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UK foam specialist mixes with the best
Added: 19 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (PRW)
Blackburn, UK – Silicone sponge manufacturer SFS has “significantly boosted” …

Gaggione introduces liquid silicone optics
Added: 19 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Montreal-la-Cluse, France – Optical component supplier Gaggione has launched a…

Semperit places €125m corporate loan
Added: 19 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Vienna -- Semperit AG Holding has successfully placed a corporate Schuldsc…

Pirelli claims new tires reduce noise for car occupants
Added: 18 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
Milan, Italy – Pirelli Tyre S.p.A. has developed tires for Audi Group that are…

Latex mattress maker offers insomnia advice
Added: 18 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
St. Louis, Missouri – Boyd Latex Mattresses (BLM) is looking to educate consum…

Researchers present biodegradablity solution for rubber waste
Added: 18 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Mesa, Arizona – A team of US researchers say they have developed a new techn…

Schaeffler agrees €3.9 billion refinancing
Added: 18 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Herzogenaurach, Germany – German auto components supplier Schaeffler has sig…

Bridgestone opens tire retread plant in Osaka
Added: 18 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Osaka, Japan – Bridgestone Corp. has opened a plant in Osaka, Japan for used…

European tire demand up and down
Added: 18 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
Tire Business report
Brussels — Replacement tire demand in Europe continues…

Toyo Tire's Thai subsidiary aims for 5 percent of market
Added: 17 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Bangkok – Toyo Tire (Thailand) Co (TTT), a subsidiary of Toyo Tire & Rubber Co…

Tire racket busted in Oman
Added: 17 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Muscat – The Public Authority for Consumer Protection of Oman (PACP) has expos…

Qingdao rubber inventory slips on economy concerns
Added: 17 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Singapore – Inventory of imported rubber in China's bonded warehouses in Qingd…

ContiTech adds larger dimension actuators to portfolio
Added: 17 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Hanover, Germany – ContiTech has broadened its range of fixed-connection air…

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
ERJ staff report (BC)
Da Nang, Vietnam – Da Nang Rubber Joint Stock Co. has opened a radial truck ti…