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Vacu-Lug meets tire requirements at steel works operation

Added: 8 Jul 2014

ERJ staff report (PR)

Grantham, UK – Remould and earthmover tire company Vacu-Lug has highlighted it…

Global NBR powder market expected to reach $425.7m by 2019

Added: 8 Jul 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

New York – The global NBR powder market is anticipated to reach $425.7 million…

Liberia looks to resurrect rubber industry

Added: 7 Jul 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Monrovia – The Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) has directed L$129,750,000 (€1.05…

Dunlop and Michelin ponder Nigeria return

Added: 7 Jul 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Lagos – DN Tyre and Rubber said it would be willing to return to tire manufact…

ERJ Round-up: Racing Rubber

Added: 7 Jul 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Weekly round-up from the world of racing – reports on Pirelli ... Cooper

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Tokyo rubber seen extending losses

Added: 7 Jul 2014

(Reuters report)

Jakarta – Tokyo rubber futures could extend losses this week on persistent worries …

Vietnam mulls rubber export tax break

Added: 7 Jul 2014

(Vietnam News Agency report)

Hanoi – Vietnam’s Ministry of Finance is considering scrapping the rubb…

Silicone rubber to extend life of power transformers

Added: 7 Jul 2014

ERJ staff report (PR)

London - ABB is employing silicone rubber as part of a new technology to tackl…

Most read: Cabot tops 2013 'Energy Efficiency Frontrunner' list

Added: 7 Jul 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Boston, US – Cabot Corp. announced that it has been awarded the top listing in…

ERJ Round-up: Tire Technology

Added: 4 Jul 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Weekly round-up from the world of tire technology – reports on Continental ...…

Kraton opens US pilot facility

Added: 4 Jul 2014

ERJ staff report (PR)

Houston, Texas – Styrenic block copolymers (SBCs) major Kraton Performance Pol…

ERJ Weekly Review: 4 July 2014

Added: 4 Jul 2014

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

Changes for Freudenberg board

Added: 4 Jul 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Weinheim, Germany – Dr. Wolfram Freudenberg retired from the chair of the boar…

Wacker debuts latest tech in Ghana

Added: 4 Jul 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Munich, Germany / Accra – At the second “West Africa Building & Construction E…

Opinion: The charge of the electric vehicle brigade

Added: 3 Jul 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Nissan’s e-NV200 isn’t the only electric vehicle (EV) on the market, but when …

Most read: ContiTech acquires US aftermarket company

Added: 3 Jul 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Hanover, Germany / Memphis, Tennessee – ContiTech Power Transmission Group (CP…

Opinion: Chinese deal turns sour for Kraton

Added: 2 Jul 2014

ERJ staff report (PR)

Styrene block copolymer (SBC) major Kraton’s combination agreement with LCY Ch…

ERJ Round-up: Rubber Technology

Added: 2 Jul 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Weekly round-up from the world of rubber technology – reports on Trelleborg ..…

Evonik invests in new German research centre

Added: 2 Jul 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Essen, Germany – Evonik Industries is investing in the “double-digit-million e…

ExxonMobil to invest over $1bn in Antwerp refinery

Added: 2 Jul 2014

ERJ staff report (PR)

Antwerp, Belgium - ExxonMobil is to install a new delayed coker unit at its An…