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Miniature EPDM diaphragm pump achieves higher flows

Added: 26 Nov 2013

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Puchheim, Germany − Using an innovative twin-head design, the Thomas Model 142…

Ansell Limited to acquire Barriersafe Solutions International

Added: 26 Nov 2013

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Melbourne, Australia – Ansell Limited, a global leader in protection solutions…

Rubber drops to two-week low after forecast surplus may widen

Added: 26 Nov 2013

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Tokyo − Rubber declined to a two-week low after a forecast that the global sur…

Organic rubber farming taking root in India

Added: 25 Nov 2013

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Kochi, India − Organic farming of rubber is slowly gaining traction in Kerala …

Tires to be processed at new Australian plant

Added: 25 Nov 2013

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New South Wales (NSW), Australia − Every year millions of used car tires are d…

Wheel rim coatings to heat F1 tires

Added: 25 Nov 2013

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Zottegem, Belgium − Even though it's been known for a while, recent thermal im…

Malaysian rubber market to see better performance

Added: 25 Nov 2013

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Kuala Lumpur − The Malaysian rubber market is expected to perform better this …

8,000 cars with 'back-to-front' tires fail Irish test

Added: 25 Nov 2013

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Dublin, Ireland − More than 8,000 cars have failed the National Car Test (NCT)…

Electric car maker Tesla honours Continental

Added: 25 Nov 2013

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Hanover, Germany − Continental has been named an Excellent Development Partner…

Cooper Tire workers approve revised contract

Added: 25 Nov 2013

ERJ staff report (TB)

Texarkana, Arkansas − Workers at Cooper Tire & Rubber’s plant in Texarkana hav…

Sumitomo Q3 results up double digits

Added: 25 Nov 2013

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Kobe, Japan − Sumitomo Rubber Industries reported double-digit gains in sales …

IISRP to honour synthetic rubber industry leaders

Added: 25 Nov 2013

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Houston − The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers (IISRP) sa…

India's natural rubber price drops to 3.5-year low

Added: 25 Nov 2013

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Mumbai, India − Natural rubber price in India, the world's fourth biggest prod…

Rubber extends gains as yen slides to lowest level in six months

Added: 25 Nov 2013

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Bangkok − Rubber climbed to a one-week high as a weaker Japanese currency boos…

Low owner satisfaction with replacement tires

Added: 22 Nov 2013

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California – For the third year in a row, Michelin and Pirelli took the top tw…

Goodyear celebrates link-up with MG

Added: 22 Nov 2013

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Wolverhampton, UK – A link-up between two historic West Midlands companies has…

MOL and JSR Corp to manufacture synthetic rubber in Hungary

Added: 22 Nov 2013

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Budapest − Hungarian oil and gas company MOL Nyrt said last week that it has r…

Continental opens new German plant for retreaded tires

Added: 22 Nov 2013

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Hanover, Germany − Continental has opened a new plant in Germany, said to be t…

Elastomeric SBR used in new 480-km EV battery

Added: 22 Nov 2013

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California − A research team from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ha…

Condom maker proposes beef tendon as replacement for latex

Added: 22 Nov 2013

ERJ staff report (TP)

Seattle − The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced last week that it’ll b…