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ERJ Top Five: Racing Rubber
Added: 28 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Yokohama Rubber ... Linglong ... Kumho ... Michelin ... Pirelli
1. Yokohama Rub…

Update: JSR Corp. posts large drop in elastomer earnings
Added: 28 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP/PR)
Tokyo – JSR Corp.'s elastomers business has contributed significantly to a …

Michelin launches motorcycle tire review site
Added: 28 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Greenville, South Carolina – Michelin’s Two-Wheel business has launched a new …

Nexen tops customer satisfaction index fifth year running
Added: 28 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Seoul, South Korea – Nexen Tire announced that it topped the list in the tire…

TyreSafe awards open for entry
Added: 28 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Colchester, UK – Road safety campaign group TyreSafe has opened entries for i…

Carbon Black World 2014 visits Barcelona in October
Added: 28 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Portland, Maine – Smithers Rapra’s 13th edition of Carbon Black World will tak…

ERJ Top Five: Rubber Technology
Added: 28 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Reports on Dalian Rubber & Plastics Machinery ... J-Flex Rubber ... ContiTech …

Fenner tightening its belt
Added: 28 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
London – Weakness in the US coal industry is continuing to hamper the performa…

Roesler claims TPMS breakthrough
Added: 28 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Dortmund, Germany - Roesler Tyre Innovators, based in Dortmund, claims to hav…

Euromap plans new energy efficiency label for rubber machinery
Added: 28 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Berlin – Europe's association for rubber and plastics machinery makers Euromap…

Tire industry to hit $250bn mark by 2019
Added: 25 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Irving, Texas – The global automotive tire market is set to reach $250 billion…

Mixed fortunes for Stamford Tyres in FY2014
Added: 25 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Singapore – Stamford Tyres announced a decrease of 8.5 per cent in the group’s…

RubberTech, Reifen roll-on planned
Added: 25 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
London – Organisers say they expect RubberTech Europe to return at the next bi…

Lanxess launches group-wide restructuring plan
Added: 25 Jul 2014
(Rubber & Plastics News Report)
Cologne, Germany – Lanxess AG has launched a group-wide restructurin…

Rubber Industry Weekly Review
Added: 25 Jul 2014
London – ERJ looks back at some of the top stories of the week. These include the most read and oth…

Far East looks to Iran, India for butadiene as supply tightens
Added: 24 Jul 2014
(Platts report)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – East Asian countries, especially South Korea and Taiwa…

Demand for rubber in China to grow at 6.5% per year
Added: 24 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Dallas – Demand for natural rubber in China is forecast to grow at 6.5% per ye…

Pirelli reveals tires for Belgium, Italy and Singapore GPs
Added: 24 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Milan, Italy – Pirelli has revealed the tires that will be taken to the Formul…

Apollo appoints new chief technology officer
Added: 24 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Enschede, the Netherlands – Apollo Tyres has appointed Dr Seshu Bhagavathula a…

Cooper-Standard opens technical centre in Shanghai
Added: 24 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Shanghai, China – Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc., the parent company of Cooper-…