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Philippines provincial governor downplays cartel allegations
Added: 20 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
North Cotabato, Philippines – Experts have blamed the absence of modern proces…

Bridgestone opens tech centre in Bangkok
Added: 19 Aug 2013
Bridgestone opens tech centre in Bangkok
ERJ staff report (BC)
Bangkok – Bridgestone Corp. has opened…

JK Tyre surveys south east Asian prospects
Added: 19 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Kolkata: JK Tyre & Industries Ltd has said it is bullish on south east Asia wi…

Sibur's new TPE capacity on stream
Added: 19 Aug 2013
Voronezh, Russia – Sibur has started production of styrene-butadiene thermoplastic elastomers (TPE)…

Philippines province wants to sort out rubber cartels
Added: 19 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Kidapawan City, Philippines – The Provincial Government of North Cotabato is h…

Three organisations join IRSG panel
Added: 16 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Singapore – The International Rubber Study Group has added three organisation…

Brit's tire enquiry leads to Winter Paralympics sponsorship
Added: 16 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Leamington Spa, UK – There was an unexpected bonus when a Warwick paralympian …

UK Rubber in Engineering Group to discuss extending the life of rubber products
Added: 16 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
London – The Rubber in Engineering Group (RIEG) will hold an afternoon discuss…

RubberCon 2014: Call for papers
Added: 16 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
London – The annual global rubber conference RubberCon will take place from 14…

JK Tyre Q1 net profit jumps threefold
Added: 15 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
New Delhi: JK Tyre and Industries today said its consolidated net profit surge…

Semperit claims best ever half-year results
Added: 15 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Vienna – Semperit Group has reported the best half-year results in its history…

Truck fleets choose tires on rolling resistance, then mileage - Goodyear
Added: 15 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Brussels – A survey commissioned by Goodyear in several European countries rev…

Malaysian rubber output down from a year ago
Added: 15 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia's natural rubber (NR) production in June rose 33.1 per…

Pirelli increases share of Russian tire JV
Added: 14 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Moscow – Pirelli & C. S.p.A. is increasing its ownership stake in the Moscow …

PentaCarbon and Kremenchug partner on ultra-clean C blacks
Added: 14 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Haltern am See, Germany – Following a joint development project, carbon black …

Trelleborg's Brawler will tackle global OTR tire market
Added: 14 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Tivoli, Italy – Industrial tire maker Trelleborg Wheel Systems has announced p…

Delta Rubber relocates to keep pace with growth
Added: 13 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Christchurch, UK – A Hampshire-based rubber firm has moved headquarters after …

Mesnac acquires TMSI
Added: 13 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Qingdao, China – Tire equipment manufacturer and software provider Mesnac has …

Invista teams with SilicoLife on bio-derived butadiene
Added: 13 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Wichita, Kansas and Guimaraes, Portugal – Chemicals and materials supplier Inv…

Howe reviews history of latex allergy issue
Added: 13 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Akron, Ohio – William Howe got an inkling in 1991 that a major storm was comi…