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Dow Corning adds new healthcare silicone elastomer
Added: 15 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Pittsfield, Massachusetts – Dow Corning presented a new silicone technology …

Fuel saving app helps drivers select summer tires
Added: 15 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Leverkusen, Germany – Speciality chemical company Lanxess says its fuel savi…

Michelin to debut tire on Mercedes Black
Added: 15 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Stoke-on-Trent, UK – The Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tire will premiere on th…

ATS strengthens service with Hitachi capital
Added: 15 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Birmingham, UK – Tire services and distribution firm ATS Euromaster is worki…

Apollo launches uniform bias commercial vehicle tire
Added: 14 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Gurgaon, India – Apollo Tyres has introduced to the Indian market the XMR cros…

Asian rubber prices fall as China clears Qingdao warehouses
Added: 14 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Singapore – Natural rubber prices in Asia this week slid to the lowest levels …

Tire software firm joins UK tire safety promoter
Added: 14 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Dursley, UK – Tire management software provider CAM Systems is joining tire sa…

Lotte Chemical going into PBR
Added: 14 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Seoul – Lotte Chemical Corp., a South Korean petrochemical company, said on 13…

Doctor 'used silicone fingers' to sign in for colleagues
Added: 14 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
São Paulo – A Brazilian doctor faces charges of fraud after being caught on ca…

Tubeless tire market set to grow in India
Added: 14 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Naperville, Illinois – The tubeless tire market in India will continue to gro…

Nokian test driver sets ice speed record
Added: 14 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
Oulu, Finland – Nokian Tyres test driver Janne Laitinen has set a new world re…

TrelleborgVibracoustic and HSS Otomotiv join forces in vehicle air springs
Added: 13 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Weinheim, Germany/Bursa, Turkey – TrelleborgVibracoustic and HSS Otomotiv have…

Cooper and partners review progress in guayule programme
Added: 13 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
San Antonio, Texas – Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. met recently with its consortiu…

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…