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Hainan State buys controlling share in R1

Added: 25 May 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Singapore - Sandana Dass, CEO of the world's biggest rubber trader, R1 Interna…

Freudenberg-NOK invests in manufacturing facilities

Added: 25 May 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Plymouth, Michigan - Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies (FNST)said it has in…

Gevo begins commercial production of bio-isobutanol

Added: 25 May 2012

Englewood, Colorado -- Gevo, Inc. said it has begun production at the world's first commercial bio-…

Nizhnekamskshina marks its 70 millionth truck tyre

Added: 25 May 2012

ERJ staff report (DS)

Nizhnekamsk, Tartarstan - The Nizhnekamsk Truck Tire Factory (OOO "NZGSH"), wh…

Apollo Tyres establishes a global R&D structure

Added: 24 May 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Gurgaon, India -- Apollo Tyres Ltd has restructured its Research and Developm…

Sino Legend responds to US competition battle

Added: 24 May 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Zhangjiagang City, China -- Sino Legend (Zhangjiagang) Chemical Co. Ltd, whic…

Goodyear awarded Bombardier OE fitment

Added: 24 May 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Akron, Ohio -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. will supply its Goodyear Flight…

News from elsewhere on the web (24 May)

Added: 24 May 2012

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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Rea…

Goodyear promotes tyre care for safety week

Added: 24 May 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Akron, Ohio - Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is promoting responsible tyre care i…

TPV offers advantages over TPE, Teknor Apex says

Added: 24 May 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Philadelphia - Teknor Apex has developed a series of thermoplastic vulcanizat…

Dow Corning additive controls foam generation without surface defects

Added: 24 May 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Midland, Michigan -- Formulators of solventborne coatings and solventless rad…

Scrap tyre conference set for October

Added: 24 May 2012

ERJ staff report (RPN)

Rubber & Plastics News Staff

Washington, DC -- The Rubber Manufacturers Assoc…

Yokohama Rubber to supply control tyres for GT ASIA

Added: 24 May 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd will begin supplying control tyres for GT…

Butadiene report looks at Spanish market to 2016

Added: 24 May 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Dublin -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of GlobalData's new…

Patel joins American National Rubber

Added: 24 May 2012

ERJ staff report (RPN)

Rubber & Plastics News Staff

Annapolis, Maryland -- Bob Patel has joined Ameri…

Lanxess starts up new nitrile butadiene rubber plant in China

Added: 23 May 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Leverkusen, Germany -- Lanxess has started up a nitrile butadiene rubber (NBR…

Nexen gains Fiat OE fitment; discloses run-flat

Added: 23 May 2012

ERJ staff report (TB)

By Bruce Davis, Tyre Business staff

Changyeong, South Korea -- Nexen Tyre Corp.…

Nokian to start production at 2nd Russian plant

Added: 23 May 2012

ERJ staff report (RPN)

Rubber & Plastics News Staff Report

Vsevolozhsk, Russia -- Nokian Tyres P.L.C.…

Lanxess predicts a bright future for synthetic rubber

Added: 23 May 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Singapore -- Speciality chemicals company LANXESS predicts a bright future fo…

Bridgestone wins first business with Volvo

Added: 23 May 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Brussels -- Bridgestone Europe has started supplying Volvo Car Corp. with ori…