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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…

Linde and BASF to co-develop butadiene technology
Added: 3 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Pullach and Ludwigshafen, Germany – The Linde Group and BASF SE intend to coop…

Conti launches new Hybrid tire range
Added: 3 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Hanover, Germany – Continental has launched a new tire family – the Conti Hybr…

'Days of Technology' at Maplan
Added: 3 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Ternitz, Austria – Maplan, the manufacturer of elastomer injection moulding ma…

MRB wins gold and silver at ITEX 2014
Added: 3 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Kuala Lumpur – The Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB) secured gold and silver medals…

Mitas Sport Force tire hailed 'Best Buy'
Added: 3 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Prague – Mitas Sport Force has been selected as ‘Best Buy’ in a tire test orga…

Reifen attendance up 5% vs. 2012
Added: 3 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (TB)
Essen, Germany – Attendance at this year’s Reifen Trade Fair was up about five…

Apollo Tyres 'picks Hungary for new manufacturing plant'
Added: 2 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Bratislava – Apollo Tyres has picked Hungary for its new manufacturing plant, …