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Bridgestone rules out re-entering F1
Added: 6 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
London – Bridgestone has confirmed it won’t make a comeback to Formula One tir…
Sava truck tires released
Added: 6 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Birmingham, UK – Goodyear’s Sava Tyres is launching a new range of 17.5-inch t…
China surplus stocks to aggravate pressure on Asia butadiene market - ICIS
Added: 6 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Singapore – Asia’s spot butadiene (BD) prices may face strong downward pressur…
Lanxess opens Singapore butyl rubber plant
Added: 5 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Singapore – German speciality chemicals company Lanxess opened a €400m rubber …
Wacker develops modular system for silicone rubber
Added: 5 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Munich, Germany – Wacker Chemie A.G. said it has developed a modular system f…
First UK fleet deal for Westlake
Added: 5 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Melton Mowbray, UK - Leicestershire-based transport operator Charles Brown & S…
Westlake Tyres launches RP28 car tire at Autopromotec
Added: 4 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Bologna, Italy – Westlake Tyres, a brand of Chinese tire maker Hangzhou Zhongc…
Trelleborg rolls out co-marketing campaign
Added: 4 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
Lago di Garda, Italy - Trelleborg Wheel Systems S.p.A. is rolling out its firs…
ContiTech inaugurates Serbian plant
Added: 4 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Hanover – ContiTech AG has formally opened a €10m production plant for hose li…
Sumitomo to buy South African tire maker from India's Apollo
Added: 3 Jun 2013
Osaka – Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd said on 29 May that it will acquire a South African subsidia…
New heat-resistant elastomer feed roller from Automatik
Added: 3 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Oberglatt, Swizerland – Automatik Plastic Machinery has developed an elastomer…
Solvay completes second REACH registration phase
Added: 3 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Brussels – Solvay has met the 1 June 2013 deadline for registering 161 chemica…
Kraton joint venture project to supply market in 2015
Added: 3 Jun 2013
ERJ staff report (PNC)
Guangzhou, China – Kraton Performance Polymers Inc. said that its joint ventu…
EU court slashes Parker's €26m fine over marine hose cartel
Added: 24 May 2013
New York – A European Union court last week slashed an antitrust fine against Parker ITR Srl from €…
Pirelli warns it could quit F1
Added: 24 May 2013
Monaco – Formula One tire supplier Pirelli warned teams on 23 May that it will quit the sport at th…
Smithers Rapra webinar will address rubber recycling and reuse
Added: 24 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Shawbury, UK – On 2 July, Smithers Rapra expert Dr Martin Forrest will host a …
World silicones demand to rise 5.9 percent annually to 2017 - Freedonia
Added: 24 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
New York – A market research report from Freedonia expects world demand for si…
Egg-shaped school waterproofed by 1.2mm EPDM membrane
Added: 24 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Gaerwen, UK – A rubber membrane just 1.2mm thick has waterproofed an egg-shape…
Neoprene gaskets manage oil from sunken ship
Added: 24 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
St John’s, Canada – The Canadian Coast Guard has used weighted neoprene gasket…
Rubber in Engineering Group to tour TARRC laboratory and discuss medical elastomers
Added: 24 May 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
London – The Rubber in Engineering Group of the Polymer Society (RIEG) is hold…
