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Thai Rubber City 'hindered by lack of vision'
Added: 17 Dec 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Bangkok − Despite high hopes that Thailand’s Rubber City project will add valu…

Michelin's R&D campus upgrade hits stride
Added: 17 Dec 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
Ladoux, France − Group Michelin officials laid the cornerstone at the firm’s L…

Magna Tyres presents Technical Databook 2014
Added: 17 Dec 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Waalwijk, the Netherlands − Dutch tire manufacturer Magna Tyres announced the …

Cooper loses court bid to rescue Apollo merger as deadline looms
Added: 17 Dec 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Delaware − Cooper Tire & Rubber’s efforts to force India's Apollo Tyres to com…

Rossini sets up rubber roller factory in India
Added: 17 Dec 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Pune, India − Rossini, the Italian manufacturers of rubber rollers, sleeves an…

Continental launches three-year education partnership
Added: 16 Dec 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Hanover/Darmstadt, Germany − Continental and the Technische Universität (Techn…

Rubber climbs to three-month high on optimism demand to rise
Added: 16 Dec 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Bangkok − Rubber advanced to a three-month high on optimism that demand will i…

FIA tightens Formula 1 tire testing rules
Added: 16 Dec 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Paris − There is unlikely to be a repeat of this year's Formula 1 (F1) tire te…

Yokohama Rubber expands Thai tire proving ground
Added: 16 Dec 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber has completed an expansion of its ‘Tire Test Center of…

IRSG announces 2014 World Rubber Summit and 'World Rubber Week'
Added: 16 Dec 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Singapore − The biggest gathering of business and policy makers for the rubber…

LANXESS increases prices for rubber chemicals
Added: 16 Dec 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Cologne, Germany − Specialty chemicals company LANXESS will raise its prices w…

Cooper Tire says Apollo price-cut demand breached deal
Added: 16 Dec 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Delaware − Cooper Tire & Rubber’s argument to force a $2.5bn (€1.8bn) takeover…

Michelin recalls 1.3m truck tires in US
Added: 16 Dec 2013
ERJ staff report (RN)
Greenville, South Carolina − Michelin North America Inc. has announced a safet…

Kelly's a hero in rubber seismic technology
Added: 13 Dec 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia − Known as the father of base isolation, Professor Emer…

Kenda Tire sponsors US National Enduro Series
Added: 13 Dec 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Ohio − Kenda Tire, the Taiwanese manufacturer of off-road motorcycle tires, in…

ZF Friedrichshafen 'creates more than 5,000 new jobs worldwide'
Added: 13 Dec 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Stuttgart & Friedrichshafen, Germany – ZF Friedrichshafen, the automotive supp…

Bridgestone's formula for winter driving
Added: 13 Dec 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Cambridge, UK − Bridgestone has turned to an ex-Formula 1 driver in an attempt…

Rubber poses risk to Vietnam's forest areas
Added: 13 Dec 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Hanoi, Vietnam – Experts warn the use of rubber plantations as an engine of gr…

Michelin joins US Tudor Championship grid
Added: 13 Dec 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Daytona, Florida − Several GT teams in the US Tudor United SportsCar Champions…

'Rubber roads' pave way to cutting costs and carbon emissions
Added: 13 Dec 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Sheffield, UK – A British company, Billian UK, has developed an innovative tec…