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Dow Corning sees large increase in sales for Q1 2014
Added: 30 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Michigan – Dow Corning Corp. announced on 29 April its first quarter 2014 sale…

Kenda targets German car tire market
Added: 30 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Oldenburg, Germany – Kenda Rubber Ind. Co, Ltd of Taiwan is increasing its pre…

Lion plans new EPDM facility
Added: 30 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Geismar, Louisiana – Lion Copolymer has completed a detailed engineering study…

Bridgestone teams up with Saroléa electric superbike
Added: 29 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Brussels, Belgium – Bridgestone has formed a technical partnership with Sarolé…

Metso valves for Abu Dhabi complex
Added: 29 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Helsinki, Finland – Finnish group Metso is to supply hundreds of valves to Abu…

PanAridus announces eight new patents on Earth Day
Added: 29 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Casa Grande, Arizona – The guayule industry took one step closer to commercial…

Pyrolyx 2013 financial statements approved
Added: 29 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Munich, Germany − The Pyrolyx AG Supervisory Board has approved the annual fin…

ITC looking to unlock Liberia's rubber potential
Added: 29 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Monrovia, Liberia – The International Trade Centre (ITC) is working with the G…

Schrader Electronics creates 241 jobs in Northern Ireland
Added: 29 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
County Antrim, Northern Ireland – Almost 250 new jobs are being created at an …

NR prices: SIPEF sees light at end of the tunnel
Added: 28 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Antwerp, Belgium – Belgian agro-industrial company SIPEF has reported continue…

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…