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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
Merced…

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…

Kumho Tire to resume construction of $413m US factory
Added: 2 Jul 2014
(Reuters report)
Gwangju, South Korea – South Korean tire marker Kumho Tire said on 1 July it plans …

Update: Apollo Tyres' Board approves expansion plans
Added: 2 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Gurgaon, India – The Board of Directors of Apollo Tyres Ltd said on 2 July it …

IISRP opens registration for international scientific symposium
Added: 1 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Houston, Texas – The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers (II…

LWB Steinl/REP JV to target China moulding market
Added: 1 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Corbas, France / Altdorf, Germany – LWB Steinl GmbH & Co. KG of Germany, and F…