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Lanxess increases prices for chloroprene rubber
Added: 20 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Cologne, Germany – Lanxess announced a global price increase for its Baypren b…
Bridgestone co-invests €222m in second Turkish plant
Added: 20 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Istanbul, Turkey – Brisa, a Turkish-Japanese joint venture between conglomerat…
Rubber gains as yen drops on trade data, European car sales grow
Added: 20 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Tokyo − Rubber climbed for the first time in three days as car sales rose in E…
Mitas begins commercial production at new Czech plant
Added: 20 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Otrokovice, Czech Republic − Czech tire maker Mitas has begun commercial-scal…
Thailand plans to slash logistics costs for rubber industry
Added: 20 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Bangkok – Thailand’s Primary Industries and Mines Department will spend Bt147m…
Australian recycling company Carbon Polymers under investigation
Added: 19 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Sydney − Australia's largest tire-recycling company has abandoned thousands of…
Schwalbe replacing tires on some 'Cube' race bikes
Added: 19 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Reichshof, Germany − Schwalbe is making a free of charge, precautionary exchan…
Lady Gaga's designer creates new 'condom jacket'
Added: 19 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
New York − A new jacket has been designed with medical grade silicone using th…
Silicone rubber-based heater has wrap-around design
Added: 19 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Cary, Illinois – Durex Industries, a North American designer and manufacturer …
Firms collaborate on soft-touch auto interior components
Added: 19 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (UTI)
Düsseldorf, Germany − A collaboration between South Korea's Hyundai Motor Co.…
Opel chooses Bulgarian company for its rubber seals
Added: 19 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Stara Zagora, Bulgaria − Standard Profil won a major project that includes the…
Lanxess says auto market has bottomed out
Added: 19 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Cologne, Germany − Lanxess, the world's largest maker of synthetic rubber, bel…
Rubber declines for second day as yen's rebound weakens appeal
Added: 19 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Tokyo − Rubber declined for a second day as Japan’s currency rebounded from a …
Yulex and SGB team up on guayule-based rubber
Added: 18 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
California / Arizona − San Diego-based SGB Inc. is teaming up with Phoenix-bas…
Bike commuting gets easier with rechargeable battery-powered tire
Added: 18 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Kenya − In Nairobi, where the city is notoriously known for its terrible traff…
Reinventing the wheel... err, tire
Added: 18 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Los Angeles − If there's one prediction I can make about our future world, it …
Global emulsion polymer market expected to reach €30.8bn by 2019
Added: 18 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
New York − Transparency Market Research has released a new market report title…
Synthetic creatures could “save natureâ€
Added: 18 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
London − Synthetic living creatures would be released into the wild to save en…
Rubber gloves to condoms give Ansell edge in emerging markets
Added: 18 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
London − Ansell, the world’s largest maker of protective clothing, is seeking …
Poly(urea-urethane) elastomer 'heals' itself spontaneously
Added: 18 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
London – Scientists at the CIDETEC Centre for Electrochemical Technologies hav…
