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Eastman notes lower Asian demand for additives
Added: 28 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Kingsport, Texas – De-stocking amongst customers in Asia Pacific has led to a …

Lanxess advances rubber curing option
Added: 28 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Cologne, Germany – Lanxess has unveiled a new zeolite-based technology that ca…

Reliance in Japan deal for petchem expansions
Added: 28 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Mumbai, India – Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has secured a $550m (€400m) cred…

Scientists discover new shape using rubber bands
Added: 28 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Massachusetts – In a surprising discovery, Harvard scientists have stumbled ac…

Comerio Ercole gets best supplier award from Pirelli
Added: 28 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Varese, Italy – Tire machinery company Comerio Ercole was awarded best supplie…

Vulkan secures new contracts at Moscow show
Added: 28 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Moscow – Serbian rubber goods producer Vulkan Gume LLC enjoyed a fine debut at…

Prodicon hails high quality demand
Added: 28 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Moscow – Prodicon, the Italian equipment manufacturer for the rubber industry,…

American dream for Italian firm Colmec
Added: 28 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Moscow – Italian company Colmec, a manufacturer of extrusion lines for rubber …

Russia's TADEM talks future expansion
Added: 28 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Moscow – TADEM Company Group, a Russian moulded rubber product manufacturer, w…

ISRP enlists newest affiliate
Added: 25 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Houston, Texas − The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers, In…

Orion Engineered Carbons files paperwork for IPO
Added: 25 Apr 2014
ERJ Staff report (RN)
Frankfurt, Germany − Orion Engineered Carbons Holdings GmbH submitted a filing…

Michelin reports drop in sales revenue in first quarter
Added: 25 Apr 2014
ERJ Staff report (RN)
Paris − Michelin reported a 2.4 percent drop in sales revenue in its fiscal 20…

Shredded tire remnants used to reduce traffic noise
Added: 24 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
North Dakota – An environmental engineering professor is working on techniques…

Seichter and Gislotica put the power into partnerships in Moscow
Added: 24 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Moscow – Seichter, German tire testing systems specialists, and Gislotica Mech…

Russia's BRT looks to international markets
Added: 24 Apr 2014
ERJ Staff report (TP)
Moscow – Russian rubber product supplier Balakovo Rezino Technika (BRT) is at …

Moscow debut for MixCont's “unique†mixing process control system
Added: 24 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Moscow – Swedish firm MixCont AB are at the Tires & Rubber Exhibition for the …

Sumitomo inaugurates ag tire plant in Thailand
Added: 24 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (RN)
Amata City, Thailand – Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. has inaugurated product…

Update: Trelleborg agrees to buy Turkish hose manufacturer
Added: 24 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (RN)
Stockholm – Trelleborg AG’s Industrial Solutions business has signed an agreem…

US Commerce Department rules on Shandong Linglong's tariff rates
Added: 23 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (TB)
Washington – Shandong Linglong Tyre Co. Ltd. is the successor-in-interest to Z…

Tokyo rubber futures inch up on firm oil prices
Added: 23 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Bangkok, Thailand – The benchmark Tokyo rubber futures edged higher on Tuesday…