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Zeon starts full-scale SSBR production at Singapore
Added: 14 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (BC)
Singapore – Zeon Corporation has begun full-scale commercial production of sol…
Michelin's airless tire co-inventor honoured
Added: 11 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Greenville, South Carolina – The co-inventor of Michelin’s Tweel airless tire…
Buying part-worn tires often false economy, says insurer
Added: 11 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (BC)
Bournemouth, UK – 1.5m UK motorists have bought substandard second-hand tires …
Lanxess launches further price increases
Added: 11 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Cologne, Germany – Lanxess AG is increasing prices for its ethylene-vinyl acet…
Elasto Proxy offers E-book on seal compound selection
Added: 10 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (BC)
Boisbriand, Canada – Elasto Proxy, supplier of custom seals and speciality rub…
Saipem to extend Versalis' Ferrara plant
Added: 10 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (BC)
San Donato Milanese, Italy – Construction, engineering and project management …
Stretchable circuits for artificial skin
Added: 10 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Researchers have developed a rubber-based optical waveguide that could find us…
Technologies of the Week
Added: 9 Apr 2014
ERJ tracks some of the latest technical developments in the tire and industrial rubber products sec…
Seals maker PPE building plant in Texas
Added: 9 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Blackburn, UK - Precision Polymer Engineering Ltd (PPE) is to start up a new m…
UK chemical makers looking to invest
Added: 9 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Most UK chemical manufacturers expect to grow sales in 2014, with many also lo…
Premium tire market to grow at 9.7 percent to 2018 - TechNavio
Added: 9 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (BC)
London – Analyst TechNavio forecasts that the global premium tire market will …
Philippines identifies India as key partner to strengthen rubber sector
Added: 9 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (BC)
Kochi, India – A 35-member delegation from the Philippines, including governme…
Styron to convert Schkopau rubber train to Nd-BR
Added: 9 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Horgen, Switzerland – Styron is to convert its nickel butadiene rubber (Ni-BR)…
Momentive's silicone group may enter bankruptcy
Added: 8 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Strongsville, Ohio – Momentive Performance Materials Inc. may file for US Cha…
ContiTech optimistic about 2014 prospects
Added: 8 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Hanover, Germany – ContiTech aims to build on its momentum of recent months by…
Airtech introduces silicone pressure intensifier for prepreg composites
Added: 8 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (BC)
Differdange, Luxembourg – Composites specialist Airtech has developed Airflex,…
IRCo: Thailand not fixed on NR stocks sale
Added: 8 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Thailand’s government has informed the International Rubber Consortium Ltd (IR…
Kick-off for K 2016
Added: 8 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Dusseldorf, Germany - Organisers have kicked off proceedings for the tri-annu…
Foster Wheeler, ENI renew engineering agreement
Added: 8 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Zug, Switzerland - ENI SpA has renewed its existing framework agreement with a…
Nanotechnology JV targets natural rubber products
Added: 8 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Camberley, UK – Graphene NanoChem, a London AIM-listed nanochemicals and mater…
