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Indian government to rehabilitate Maoists through rubber cultivation

Added: 14 Oct 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

New Delhi – Taking a cue from the India’s North East state, where the state an…

Mitas extends harvester tire range

Added: 14 Oct 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Prague – At the Agritechnica 2013 fair in Hannover, Mitas will launch a wider …

Bridgestone to supply tires for GM electric vehicle

Added: 14 Oct 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Tokyo – Bridgestone Ecopia EP150 tires will be original equipment on the 2014 …

Cooper Tire's Chinese unit appeals jurisdiction ruling

Added: 14 Oct 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Beijing – Cooper Tire and Rubber Co.’s China unit has appealed a court ruling …

UK courts take dim view of tire neglect

Added: 11 Oct 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Colchester, UK – The TyreSafe agency is highlighting “alarming” new statistics…

A million Thai rubber farmers sign up for payouts

Added: 11 Oct 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Bangkok – More than one million rubber planters in Thailand and their families…

Cooper-Apollo case to be heard in November

Added: 11 Oct 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Wilmington, Delaware – The Delaware Chancery Court has agreed to hear Cooper T…

Sri Lanka aims to make rubber a $3 billion industry

Added: 11 Oct 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Colombo – Sri Lanka aims to grow its rubber industry value to $3 billion (€2.2…

Sinopec raises butadiene prices in eastern and northern China by 5 percent

Added: 10 Oct 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Singapore – China Petroleum and Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) has raised its ex-wor…

Yokohama to build marine products plant in Indonesia

Added: 10 Oct 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Tokyo – The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. will build a new plant for manufacturing…

Bridgestone returns to Northern Ireland retreading with Bandag brand

Added: 10 Oct 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Warwick, UK – ADCO Retreads, based in Portadown, Northern Ireland, has decided…

Melrob to distribute for Rhein Chemie in Western Europe

Added: 10 Oct 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Crawley, UK – Melrob GmbH is to distribute the Rhein Chemie rubber portfolio i…

Indian rubber growers and tire manufacturers argue over import duty

Added: 9 Oct 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Kochi – Indian rubber growers and the country’s tire industry are once again a…

Trelleborg to upgrade French aerospace seals plant

Added: 9 Oct 2013

Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg Sealing Solutions will build a new manufacturing facility in Condé …

Aging American rubber industry must cure itself, says Freudenberg's Walker

Added: 9 Oct 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Cleveland, Ohio – America’s moulded rubber industry has an issue – or several …

IISRP publishes worldwide rubber stats for 2013

Added: 9 Oct 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Houston, Texas – The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers (II…

European tire and rubber industry wants political vision, sustainable regulation - ETRMA

Added: 9 Oct 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Brussels – “The European tire and rubber Industry has a strong manufacturing p…

Freudenberg sealing experts presenting at International Elastomer Conference

Added: 8 Oct 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Plymouth, Mich. – Experts from Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies are delive…

Supplier Zhuzhou Times to buy ZF's rubber and plastics business

Added: 8 Oct 2013

ERJ staff report (ANC)

Shanghai – Zhuzhou Times New Materials Technology Co., a state-controlled sup…

Wacker introduces precision silicone film

Added: 8 Oct 2013

ERJ staff report (RPN)

Munich, Germany – Wacker Chemie A.G. will be introducing Elastosil Film, ultr…