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Nano compound costs 'to plummet'

Added: 6 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (PR)

Palo Alto, California – Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) can now be incorporated into c…

Kumho starts up direct-sales unit in UK

Added: 6 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (PR)

Leicestershire, UK - Kumho Tyre (UK) Ltd’s newly established direct sales org…

Food and Medical Contact Rubber: Call for information

Added: 6 Jun 2014

European Rubber Journal is preparing a feature for our July/August edition on the food and medical …

Most read - Dow to leverage fast-track R&D work at new EPDM plant

Added: 6 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (PR)

Manchester, UK – Dow Chemical Co. is to establish a large-scale EPDM plant by …

Global NBR market growing at 6% CAGR

Added: 6 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Albany, New York – Acryloitrile butadiene rubber (NBR) demand was worth $1.7 b…

Pirelli reveals tire nominations up to Hungarian GP

Added: 6 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Milan, Italy – Pirelli has announced the next four tire nominations for the Fo…

Yokohama Rubber joins Facebook

Added: 6 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber launched an official Facebook page this week as part o…

Avon Rubber gets $33m order from US DOD

Added: 6 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Melksham, UK – Avon Rubber today announced an order of 135,000 M50 mask syste…

UK chemical makers buoyed by industry prospects

Added: 5 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

London – The Chemical Industries Association (CIA) believes the UK chemical in…

Orgkhim urges ban of carcinogenic tires in Russia

Added: 5 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Nizhny Novgorod, Russia – Rubber chemicals supplier Orgkhim is pressing the Ru…

Falken to participate in Nürburgring 24-Hour Race

Added: 5 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Offenbach am Main, Germany – Sumitomo Rubber Group’s European subsidiary, Falk…

Most read - Conical-die research offers injection cure time breakthrough

Added: 5 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (PR)

Ternitz, Austria – Rubber injection moulders could reduce cure times by almost…

Conti helps Serbia flood victims

Added: 5 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Hanover, Germany / Belgrade – Continental is donating a total of around €70,00…

Global rubber prices nosedive over glut scare

Added: 5 Jun 2014

(Business Standard report)

Kochi, India – Serious concerns are being raised over prices on the natur…

Maplan on the move

Added: 5 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (PR)

Ternitz, Austria – Rubber injection-moulding-machine maker Maplan GmbH is look…

USW files antidumping, countervailing duty petition vs. Chinese tires

Added: 4 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TB)

Washington – For the second time in five years, the United Steelworkers (USW) …

Yokohama Rubber runs again in 'The Race to the Clouds'

Added: 4 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Tokyo – The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced today that its racing team wi…

New director at Cooper Tire Europe

Added: 4 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (PR)

Melksham, UK – Derek Carruthers has been appointed sales & marketing director …

The force will be strong on Pirelli tires in Canada GP

Added: 3 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Montreal, Canada – Pirelli's P Zero Yellow soft and P Zero Red supersoft tires…

Apollo issues statement on new European site

Added: 3 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (PR)

London – Apollo Tyres "is yet to finalise" on the exact location for its plann…