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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…

Bladder maker prepares for global expansion by rebranding
Added: 27 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
West Haven, Connecticut – Tire bladder maker Polymer Industrial Products (P…

Wacker unveils two silicone products for medical industry
Added: 27 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Rubber & Plastics News
Adrian, Michigan — Wacker Chemie AG has launched sili…

Mercedes guilty of breaking F1 tire testing rules with Pirelli
Added: 27 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
By Adam Cooper, Autoweek
Detroit, Michigan — Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team and …

Italian exports of rubber machinery decreases
Added: 27 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Rubber & Plastics News Report
Milan, Italy—Assocomaplast, the Italian polyme…

South Asian rubber producing countries plan regional rubber market
Added: 25 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Bangkok – Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia, under the framework of the Inter…

Chinese court rules for Sino Legend in trade secret case
Added: 25 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Miles Moore, Rubber & Plastics News Staff
Zhangjiagang City, China—Shanghai…

Ceat JV in Bangladesh moving forward
Added: 25 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
Tire Business Staff Report
Mumbai, India — A Ceat Ltd joint venture in Banglad…