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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…