Latest News

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…

Apollo Tires scores three-year deal with Man Utd
Added: 22 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (PRW)
Gurgaon, India – Apollo Tyres, the Indian-owned tire manufacturer, announced …

Scottish school's tire firm sponsorship signs banned
Added: 22 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
London – Signs put up at a school as part of a sponsorship deal with a tire co…

Conti's Russian plant starts trial production
Added: 22 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Kaluga, Russia – Continental A.G.’s Russian subsidiary has begun trial product…

Keyuan Petrochemicals boosting SSBR capacity
Added: 22 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Ningbo, China – Keyuan Petrochemicals Inc. is to augment its solution polymeri…

Rubber pundits converge on Kochi
Added: 22 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Kochi, India – Two rubber conferences are to be hosted shortly at Kochi, notes…