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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…

New graphene factory opens in Italy

Added: 19 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Como, Italy – Technology company Directa Plus inaugurates its new graphene fac…

Halcyon Agri in talks to buy Lee Rubber's Indonesia plants

Added: 19 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Singapore – Halcyon Agri Corp Ltd is in talks to buy rubber processing plants …

India moves towards national rubber policy

Added: 19 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

New Delhi – The Indian government’s department of commerce has agreed to form …

Toyo Tire opens Chinese joint venture plant

Added: 19 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Osaka, Japan – Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd held an opening ceremony 18 June fo…

Opinion: New blow for tire labelling

Added: 18 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (PR)

People buying tires rated as fuel-efficient under the EU tire labelling scheme…

Report: Tire labelling can mislead drivers over fuel-savings

Added: 18 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Winchester, UK – According to research by Emission Analytics (EA), preliminary…

Red light for rubber on Mars

Added: 18 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (PR)

Birmingham, UK - The rocky surfaces on planet Mars would seem to make high-spe…