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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…

Bridgestone posts double-digit earnings gains
Added: 20 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Tokyo – Lower raw materials costs and an improved product mix led to double-di…

Autoneum plans foothold in Russian automotive market
Added: 20 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Winterthur, Switzerland – Beginning in autumn 2013, Autoneum will be producing…

Mallard Creek Polymers offers concreting aids for oil and gas engineering
Added: 19 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Charlotte, North Carolina - Mallard Creek Polymers, Inc. (MCP) has launched a …

Zeon Chemicals develops bio-derived synthetic rubber
Added: 19 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Louisville, Kentucky - An epichlorohydrin monomer derived from palm and other …

Dow to unveil new subsea thermal insulation
Added: 19 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Midland, Michigan, USA – Dow Corning Corporation will launch a solid, non-synt…

Design awards for Hankook's marketing team
Added: 19 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Neu-Isenburg, Germany – Hankook Tire Europe has been awarded iF Design Awards …

Hankook's third Chinese site starts production
Added: 19 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Shanghai - Hankook Tire's plant in the southwest China municipality of Chongqi…

ExxonMobil licenses Santoprene to RTP
Added: 18 Feb 2013
Houston, Texas – ExxonMobil Chemical Co. has licensed its Santoprene thermoplastic vulcanisate nylo…

F1 teams to test Pirelli tires at Barcelona
Added: 18 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Milan - Formula One motor racing teams will be in Barcelona this week for the …

Fitch affirms Goodyear Tire & Rubber ratings
Added: 18 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
New York - Fitch Ratings has affirmed its 'B+' issuer default rating (IDR) and…

Sumitomo Rubber Industry's 2012 income jumps double digits
Added: 18 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
Kobe, Japan – Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI) reported double-digit gain…

Cooper Tire Europe targets young men
Added: 18 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Melksham, UK – Cooper Tire Europe has overhauled its marketing strategy for th…

ASTM revises one rubber test standard, reapproves three others
Added: 15 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania – ASTM has revised its standard D750 - Standar…

Toyo profit up in 2012, further growth in 2013
Added: 15 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Osaka, Japan – Toyo Tyre & Rubber Co. Ltd has published its results for 2012…

Yokohama launches Singapore industrial products sales subsidiary
Added: 15 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber Co. will establish a wholly owned sales subsidiary in …

Sumitomo Rubber's tire output to rise 5% in 2013
Added: 15 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Tokyo – Sumitomo Rubber Industries expects its tire production to rise by ab…

Silicone antifoams help satisfy sweet tooth - Dow
Added: 15 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Midland, Michigan - Dow Corning used a Valentine's Day confectionery hook to p…

Trelleborg extends enviroment pledge
Added: 15 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
Rome —Trelleborg Wheel Systems S.p.A. will be participating in Zero Impact, …