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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 €…

Pirelli warns it could quit F1
Added: 24 May 2013
Monaco – Formula One tire supplier Pirelli warned teams on 23 May that it will quit the sport at th…

Rubber in Engineering Group to tour TARRC laboratory and discuss medical elastomers
Added: 24 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
London – The Rubber in Engineering Group of the Polymer Society (RIEG) is hold…

Smithers Rapra webinar will address rubber recycling and reuse
Added: 24 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Shawbury, UK – On 2 July, Smithers Rapra expert Dr Martin Forrest will host a …

Egg-shaped school waterproofed by 1.2mm EPDM membrane
Added: 24 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Gaerwen, UK – A rubber membrane just 1.2mm thick has waterproofed an egg-shape…