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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…

Pirelli supersoft tires make Monaco GP debut
Added: 19 May 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Milan, Italy – Pirelli’s P Zero Red supersoft tires make their 2014 debut at t…

Techy SABIC planning world's first oil-to-chemicals complex
Added: 19 May 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Riyadh – SABIC is studying a plan to construct the world’s first oil-to-chemic…

Apollo to build €500m plant in Europe
Added: 16 May 2014
ERJ staff report (TB)
Gurgaon, India – Apollo Tyres Ltd.’s board of directors has approved an invest…

Brazil to compensate rubber workers from WW2
Added: 16 May 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Brasilia – The Brazilian Congress has approved a plan to compensate workers se…

Evonik inaugurates new building for applied technology
Added: 16 May 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Wesseling, Germany – Evonik Industries inaugurated a new building to house pre…

Bridgestone to debut agri tire at Reifen Essen
Added: 16 May 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Brussels – Bridgestone will debut its first premium agricultural tire at this …

Wacker "back on track for growth" in 2014
Added: 16 May 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Munich, Germany – Following a “solid” first quarter, Wacker Chemie AG anticipa…

Pirelli puts 2015 prototype tires through their paces
Added: 15 May 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Barcelona, Spain – Pirelli said the second in-season test of the year took pla…

Bridgestone Spanish plant scoops sustainability award
Added: 15 May 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Burgos, Spain – Bridgestone’s Burgos plant won the “Ciudad de Burgos” award in…

Pakistan's General Tyre fears 'total destruction of local industry'
Added: 15 May 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Karachi – General Tyre and Rubber Company of Pakistan Limited (GTR) said it is…

India's rubber imports up in April
Added: 15 May 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
New Delhi – Domestic production and consumption of natural rubber dropped duri…

Final sprint in ContiTech photo competition
Added: 15 May 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Hanover, Germany – The “final sprint” in ContiTech's photo competition is on, …

Bekaert reports strong volume growth, offset by currency impact
Added: 15 May 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Kortrijk, Belgium – Bekaert reports a strong start to the year with a solid vo…