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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 …

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…