Latest News

Myanmar commissions country's first tire plant
Added: 30 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
Yangon City, Myanmar – Myanmar Economic Corp., an enterprise tied to Myanmar's…

Trelleborg to launch apps at farm show
Added: 30 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
Anagni, Italy – Trelleborg Wheel Systems S.p.A. will debut three digital apps …

Artist to paint UK parliament building in latex
Added: 30 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
London – New York-based artist, historian and architect Jorge Otero-Pailos wil…

Man U. signs another tire maker as sponsor
Added: 30 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Manchester, UK – Manchester United soccer club has announced a sponsorship agr…

Lotréc launches aqueous PA mandrel lubricant
Added: 30 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Lidingö, Sweden – Release agent manufacturer Lotréc AB has announced Lubko 182…

Pirelli deal strengthens distribution network in Brazil
Added: 29 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
Sao Paulo, Brazil – Pirelli Tyre S.p.A. has struck a preliminary deal to stren…

Ecclestone denies that Michelin could replace Pirelli in Formula One
Added: 29 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (AW)
Detroit, Michigan – Bernie Ecclestone insists that Pirelli will remain as F1's…

ABS market expected to reach $26.1 billion in 2018
Added: 29 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Albany, New York – According to a new market report published by Transparency …

SEAT launches online tire ordering
Added: 29 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Barcelona, Spain – Carmaker SEAT claims that “changing rubber has never been s…

Latex Foam supports Ghana's national tourist awards
Added: 29 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Accra, Ghana – Latex Foam Rubber Products Ltd has presented a cheque for GH¢23…

Thai rubber farmers' protest continues
Added: 28 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Bangkok, Thailand – Protests by rubber farmers protest in the southern Thai pr…

Lanxess helps fleets save with 'green' tires
Added: 28 Aug 2013
Lanxess helps fleets save with ‘green’ tires
ERJ staff report (BC)
Cologne – Synthetic rubber Lanxess…

Germany's ZF discusses sale of rubber and plastics unit to Chinese firm
Added: 28 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (PN)
Friedrichshafen, Germany – ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Germany’s third largest auto…

Thousands of tires burn in UK West Midlands
Added: 27 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Birmingham, UK – About 40 firefighters tackled a blaze involving around 5,000 …

Momentive to lauch ultraviolet-curing LSR at K 2013
Added: 27 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Leverkusen, Germany – Momentive Performance Materials (MPM) will unveil its la…

Greenpeace protests against Shell Oil at Belgian Grand Prix
Added: 27 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (AW)
Greenpeace says that 35 of its activists were involved in a carefully coordina…

Michelin “seriously considering†2014 return to F1
Added: 27 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Paris – Tire manufacturer Michelin is seriously considering a return to Formul…

Thai rubber farmers protest at end of subsidy
Added: 27 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Bangkok, Thailand – Thai rubber farmers held a protest in a southern province …

Trelleborg receives largest ever offshore oil and gas order
Added: 27 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Houston, Texas – Trelleborg A.B. has been awarded a contract to supply drill …

£80m Teesside tire recycling plant seeks investment boost
Added: 22 Aug 2013
pERJ staff report (BC)
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK – Bosses behind a major tire recycling plant on Teess…