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Flexx belt maker from VMI wins manufacturing innovation award
Added: 8 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Epe, The Netherlands - VMI won the category for tire manufacturing innovation …

Microban trying silicone in antimicrobial study
Added: 4 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (PRW)
London - The rise in hospital-acquired infections - including “superbugs 

Oregon targets studded tires with proposed legislation
Added: 4 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
Salem, Oregon - Oregon drivers may soon find themselves paying extra for their…

First bus and coach tires from Continental at CV Show 2013
Added: 4 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Southall, UK - Continental will launch its first dedicated bus and coach tires…

IRSG announces World Rubber Summit theme
Added: 4 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Singapore - The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) has announced the them…

Hankook claims global sales record for 2012
Added: 4 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Seoul, Korea/Neu-Isenburg, Germany - Hankook Tire's financial results for fisc…

Arrests at illegal tire sites in north west UK
Added: 1 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Rochdale - The UK Environment Agency (EA) has raided illegal tire traders, mak…

Flexible silicone cables suit robotics and teleconferencing
Added: 1 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Valencia, California - Cicoil Corporation has introduced flat silicone ultra-f…

Liberian palm oil to challenge rubber in coming years
Added: 1 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
London - Palm oil is set to challenge rubber's dominance in Liberian agricultu…

SBR market expected to reach USD 19bn in 2018
Added: 1 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Albany, New York - According to a new market report published by Transparency …

Trelleborg acquires Dutch industrial tire distributor
Added: 1 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Trelleborg, Sweden - through its subsidiary Trelleborg Wheel Systems, Trellebo…

Goodyear Dunlop axes EMEA farm tire business, moves to close Amiens
Added: 31 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Brussels - Goodyear's EMEA management and Goodyear Dunlop Tires Europe B.V. (G…

Ground capping system combines synthetic grass and EPDM geomembrane
Added: 31 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Austin, Texas - A patent-pending capping system called LiteEarth has been laun…

Japanese automakers produce 10% more cars abroad in 2012 Q3 than in previous year
Added: 31 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Tokyo - Overseas vehicle production by Japanese automakers in the third quarte…

Apollo shows up poor tire maintenance in Middle East
Added: 31 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Gurgaon, India - A tire safety campaign by Apollo Tyres found that as many as …

Michelin licensing Cabot mixing technology
Added: 31 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Boston, Massachusetts - Groupe Michelin has agreed to pay carbon black produce…

Runway rubber removal system debuts in southwest Asia
Added: 30 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Washington DC - The United States Air Force Civil Engineer Center in conjuncti…

Bank of Ceylon promoting loan scheme to small rubber farmers
Added: 30 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Colombo - Sri Lanka's state-run Bank of Ceylon is holding local campaigns to b…

Study predicts steady growth in demand for TPEs
Added: 30 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Albany, New York - Global demand for thermoplastic elastomers should rise at …

Tire bursts on Kuala Lumpur monorail train - no-one injured
Added: 30 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Kuala Lumpur - Swift action by a Kuala Lumpur monorail driver ensured the safe…