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Income falls 50% for Tokai in 2013
Added: 23 Sep 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Komaki, Japan – Tokai Rubber Industries has said net income in the 12 months…
Goodyear targets 10-15% growth in operating income
Added: 23 Sep 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Rubber & Plastics News Report
New York — Goodyear said it is targeting 10 t…
Nokian integrates heavy tires and truck tires businesses
Added: 23 Sep 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Nokia, Finland – Nokian Tyres is to integrate its heavy tires and truck tir…
'Terminator' elastomer regenerates itself
Added: 23 Sep 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
London – Scientists in Spain have reported the first self-healing polymer that…
ZF considering sale of rubber and plastics unit
Added: 23 Sep 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Friedrichshafen, Germany – ZF Friedrichshafen A.G., Germany's third-largest a…
Bridgestone evaluates car tire capacity boost for Turkey
Added: 23 Sep 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Tokyo – Bridgestone's affiliate Brisa Bridgestone Sabanci Lastik Sanayi ve Tic…
Delticom acquiring Tirendo for $67m
Added: 17 Sep 2013
Hanover, Germany – German online tire retailer Delticom will purchase control of Tirendo Holding an…
Hankook planning central R&D centre
Added: 17 Sep 2013
Seoul, South Korea – Hankook is to build a tire test engineering centre in Sangju, South Korea.
Betw…
Hankook to build tire proving grounds in South Korea
Added: 16 Sep 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Seoul, South Korea – Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. will build a $240 million tire prov…
REP Group acquires devulcanisation specialist Watson Brown HS
Added: 16 Sep 2013
REP Group acquires devulcanisation specialist Watson Brown HS
ERJ staff report (BC)
Lyon-Corbas, Fran…
Avon Tyres sponsors 'Four Corners of Britain' charity ride
Added: 16 Sep 2013
Melksham, UK – Avon Tyres recently backed a successful sidecar charity ride which reached all four …
Indian rubber production will be lower in fiscal 2013-4
Added: 13 Sep 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
New Delhi – Natural rubber (NR) production in India during the current fiscal …
Latex paint spill leaves highway painted blue
Added: 13 Sep 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Westchester, New York – A five-mile stretch of Interstate Highway 287 was left…
TPE provides a tight seal for bio-waste container filter covers
Added: 13 Sep 2013
TPE provides a tight seal for bio-waste container filter covers
ERJ staff report (BC)
Waldkraiburg, G…
Grand River Rubber eyes Europe, Asia markets after acquisition
Added: 13 Sep 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Ashtabula, Ohio – Grand River Rubber & Plastics Co. is aiming to make major i…
Thai rubber farmers accept government deal, call off next protest
Added: 12 Sep 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Bangkok, Thailand – A network of Thai rubber farmers said on 10 September that…
UK online tire fitting firm secures £1.5m investment
Added: 12 Sep 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Richmond, Surrey, UK – Online mobile tire-fitting company Tyres On The Drive t…
Master Bond launches flame-retardant two-part silicone potter
Added: 12 Sep 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Hackensack, New Jersey – Master Bond is offering a thermally conductive two-pa…
Technology challenging tire makers - Cooper exec.
Added: 12 Sep 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Fairlawn, Ohio – The frenetic pace of technology will leave some tire compani…
BASF rolls out paper coating binders to northern Europe
Added: 12 Sep 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Ludwigshafen, Germany – Chemicals major BASF has extended production of its "c…
