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Eni/Genomatica JV for bio-based butadiene finalised
Added: 12 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
San Donato Milanese, Italy – Eni elastomer production subsidiary Versalis and …
Thailand and Malaysia set up rubber zones along border
Added: 12 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Bangkok – Thailand and Malaysia will collaborate in setting up rubber indust…
Bridgestone to highlight loader and dozer tires at Bauma
Added: 12 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Zaventem, Belgium – At the forthcoming Bauma trade fair for construction equip…
Zeon delays start-up of Singapore SSBR plant
Added: 12 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Jurong Island, Singapore – Zeon Corp. has said the start-up of its planned S…
Cooper JV to expand Indiana sealing operations
Added: 12 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Bremen, Indiana – Nishikawa Cooper LLC, an automotive sealing systems manuf…
China's March synthetic rubber imports rise 44 percent on month, 10 percent on year
Added: 11 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Singapore – China imported 147 733m tonnes of synthetic rubber in March, up 44…
Rubber companies in Liberia should shift focus
Added: 11 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Monrovia – Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has challenged rubber proc…
Tire sales from supermarket car parks?
Added: 11 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Dublin –The supermarket giant Tesco is reportedly working on a deal for tire f…
Continental invests in Slovakia
Added: 11 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG plans to expand its Slovak operations in a…
Hankook launches bead-to-bead retread truck tire range
Added: 11 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Birmingham, UK – Hankook Tire says it has developed a bead-to-bead retread t…
ContiTech sales up 3.6% in 2012
Added: 11 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Hanover, Germany – ContiTech AG says it remains “on course for success” aft…
Simrit fluorosilicone approved for aerospace use
Added: 10 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Plymouth, Michigan – Simrit, a division of Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologi…
Pirelli announces its nine best suppliers of 2012
Added: 10 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Milan – Having spent around €4bn to acquire goods and services in 2012, Pirell…
French workers sue Goodyear in Ohio to save jobs
Added: 10 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Akron, Ohio – French workers from Goodyear’s troubled Amiens plant have sued…
Kultevat, KeyGene partner on Russian dandelion rubber project
Added: 10 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
By Mike McNulty, Rubber & Plastics News
Carlsbad, California – Kultevat LLC…
Pirelli reviewing European commercial structure
Added: 10 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Milan Italy – Pirelli & C. S.p.A. is reviewing its European commercial stru…
KKR paying €498m for Alliance Tire
Added: 9 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
New Delhi – New York-based private equity group Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) …
Trelleborg acquires deep-sea composites company
Added: 9 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg Offshore & Construction has finalised the acqu…
Yokohama expansion project enters second phase
Added: 9 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Fullerton, California – Mike McNulty of Rubber & Plastics News has updated on …
County Antrim farmer wins tractor tires from Goodyear Agri Club
Added: 9 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Birmingham, UK – A County Antrim, Northern Ireland farmer has taken delivery o…
