Latest News

China hints at extending duties on SBR
Added: 12 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Beijing – China has advised its domestic companies to file applications for a …

Pirelli marks OE milestones at Geneva
Added: 12 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TB)
Geneva, Switzerland – Pirelli Tyre S.p.A. is marking a couple of OE milestones…

Conti receives OE fitment on three VW models
Added: 12 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TB)
Hanover, Germany – Volkswagen A.G. has approved three Continental-brand summer…

European Commission endorses investment aid for Hankook Hungary
Added: 12 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Brussels, Belgium – The European Commission (EC) has authorised €57.9m of regi…

SABIC awarded top employer 2014 status in Europe
Added: 12 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
London – Petrochemical company Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has …

Rubber wristbands the clue to chemical exposure
Added: 11 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
New York – A new study suggests silicone rubber wristbands, commonly used to s…

Trelleborg steps up to Russian metro tunnel test
Added: 11 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
St. Petersburg, Russia – Trelleborg’s engineered products operation has suppli…

Continental gets 'Top Brand' vote
Added: 11 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Hanover, Germany – Around 20,000 readers placed their votes for the Auto Zeitu…

Lehmann & Voss takes on European distribution for Polymer Dynamix
Added: 11 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Hamburg, Germany – Polymer Dynamix LLC and Lehmann & Voss & Co. have agreed to…

New Pirelli tires for Australian Grand Prix
Added: 11 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Milan, Italy – Pirelli will introduce a complete range of new tires for this w…

Goodyear tops Fortune's most admired list
Added: 11 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Akron, Ohio – The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has been recognised as the wo…

'The Chemistry of Creativity' in Wacker's Brazilian debut
Added: 11 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Munich, Germany / São Paulo, Brazil – “The Chemistry of Creativity” will be th…

Goodyear declares dividend on preferred stock
Added: 10 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (BC)
Akron, Ohio – Directors of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company have declared th…

Felda Global Ventures to set up rubber processing plant in Myanmar
Added: 10 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (BC)
Yangon – FGV Pho La Min Co Ltd, a joint venture company between FGV Myanmar (L…

Sumitomo opens synthetic rubber plant in Singapore
Added: 10 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (BC)
Singapore – Japanese-based Sumitomo Chemical has opened its first solution-sty…

WW2 bomber tire surfaces after 74 watery years
Added: 10 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (BC)
Haywards Heath, UK – A two-metre diameter tire from a Vickers Wellington N2767…

Yokohama Rubber announces new winter tire for Europe
Added: 7 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced last week that it would begin…

Nexen Tire mulls Czech plant
Added: 7 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Seoul, South Korea – Nexen Tire said last week it is reviewing various options…

Winning over wetness with Yokohama Rubber's BluEarth-A
Added: 7 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Tokyo – The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced last week it will launch a ne…

ExxonMobil to expand Singapore plant
Added: 7 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Singapore – ExxonMobil Corp. will build facilities to manufacture halobutyl r…