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Neoprene gaskets manage oil from sunken ship
Added: 24 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
St John’s, Canada – The Canadian Coast Guard has used weighted neoprene gasket…

World silicones demand to rise 5.9 percent annually to 2017 - Freedonia
Added: 24 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
New York – A market research report from Freedonia expects world demand for si…

Falken's first all-year tire geared to Europe
Added: 23 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Offenbach am Main, Germany – The Euroall Season AS200 tire from Falken is tail…

Tire equipment supplier Myers targeting India
Added: 23 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Akron, Ohio – Myers Tire Supply International, a distributor of tools, supplie…

Yokohama tells Australians to expect fruitier tires
Added: 23 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Sidney, Australia – Yokohama Tyre is making bold predictions about the future …

Expert forecasts SBR prices to remain stable, but high
Added: 23 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Styrene-butadiene rubber prices should be relatively stable this year and next…

Thailand will not continue rubber export curbs
Added: 23 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Bangkok – Thailand, the world's biggest rubber producer and exporter, will not…

Dunlop backing new junior motocross championship
Added: 23 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Birmingham, UK – Dunlop will supply tires for the new Honda European 150 Champ…

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 …