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Rosneft and Pirelli increase Russian ambitions

Added: 21 May 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Moscow – Rosneft said it is talking with Pirelli about further cooperation in …

Bridgestone targets threats to natural rubber supply

Added: 21 May 2014

ERJ staff report (PR)

Manchester, UK – Around 1 billion tires are produced every year around the wor…

IISRP rejig prompts Asia section name change

Added: 21 May 2014

ERJ staff report (PR)

Kyoto, Japan – The Far Eastern section of the International Institute of Synth…

Indian dumping duty on Chinese nylon tire cord fabric continues

Added: 21 May 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

New Delhi – The Indian Finance Ministry has extended by one more year the vali…

Bridgestone exclusive supplier for eTourEurope

Added: 21 May 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Brussels – Bridgestone Europe is the exclusive supplier for the eTourEurope, w…

Conti sponsors 2014 NTDA Tyre Industry Awards Ceremony

Added: 21 May 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Manchester, UK – Continental Tyres will sponsor the 2014 NTDA (National Tyre D…

Yulex CEO named Entrepreneur of The Year finalist

Added: 21 May 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Phoenix, Arizona – Jeff Martin, co-founder and CEO of Yulex, the agricultural …

UK rapid prototyping unit targets oil & gas seals

Added: 20 May 2014

ERJ staff report (PR)

Warrington, UK – ERIKS Sealing Technology has opened a new development facilit…

Wacker Polymers to raise prices for dispersions in EMEA

Added: 20 May 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Munich, Germany – Wacker Polymers is to maintain its price adjustment for viny…

Toyoda Gosei acquires assets of German rubber supplier Meteor

Added: 20 May 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Nagoya, Japan – Toyoda Gosei Meteor GmbH (TG Meteor), a German subsidiary of T…

OMV expands butadiene production with €30m Austrian investment

Added: 20 May 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Vienna – Austrian oil and gas group OMV extended its butadiene plant at the Sc…

Sinopec and SIBUR set up strategic cooperation

Added: 20 May 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Shanghai, China – Witnessed by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian Presid…

Mitas developing special Powerpull tire

Added: 20 May 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Prague – Czech tire maker Mitas signed a sponsorship agreement with the Europe…

Lanxess increases prices for rubber chemicals

Added: 20 May 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Cologne, Germany – Specialty chemicals company Lanxess will raise the off list…

Semperit records best Q1 2014 result ever

Added: 20 May 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Vienna – Semperit AG, which makes rubber and plastic products for the medical …

HF moving Hamburg extruder-making operation to Slovakia

Added: 20 May 2014

ERJ staff report (PR)

Hamburg, Germany – HF TireTech is moving its extrusion-machinery manufacturing…

JK Tyres to double capacity at Chennai plant

Added: 19 May 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Jamshedpur, India – JK Tyres will double capacity at its greenfield plant in C…

Essen essential to Maxxis' European expansion

Added: 19 May 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Essen, Germany – Maxxis says it will head to the trade fair Reifen Essen 2014 …

Reifen show organisers to honour innovations

Added: 19 May 2014

ERJ staff report (TB)

Essen, Germany – The organisers of the Reifen 2014 trade show in Essen, runnin…

EU standard threatens industrial wireless

Added: 19 May 2014

ERJ staff report (PR)

London – Wireless technology has become a growing feature of many operations i…