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Sinopec cuts SBR prices by 5-6 percent
Added: 4 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Singapore – China Petroleum and Chemical Corp, or Sinopec, slashed its ex-work…
Lanxess opens first production facility in Russia
Added: 4 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Leverkusen – Lanxess subsidiary Rhein Chemie has opened the group’s first Russ…
Pelmar to distribute Malcam analytical instruments to rubber industry
Added: 4 Jul 2013
Ramat-Hasharon, Israel – Microwave instrumentation specialist Malcam has appointed Pelmar Engineeri…
Dunlop wins Flybe jet tire deal
Added: 4 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Birmingham, UK – Dunlop Aircraft Tyres (DAT) has won an exclusive five-year de…
TPU demand growing
Added: 3 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
London – Thermoplastic polyurethanes account for less than 5 percent of total …
Titan lowers earnings guidance amid tire inventory glut
Added: 3 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
New York – Titan International has lowered its 2013 earnings guidance as a res…
Mixed messages from Pirelli on F1 tire failures
Added: 3 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Milan – Following the spectacular series of tire failures at the British Grand…
Cooper launches wet-weather tire for European rallycross
Added: 2 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Melksham, UK – Cooper Tire has launched a new 17-inch wet-weather tire for the…
FIA opens the door for Formula One tire tests
Added: 2 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
London – Formula One's governing body will allow in-season testing in a bid to…
Lanxess completes ACE conversion
Added: 2 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Leverkusen, Germany – Lanxess A.G. has completed the conversion of its Keltan…
'Our work is done' - SafeRubber
Added: 2 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Brussels – The SafeRubber research consortium has come up with a safer alterna…
Formula One crisis follows Silverstone tire failures
Added: 1 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Silverstone, UK – Formula One tire supplier Pirelli faced a full-on crisis on …
Jumbo raids force farmers to plant rubber in Malabar
Added: 1 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Kozhikode, India – Marauding elephants are inadvertently making the south west…
Prosthetic silicone foot offers lame duck a livelier future
Added: 1 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
New York – Tennessee duckling buttercup was born with a deformed (backward-fac…
Philippines tire market could reach €2.15 billion by 2018 - Research and Markets
Added: 1 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Dublin – The Philippines might well be the next big tire market in Asia, accor…
Lanxess to rationalise rubber chemicals business
Added: 27 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Lanxess is ‘streamlining’ its rubber chemicals business. The realignment wil…
Liberty CEO forecasts recycled rubber market will grow
Added: 27 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Miles Moore, Rubber & Plastics News
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania—Despite the wea…
TPMS not a replacement for basic tyre checks, Michelin says
Added: 27 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Stoke-on-Trent, UK – Michelin’s UK head of fleet has issued a warning to dri…
Asia Pacific dominates synthetic rubber market, study says
Added: 27 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
London -- German business analyst consultancy Ceresana has published a detai…
Yokohama adds large-size radial tire for construction, mining vehicles
Added: 27 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd has added a large-size radial tire for r…
