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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

ERJ staff report (BC)

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

Indian rubber societies to honour mechanised tapping pioneers

Added: 12 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

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…

Plane blows tire on takeoff at Indianapolis; returns for emergency landing

Added: 11 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Indianapolis – A regional jet blew a tire during takeoff at Indianapolis airpo…

BBC show claims 'shocking' tactics from Kwik Fit mechanics

Added: 11 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

London – The BBC 1 television show Your Money, Their Tricks carried out an und…

Lanxess moves corporate HQ to Cologne

Added: 11 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Leverkusen, Germany – Speciality chemicals company Lanxess is relocating its h…

Indian rubber prices reach nine-month high as rains disrupt tapping

Added: 10 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Kochi, India – With heavy rains disrupting rubber tapping in Kerala, the large…

KSB joins bio-elastomer project

Added: 10 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Maisons-Alfort, France – Pump and valve manufacturer KSB has joined the French…

Apollo investors advise against Cooper deal

Added: 10 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Mumbai – Concerned investors of Apollo Tyres are persuading the company to …

Hydrogels can now be stuck to hydrophobic silicone substrates

Added: 10 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois – University of Illinois bioengineers have found a …

Giti appoints former Michelin director to head of German markets

Added: 10 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Bonn, Germany – Giti Tire has appointed former Michelin director Rainer Hart…

Pirelli breathes sigh of relief as German Grand Prix passes without mishap

Added: 9 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Milan – Pirelli's motorsport director Paul Hembery pronounced himself satisfie…

Dow Corning joins Imec to advance 3D integrated circuit packaging

Added: 9 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

San Francisco – Dow Corning, which calims leading status silicones and silicon…

Firestone expansion aims to speed up deliveries

Added: 9 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (RPN)

Wolsztyn, Poland – It won't be long until European customers of Firestone Ind…

Freudenberg-NOK supplies seals to new Airbus A350

Added: 9 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Plymouth, Michigan – Freudenberg-NOK, a global sealing supplier to the aero…