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Operating profit, sales increase for Pirelli
Added: 7 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Milan, Italy – Pirelli & C. S.p.A. reported 4.2 percent better operating profi…
Hartalega Q1FY13 profit climbs 18 percent
Added: 7 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia – Nitrile glove manufacturer Hartalega Holdings Bhd sa…
Heavy monsoon triggers local rubber price hike in Kerala
Added: 7 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Mumbai, India – Heavy rain in Kerala for the past two months has badly hit rub…
Used tire ban would cripple transportation, say Ghanaian dealers
Added: 7 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Kumasi, Ghana – Secondhand dealers in Ghana’s Ashanti region are opposing a le…
Apollo Tyres profit up 19 percent in Q1 FY2013-14
Added: 7 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Gurgaon, India – Apollo Tyres has announced unaudited results for the first qu…
Sibur and Sinopec start synthetic rubber JV at Krasnoyarsk
Added: 6 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Moscow – China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) and Russian petrol…
Versalis to make hydrocarbon resins at Priolo plant
Added: 6 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
San Donato Milanese – Versalis (Eni) has signed a partnership agreement with N…
Avon to supply respiratory masks to US defence department
Added: 6 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Melksham, UK – Avon Rubber has been awarded a sole-source contract by the US D…
Lanxess: Q2 net income down 95 percent; 2013 will 'remain challenging'
Added: 6 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Cologne, Germany – Lanxess expects the business year 2013 to “remain challengi…
Indian Rubber Board to tap into rural employment support scheme
Added: 5 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
New Delhi, India – The state-run Indian Rubber Board is turning to the country…
Global styrenics consumption set to grow by 4.8 percent annually until 2018
Added: 5 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Dublin – Styrenics consumption is estimated to be poised at 35m tonnes in 2013…
Chinese tire industry to consolidate
Added: 5 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
Panama City, Panama – The Chinese tire industry is undergoing a consolidation …
HF acquires Coperion's universal mixer business
Added: 5 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Freudenberg, Germany – Harburg-Freudenberger Maschinenbau GmbH (HF), has taken…
Runaway truck tire chased down by police officer
Added: 2 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Newark, New Jersey – A runaway tire heading towards idling cars in Port Newark…
Returning UK soldiers grounded for 48 hours in defence ministry tire farce
Added: 2 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
London – Hundreds of battle-weary troops flying home from Afghanistan endured …
GSDI launches dispersion for silicone rubber
Added: 2 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Barberton, Ohio – GSDI, a subsidiary of PolyOne Corp. and a producer of dispe…
Sinopec hikes East, North China butadiene prices
Added: 2 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Singapore – China Petroleum and Chemical Corp., also known as the Sinopec, h…
Cooper Standard acquires Jyco Sealing
Added: 2 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
By Chris Sweeney, Rubber & Plastics News
Novi, Michigan – Cooper Standard …
Silicone microfluidic system could cut air conditioning costs
Added: 1 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Boston, Massachusetts – A bioinspired microfluidic circulatory system for wind…
Rubber slat mats could improve animal well-being, researchers say
Added: 1 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Dublin – Rubber slat mats could help protect swine from lameness, claw lesio…
