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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…

Pirelli in solar project at Georgia (USA) tire plant
Added: 21 Oct 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
Rome, Georgia, USA – Pirelli Tire L.L.C. is forming a partnership with a Georg…

New DuPont elastomers suit hotter, more aggressive auto underbonnet environments
Added: 18 Oct 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Düsseldorf, Germany – DuPont Performance Polymers (DPP) has responded to calls…

Zeon boosts HNBR capacity
Added: 17 Oct 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Düsseldorf, Germany – At the K 2013 fair, Zeon Chemicals announced the commiss…

UK survey reveals “missed opportunities†of EU tire labelling - Lanxess
Added: 17 Oct 2013
Burton-on-Trent, UK – A survey commissioned in the UK by synthetic rubber maker Lanxess is claimed …

Goodyear named a top innovator for third year running
Added: 17 Oct 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Akron, Ohio – The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has been named a Thomson Reut…

Lanxess raising EPDM elastomer prices in Asia
Added: 17 Oct 2013
Cologne/Geleen/Shanghai – Lanxess’ Keltan Elastomers (KEL) business unit will implement a price inc…

Momentive touts UV-curing liquid silicone rubber at K 2013
Added: 17 Oct 2013
Düsseldorf – Momentive Performance Materials’ ultraviolet-curing LSR has expanded the range of desi…