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Opinion: How not to close a tire plant
Added: 27 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Birmingham, UK – Goodyear Dunlop has taken heavy flack for its decision to clo…
Moulders getting smaller…and smarter
Added: 27 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Ternitz, Austria - Rubber injection moulding companies increasingly require ma…
Volkswagen supplier award for SaarGummi
Added: 27 Jun 2014
Rubber & Plastics news report
Leipzig, Germany—Volkswagen AG has announced SaarGummi Group as one of…
ERJ Weekly News Review: 27 June
Added: 26 Jun 2014
London – A look-back at some of the top stories of the week. These include the most read and others…
Chemical makers back north of England plan
Added: 26 Jun 2014
Manchester, UK - The Chemical Industries Association (CIA) has welcomed a plan by UK chancellor Geo…
Industry group opposes duties on Chinese tires
Added: 26 Jun 2014
Tire Business report
Bowie, Maryland — The Tire Industry Association (TIA) has come out in oppositio…
Dunlop completes tire production transfer from Birmingham
Added: 25 Jun 2014
Tire Business report
Erdington, UK - Dunlop Motorsport Europe has completed the transfer of race tir…
Teijin advances automotive rubber business in Thailand
Added: 25 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Tokyo, - Teijin Group is increasing its automotive rubber materials business i…
Astorg to purchase global belt maker Megadyne
Added: 25 Jun 2014
RPN staff report (MM)
Fairfield, New .Jersey — Astorg Partners has entered into an agreement to acq…
Machine maker starts CE compliance service for robotic moulding
Added: 25 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
TECHNOLOGY - Stoke Mandeville, UK - Sumitomo (SHI) Demag has launched a CE cer…
Update: Kraton 'intends' to withdraw from LCY deal
Added: 25 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Houston, Texas – The board of Kraton Performance Polymers Inc. intends to with…
SIFCA aims to bounce back from rubber price decline
Added: 24 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Abidjan, Ivory Coast – The current decline in natural rubber prices has taken …
Chrysler appeals TPMS ruling in US
Added: 24 Jun 2014
RPN staff report (MM)
Washington —Chrysler Group L.L.C. has filed a petition for a finding of incons…
Stephanie Kwolek, Inventor of Kevlar
Added: 24 Jun 2014
Plastics News report
Stephanie Kwolek, the inventor of Kevlar — the aramid-fibre body armour that ha…
Freudenberg-NOK silicone in the microwave
Added: 24 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Plymouth, Michigan – Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies’ process seals divis…
Phillips Carbon Black to build $170m plant in Egypt?
Added: 24 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
London - Indian group RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group plans to build a $170 million car…
Freudenberg-NOK completes expansion in Germany
Added: 23 Jun 2014
RPN staff report (CS)
Schwalmstadt, Germany—Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies GmbH & Co. has comp…
European economies keep brakes on global growth
Added: 23 Jun 2014
Eaglewood, Colorado - Global GDP growth is set to rise from 2.9 percent this year and 3.5 percent i…
Addison Lee moves to Michelin
Added: 23 Jun 2014
Stoke-on-Trent, UK – London’s largest private minicab firm Addison Lee is putting its entire fleet…
European chemical output to grow then slow
Added: 23 Jun 2014
Brussels – Increasing demand from the automotive industry and stabilisation in construction sector …
