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Sibur, Reliance start construction of butyl rubber plant
Added: 25 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Jamnagar, India – Reliance Sibur Elastomers Private Ltd (RSEPL), a joint ven…
Toyoda Gosei setting up plant in Brazil
Added: 25 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (PN)
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Kiyosu, Japan – Japanese automotive supplier Toyoda Gos…
GTR launches motorcycle tires
Added: 25 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Karachi, Pakistan – General Tyre and Rubber (GTR) has invested PKR 500m (Euro …
Mitas highlights Super Flexion tire at agri-business show
Added: 25 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Paris – Agricultural tire maker Mitas is unveiling a Super Flexion Tire at SIM…
Qatar Petroleum leads investigation of tire factors in accidents
Added: 25 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Doha, Qatar – Qatar Petroleum (QP) has embarked on a collaborative project to …
Dow loses urethane pricefixing case
Added: 25 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Kansas City – Dow Chemical Co. has been ordered to more than $400m (Euro 303m…
Thai minister 'shocked' by rotting rubber in store
Added: 25 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Bangkok – Thai deputy agriculture and cooperatives minister Yuthapong Charassa…
Paphos tire shop in goes up in flames
Added: 22 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Nicosia, Cyprus – A Tire shop in Thermopilon Street, at the entrance to the Pa…
Arkema's hydrophilic TPE suits medical applications
Added: 22 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Colombes, France – Arkema has launched a hydrophilic grade of its Pebax polyet…
UK auto making gearing up for strong year, says SMMT
Added: 22 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
London – The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has issued Janu…
Cooper to open global technical centre
Added: 22 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
Findlay, Ohio – Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is working with the State of Ohio to …
Bridgestone to build new plant at Shenyang
Added: 22 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Tokyo – Bridgestone Corporation’s subsidiary in China, Bridgestone (Shenyang) …
DIY rubber cement brought down $4.6m drone
Added: 21 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Washington, DC – Someone “tacked into place” a software chip that controlled a…
German auto organisations commend Falken summer tire
Added: 21 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Offenbach am Main, Germany – The Gesellschaft für Technische Überwachung (GTÜ)…
Blair Rubber launches online spec tools for rubber lining
Added: 21 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Seville, Ohio – Blair Rubber Co has revised its website with new tools to assi…
Titan boss mauls Goodyear's Amiens workers over 'three-hour day'
Added: 21 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
London – Maurice Taylor, CEO of US tire and wheel manufacturer Titan, has caus…
Fire at Thai rubber plant
Added: 21 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Bangkok – There was a fire at a rubber factory operated by an exporter in the …
No messing with genes to produce dandelion rubber
Added: 20 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Enschede, Netherlands – Dutch biotech firm KeyGene has joined tire manufacture…
Pirelli to sponsor UK Porsche racers
Added: 20 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Burton upon Trent, UK – Pirelli has signed a minimum three-year deal to sponso…
Hankook to launch truck retread range in UK
Added: 20 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Daventry, UK – Hankook will exhibit a new bead-to-bead retread truck tire rang…
