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Thai rubber farmers threaten violence if government doesn't intervene
Added: 28 Oct 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Bangkok, Thailand − Rubber farmers in Thailand took to the streets again on Mo…

Rainbow Loom toy brings fun to rubber bands
Added: 28 Oct 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Michigan – Rainbow Loom is a craft set currently enjoying great popularity wit…

Bridgestone showcases new concept tires at 2013 Dubai International Motor Show
Added: 28 Oct 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Tokyo, Japan − Bridgestone will demonstrate its latest technological innovatio…

Tire company's claim stirs debate on overloading in India
Added: 28 Oct 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
New Delhi – "Heavy and medium commercial vehicles carry 10-200 percent load ab…

Rubber will stay a Malaysian priority, says country's K show rep.
Added: 28 Oct 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Düsseldorf – Even though there were only 12 Malaysian exhibitors of plastics a…

Bridgestone adds radial tire for mining
Added: 28 Oct 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Nashville, Tennessee – Bridgestone Commercial Solutions, a subsidiary of Brid…

Japan's Tokai Rubber Industries launches Polish plant
Added: 28 Oct 2013
ERJ staff report (EPN)
Japanese car parts manufacturer Tokai Rubber Industries has opened a new prod…

Sempertrans lands conveyor belt contract with German utility
Added: 25 Oct 2013
Vienna, Austria – Semperit A.G.'s Sempertrans business has been awarded a major contract that will …

ContiTech grows printing blanket business in China
Added: 25 Oct 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Northeim, Germany/Shanghai, China – With its Conti-Air and Phoenix Xtra printi…

Yokohama Rubber plants trees in Russia
Added: 25 Oct 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Company’s Russian tire making facility held a tree…

Michelin to supply radials for Dassault's large business jet
Added: 24 Oct 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Greenville, South Carolina – Michelin Aircraft Tire has announced it will supp…

Cabot highlights new conductive carbon blacks at K 2013
Added: 24 Oct 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Boston, Massachusetts –New Vulcan Xcmax series carbon blacks from Cabot Corpor…

TVK invests in butadiene recovery
Added: 24 Oct 2013
ERJ staff report (EPN)
Tiszaújváros, Hungary – Hungarian polymer producer Tisza Chemical Group (TVK)…

Newark, UK firm invites Germans into playground
Added: 24 Oct 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Newark, UK – Two Newark rubber companies, Charles Lawrence International Ltd (…

Continental CEO says need to look beyond Europe more
Added: 24 Oct 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Berlin – German tire maker Continental AG is banking on growth outside Europe …

CEO who mocked France offers Goodyear plant takeover
Added: 23 Oct 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Paris – A US CEO who once mocked French workers as “lazy and overpaid” has off…

Indian Competition Commission's tire company investigation 'resolved and closed'
Added: 23 Oct 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Chennai: The Indian Competition Commission (CCI)'s investigation into collusiv…

Trelleborg claims the widest tractor tire tread and footprint
Added: 23 Oct 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg Wheel Systems will present its “giant” IF900/6…

Wacker targets wound dressing and prosthetics industries
Added: 23 Oct 2013
München, Germany – Wacker Chemie A.G. has launched silicone products for the wound dressing and pro…

Cooper, Apollo continue merger battle in court
Added: 22 Oct 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Akron, Ohio – The proposed marriage of Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. and Apollo Ty…