao Sentury Tire deal
Added: 13 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Ulvila, Finland – Qingdao Sentury Tyre has commissioned Cimcorp to provide the…

Opinion: Tire sensors working overtime for driverless cars
Added: 13 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Driverless cars will offer new opportunities for tire companies… if they can a…

Update: Lanxess moves rubber chemicals boss
Added: 13 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Cologne, Germany – Speciality chemicals company Lanxess has announced that Lui…

Toyo reports record half-year earnings
Added: 13 Aug 2014
(Tire Business report)
Osaka, Japan – Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. reported record operating and net …

Federal to bring football legend to Moscow auto show
Added: 13 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Moscow, Russia – Federal Tyres, the official tire partner of Manchester United…

Kumho unveils new European test centre
Added: 13 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Sutton, UK - Kumho’s European Technical Centre (KETC) has established a new ti…

Hankook to open R&D office in Spain
Added: 13 Aug 2014
(Tire Business report)
Tarragona, Spain – Hankook Tire Co. Inc. and Spain’s Applus+IDIADA, an indepe…

ERJ Top Five: Rubber Technology
Added: 12 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
TARRC ... Lanxess ... Dalian Rubber & Plastics Machinery ... J-Flex Rubber ..…

Power up in profit for JK Tyre
Added: 12 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
New Delhi – Indian tire manufacturer JK Tyre & Industries reported a first qua…

ContiTech eyes end of year for completion of Veyance purchase
Added: 12 Aug 2014
(Rubber News report)
Fairlawn, Ohio – The acquisition of Veyance Technologies by ContiTech AG is pro…

Air loss risk compels Conti to launch tire exchange programme
Added: 12 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Hanover, Germany – Continental announced a voluntary tire exchange programme c…

ERJ Top Five: Racing Rubber
Added: 12 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Singapore GP ... Pirelli ... DMACK ... GT Radial ... Avon Tyres ...
1. Tire str…

ERJ Top Five: Tire Supply News
Added: 12 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Pirelli ... Michelin ... Toyo Tires ... Sumitomo Rubber Industries ... Yokoham…

Rise in revenue for Apollo Tyres
Added: 11 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Gurgaon, India – Apollo Tyres announced an increase of 18% in revenue for its…

LCY halts blast-hit operation, rebuffs Kraton claim
Added: 11 Aug 2014
Jane Ho, ERJ China correspondent
Kaohsiung, Taiwan - LCY Chemical suspended the operation of its Das…