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Continental sales up to €33.3bn in 2013
Added: 26 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Hanover, Germany – Continental released its annual report for 2013 on 24 March…

Dow Corning and PolyOne join forces to serve China healthcare market
Added: 26 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Michigan − Dow Corning Corporation has appointed PolyOne Distribution as its d…

Connell Brothers partners with Lehigh Technologies in Japan and Korea
Added: 25 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Georgia, US – Connell Brothers (CBC), the largest distributor of specialty che…

Drought danger could push Thai rubber export prices up
Added: 25 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Bangkok – Rubber export prices from Thailand will probably advance through May…

Cooper Cup Class announced for British F3 in 2014
Added: 25 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Melksham, UK – Cooper Tire Europe and the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) an…

Swiss bliss for Falken's Porsche team
Added: 25 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Offenbach am Main, Germany – Swiss driver Alexandre Imperatori joins Falken re…

ZF plans 200 new jobs in Czech Republic
Added: 25 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Friedrichshafen, Germany / Pilsen, Czech Republic – ZF Friedrichshafen, the au…

Maxxis launches new global website
Added: 25 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Taipei, Taiwan – Maxxis has launched its global website, Maxxis.com, with an e…

Farm tires and the rubber revolution
Added: 24 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Surrey, UK – Fuel efficiency demands make tire pressures a big deal in modern-…

Continental triumphs in summer tire test
Added: 24 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Hanover, Germany – The ContiPremiumContact 5 summer tire took first place in t…

Bridgestone revs up for new MotoGP season
Added: 24 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Losail, Qatar – MotoGP racing burst back to life with the first race of the 20…

Metzeler partner BMW 'Off Road Skills' course
Added: 24 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Munich, Germany – Motorcycle tire company Metzeler have partnered with Simon P…

Lanxess increases EPDM rubber prices
Added: 24 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Cologne, Germany / Geleen, Netherlands – The Keltan Elastomers business unit o…

Perils of potholes prompts periodic tire checks
Added: 24 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Colchester, UK – Despite an extra £200m (€239.5m) being pledged in the UK budg…

Ineos sues Chinese petrochem giant over IP infringement
Added: 24 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (PN)
Rolle, Switzerland – Ineos, the world’s fourth largest petrochemicals group, i…

Pirelli expects tough test in Malaysian Grand Prix
Added: 24 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Milan, Italy – Pirelli said the new world of Formula One, with its new tires, …

Yokohama claims quieter tires
Added: 21 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber said last week its researchers working with the Instit…

Fenner Precision introduces UL approved silicone
Added: 21 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Lincoln, UK – Fenner Precision Inc. introduced a variety of new Underwriters …

Federal and Kenda join ITMA
Added: 21 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TB)
Essex, UK – Taiwan tire makers Federal Corp. and Kenda Rubber Industrial Co. L…

Smithers Rapra brings Carbon Black World 2014 to Spain
Added: 21 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Portland, Maine – Smithers Rapra announced the 13th edition of Carbon Black Wo…