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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…

Yokohama Rubber rewarded for most excellent image by Chinese media
Added: 22 Oct 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Tokyo –Yokohama Rubber (China) Co., Ltd. (YRC) received the "Most Excellent Co…

Michelin plant welcomes potential future engineers
Added: 22 Oct 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
London – Michelin’s manufacturing facility in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, is …

Krone names Mitas best agricultural tire supplier
Added: 22 Oct 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Prague/Hanover – German agricultural machinery producer Krone has named tire m…

EPDM rubber market to reach $6.5 billion by 2017
Added: 21 Oct 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Pune, India – The global market for ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) ru…

Conti and Fraunhofer to launch pilot dandelion rubber production
Added: 21 Oct 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Hanover – Tire maker Continental and the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Bi…

Infinity bags UK tire industry advertising award
Added: 21 Oct 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
London – Infinity Tyres has won a 2013 Tyre and Fast-Fit (TAFF) award, its fir…