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Titan to enter Russian tire market
Added: 7 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Moscow – Tire manufacturer Titan International may enter the Russian market, b…
More oil storage capacity for Ergon Europe
Added: 7 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Waterloo, Belgium – Ergon Europe MEA, Inc. has added six oil tanks at the Sea …
Christian Caleca named director-general of French Rubber & Polymer Centre
Added: 7 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Paris-Vitry, France – CFCP (the Centre Français du Caoutchouc et des Polymères…
Italy's Malacalza buys 7 percent of Pirelli
Added: 6 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Milan – Italy's Malacalza Investimenti said on Wednesday it had acquired a 6.9…
Continental invests in Slovakia
Added: 6 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Prague – Continental AG plans to expand its Slovak operations in an investment…
Bridgestone rules out re-entering F1
Added: 6 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
London – Bridgestone has confirmed it won’t make a comeback to Formula One tir…
Sava truck tires released
Added: 6 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Birmingham, UK – Goodyear’s Sava Tyres is launching a new range of 17.5-inch t…
China surplus stocks to aggravate pressure on Asia butadiene market - ICIS
Added: 6 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Singapore – Asia’s spot butadiene (BD) prices may face strong downward pressur…
Lanxess opens Singapore butyl rubber plant
Added: 5 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Singapore – German speciality chemicals company Lanxess opened a €400m rubber …
Wacker develops modular system for silicone rubber
Added: 5 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Munich, Germany – Wacker Chemie A.G. said it has developed a modular system f…
First UK fleet deal for Westlake
Added: 5 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Melton Mowbray, UK - Leicestershire-based transport operator Charles Brown & S…
Westlake Tyres launches RP28 car tire at Autopromotec
Added: 4 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Bologna, Italy – Westlake Tyres, a brand of Chinese tire maker Hangzhou Zhongc…
Trelleborg rolls out co-marketing campaign
Added: 4 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
Lago di Garda, Italy - Trelleborg Wheel Systems S.p.A. is rolling out its firs…
ContiTech inaugurates Serbian plant
Added: 4 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Hanover – ContiTech AG has formally opened a €10m production plant for hose li…
Sumitomo to buy South African tire maker from India's Apollo
Added: 3 Jun 2013
Osaka – Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd said on 29 May that it will acquire a South African subsidia…
New heat-resistant elastomer feed roller from Automatik
Added: 3 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Oberglatt, Swizerland – Automatik Plastic Machinery has developed an elastomer…
Solvay completes second REACH registration phase
Added: 3 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Brussels – Solvay has met the 1 June 2013 deadline for registering 161 chemica…
Kraton joint venture project to supply market in 2015
Added: 3 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (PNC)
Guangzhou, China – Kraton Performance Polymers Inc. said that its joint ventu…
Yokohama Rubber plants more trees to help earthquake remediation
Added: 24 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Tokyo – The Yokohama Rubber Co. planted about 5 000 trees on 18 May to help su…
EU court slashes Parker's €26m fine over marine hose cartel
Added: 24 May 2013
New York – A European Union court last week slashed an antitrust fine against Parker ITR Srl from €…
