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Michelin helps farmers avoid soil compaction

Added: 13 Mar 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Stoke-on-Trent –Michelin has created a free downloadable guide advising farmer…

Myanmar stretches rubber exports

Added: 13 Mar 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Yangon – More than 8,000 tonnes of rubber were exported from Myanmar in Februa…

Gaundong launches latex one-way vision film

Added: 13 Mar 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Milan – Italian-based Chinese substrate sourcing specialist Gaundong has augme…

Tire Technology Professionals group now on LinkedIn

Added: 12 Mar 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Kocaeli, Turkey – Murat Arslanoglu has launched a Tire Technology Professional…

Design student makes prizewinning chair from 65 000 rubber bands

Added: 12 Mar 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

London – Preston Moeller, 26, an industrial design student at Appalachian Stat…

Pirelli upbeat on 2012 results despite €1.2bn group deficit

Added: 12 Mar 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Milan, Italy – The Pirelli group issued its results for the year 2012 on 11 Fe…

Conti develops networking potential at Supplier Innovation Day

Added: 12 Mar 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Regensburg, Germany – Continental said it has developed closer networking li…

Toyo launches auto centre in Malaysia

Added: 12 Mar 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Osaka, Japan – Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd’s Malaysian subsidiary has opened…

Tire degradation to play major role in Formula 1 2013

Added: 12 Mar 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

London – McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh says that tire degradation …

Mitas suggests cross-plies for farmyard telehandling

Added: 11 Mar 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Prague, Czech Republic – As telehandlers have become more sophisticated, agric…

Kenda set to benefit from rising China tire demand

Added: 11 Mar 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Taipei, Taiwan – Tire manufacturer Kenda Rubber Industrial Co is likely to see…

Don't say 'latex free' - Food and Drug Administration

Added: 11 Mar 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Washington, DC – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued draft …

Tokai acquires Brazilian AVS maker

Added: 11 Mar 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Komaki City, Japan – Tokai Rubber Industries Ltd is to acquire Produflex Min…

New silicones for orthopaedic, encapsulant and reactive material applications

Added: 11 Mar 2013

ERJ staff report (RPN)

Detroit, Michigan – Rubber & Plastics News has reported launches of new silic…

Cooper Tire to add global tech centre at Ohio site

Added: 11 Mar 2013

ERJ staff report (RPN)

By Mike McNulty, Rubber & Plastics News

Findlay, Ohio — Cooper Tire & Rubbe…

China plant to become Pirelli's largest

Added: 11 Mar 2013

ERJ staff report (TB)

Tire Business Staff Report

Yanzhou, China — Pirelli Tyre S.p.A. is investin…

Universal launches expansion

Added: 11 Mar 2013

ERJ staff report (RPN)

By Mike McNulty, Rubber & Plastics News

Middlefield, Ohio—An acquisition ma…

British tire fitters ordered to quit over noise

Added: 8 Mar 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Burnley, UK – The owners of a tire-fitting operation in Burnley, Lancashire ha…

Lanxess to temporarily shut down butyl and EPDM production

Added: 8 Mar 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Leverkusen, Germany – Speciality chemical company Lanxess AG is to temporari…

Italian minister criticises Bridgestone plant closure

Added: 8 Mar 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Rome – The Italian Minister of industry Corrado Passera has written to Bridg…