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Solvay breaks ground on silica plant in Poland
Added: 23 May 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Wloclawek, Poland – Solvay S.A. has officially broken ground for its state-of…

Bridgestone praised in UK for carbon emission efforts
Added: 23 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Warwick, UK – The UK Freight Transport Association’s (FTA) climate change poli…

Smithers Rapra webinar will help avoid rubber product failure
Added: 22 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Shawbury, UK – On 5 June, Smithers Rapra rubber expert Gary will host a 60-min…

Goodyear to sell retail stores in New Zealand
Added: 22 May 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
Melbourne, Australia – Goodyear & Dunlop Tyres has agreed to sell its Beaurepa…

Longest continuous run claimed for tire-to-raw-materials facility
Added: 22 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Ajax, Ontario, Canada – Environmental Waste International Inc. (EWI) has annou…

Import duty hike wanted to protect Indian rubber farmers
Added: 22 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
New Delhi – The Commerce Department of India wants the country’s Finance Minis…

Bombardier commuter plane lands safely with blown tire
Added: 21 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Spokane, Washington State, USA – A Horizon Q400 commuter plane landed safely a…

Bridgestone tires app shortlisted for award
Added: 21 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Warwick, UK – The Bridgestone “Challenge” app has been shortlisted in the Best…

Bridgestone wins patent infringement lawsuit in China
Added: 21 May 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Qingdao, China – Bridgestone Corp. has won a design patent infringement lawsu…

'Dangerous' tire supplier fined
Added: 21 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Cumnock, Scotland – A Former employee of a tire business has been fined at Kil…

European car sales trough may have passed for SBR makers
Added: 21 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
London – Styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) producers have some reason to hope the…

Tire firm fined after bales fell on worker
Added: 20 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
London – A Burton-on-Trent, UK tire collection and recycling company has been …

Addivant to highlight rubber and tire additives at Chinaplas 2013
Added: 20 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Middlebury, Connecticut, USA – Speciality additive supplier Addivant USA will …

Rubber on baseball bat saves teacher from lightning strike
Added: 20 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Ottawa, Canada – An Ontario school teacher said he survived being struck by li…

Apollo Tyres drops fundraising plan
Added: 20 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Chennai, India – Apollo Tyres, has decided to drop its plan to raise Rs8bn (€1…

Trelleborg concedes EU cartel judgement
Added: 17 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Trelleborg, Sweden – The General Court of the European Union (GCEU) has affirm…

Conti compounds offer improved grip for pro marathon runners
Added: 17 May 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Hanover, Germany -- Tire manufacturer Continental says it has been supplying…

Asia Carbon conversion on schedule
Added: 17 May 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN/LMH)
New York — Asia Carbon Industries Inc. said its conversion of carbon bla…

Slight EU car market growth in April - ACEA
Added: 17 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Brussels –
In April, the EU market for new passenger cars grew for the first ti…

Apollo Tyres lands quality award
Added: 17 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Gurgaon, India – Apollo Tyres’ Chennai, India, plant has won the platinum (fir…