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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 …

Most read: UK manufacturing sector on solid growth path
Added: 23 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
London - Demand for UK-made goods rose strongly in June, according to the late…

Opinion: REACH roadmap could lose rubber manufacturers
Added: 20 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
London – The authority for the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation & restr…

Global TPE market growing 8%, set to reach $24bn
Added: 20 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Dallas, Texas – The global market for thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) is on tr…

Tire sidewall damage costs UK drivers more than £439m a year
Added: 20 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Letchworth Garden City, UK – New research by British automotive parts repair f…

Help on hand from TARRC and Malaysian Rubber Board
Added: 20 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Hertford, UK – The A5 support team from Tun Abdul Razak Research Laboratory (T…

Kraiburg TPE launches materials database
Added: 20 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Waldkraiburg , Germany – Kraiburg TPE has launched a new product database for …

Weekly Review: 20 June 2014
Added: 19 Jun 2014
London – ERJ looks back at some of the top stories of the week. These include the most read and oth…