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Conti exec sees 'renewable' tire by 2020

Added: 17 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (TB)

Tire Business report

Hanover, Germany — A key engineering executive at Cont…

Styrenics market worth $109 billion by 2018, study says

Added: 17 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Dallas, Texas – The global styrenics market, including styrene butadiene rub…

Styron appoints Stasse as VP and treasurer

Added: 16 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Berwyn, Pennsylvania – Styron, a global manufacturer of rubber, latex and pl…

Rubber hits one-week low as China slowdown cuts demand

Added: 16 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Beijing – Rubber prices dropped to a one-week low amid concerns that deman…

Old tire blamed for causing fatal coach crash

Added: 16 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

London – Three people returning from a UK music festival died after a coach …

Michelin opens patents to promote tire RFID standard

Added: 16 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Boulogne-Billancourt – Reliable radio frequency identification (RFID) of tires…

Radial truck tire plant opens in Vietnam

Added: 16 Jul 2013

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Da Nang, Vietnam – Da Nang Rubber Joint Stock Co. has opened a radial truck ti…

Semperit invests €40m in Poland conveyor belt production

Added: 15 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Vienna – The conveyor belt business of the Semperit Group is investing €40 m…

Michelin Supercar Run showcases Koenigsegg and Jaguar 'hypercars'

Added: 15 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Clermont Ferrand, France – The fastest accelerating supercar at the UK’s Goodw…

Pirelli targeting 'green performance' in Mexico

Added: 15 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (TB)

By Bruce Davis, Tire Business staff

Mexico City, Mexico – Pirelli Tyre S.p…

Now, silicone rubber lips to ward off wrinkles

Added: 15 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

New York – Silicone rubber lips claimed to prevent wrinkles by exercising faci…

New Goodyear blimp takes shape

Added: 15 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Akron, Ohio – Construction of the new Goodyear blimp is in full flow, as the…

Rubber Board of India has big plans for country's northeast

Added: 15 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Agartala, India – With Tripura emerging as the second largest rubber growing s…

No bad hair days with Kraiburg TPE

Added: 12 Jul 2013

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Waldkraiburg, Germany – Goldwell, a supplier of professional hair care product…

Indian rubber societies to honour mechanised tapping pioneers

Added: 12 Jul 2013

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Kottayam, India – The Rubber Board of India has organised silver jubilee celeb…

Volkswagen honours Pirelli

Added: 12 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Rubber & Plastics News report

Dresden, Germany – Volkswagen Group has honou…

Conti to issue €750m Eurobond

Added: 12 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (TB)

Tire Business Report

Hanover, Germany – Continental A.G. is issuing a Eur…

Asahi Kasei formally opens solution SBR plant

Added: 12 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Singapore – Asahi Kasei Chemicals (AKC) held an opening ceremony on 11 July on…

Giti wins major Chinese tire supply bid

Added: 11 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Bonn, Germany – Giti Tire has won its bid to supply tire to the China Nation…

Football sponsorship activities boost brand awareness, Conti says

Added: 11 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Hanover, Germany – Continental says its links with two major sporting event…