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ContiTech to showcase drive belts, airsprings at Automechanika
Added: 25 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Hanover, Germany - ContiTech will present its solutions for drive and suspens…

ExxonMobil to close Akron, Fairfax facilities
Added: 25 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (RPN)
By Mike McNulty, Rubber & Plastics News Staff
Irving, Texas - ExxonMobilChemic…

Thai butadiene market studied
Added: 25 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Dublin - Research and Markets has added GlobalData's new report, 'Butadiene I…

New speakers confirmed for ERJ Tire Labelling conference
Added: 25 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
London - New speakers and topics have been confirmed for the inaugural Tire L…

Versalis joins with Genomatica and Novamont to make bio-butadiene
Added: 24 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Milan, Italy - Elastomer chemical company Versalis has signed a Memorandum of…

Quebec cleans up final scrap tyre stockpiles in province
Added: 24 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Tire Business staff report
Franklin, Quebec -- The last of roughly 45.5 million…

Goodyear claims soybean oil can improve tread life by 10%
Added: 24 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Akron, Ohio -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. claims that it has discovered a…

Henniges appoints Douglas DelGrosso as CEO
Added: 24 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Auburn Hill, Michigan -- Henniges Automotive Holdings Inc. has appointed app…

News from elsewhere on the web (24th July)
Added: 24 Jul 2012
(8 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Rea…

Giovanni Perissinotto resigns from Pirelli board
Added: 24 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Milan, Italy -- Pirelli & C. SpA announced, 23 July, that Giovanni Pe…

James Walker expands UK research facilities
Added: 24 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Crewe, UK - Sealing specialist James Walker has expanded its research and dev…

Porsche honours Pirelli with 2011 supplier award
Added: 24 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Burton upon Trent, UK -- Italian tyre manufacturer Pirelli has been honoured …

Technip awarded halobutyl contract for Sabic, Exxon project
Added: 23 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Paris - Technip of Paris, France, has been awarded a contract for the enginee…

Sales up 10% in Q1 - JSR
Added: 23 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Tokyo - Japanese synthetic rubber producer JSR Corp. has posted sales of Yen …

Yokohama Rubber extends biodiversity programme at Japan plants
Added: 23 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd said it is strengthening its activities t…

Zafco secures rights to Armstrong tyre brand
Added: 23 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
Tire Business staff report
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - International tyre di…

News from elsewhere on the web (23rd July)
Added: 23 Jul 2012
(6 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

Nira Dynamics aims to debunk indirect TPMS myths
Added: 23 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Stockholm - Nira Dynamics of Linköping, Sweden, has published a list of myth…

Purcell Tire, mining company cited in worker's death
Added: 23 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (TB)
By Miles Moore, Senior Washington reporter
Carlin, Nevada -- Purcell Tire & Rub…

Lehigh receives investment from Leaf
Added: 23 Jul 2012
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Washington, DC - Lehigh Technologies, which produces micronised rubber powder…