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ERJ China Tire Report - Market Survey 2016
Added: 19 May 2016
London - The July/August issue of ERJ magazine will include our annual China Tire Report supplement…

Michelin devises four-part growth strategy
Added: 18 May 2016
Clermont-Ferrand, France – Group Michelin is banking on a four-part innovation-driven strategy to h…

Sibur cool about rubber prospects
Added: 18 May 2016
Article published in May/June issue of ERJ
London - Despite higher sales in 2015, synthetic rubber (…

Sri Trang tips rubber price-recovery to run out of steam
Added: 18 May 2016
Songkhla, Thailand – Natural rubber (NR) major Sri Trang Agro-Industry Public Co. Ltd has reported …

Premium growth boosts Pirelli Q1 results
Added: 18 May 2016
Milan, Italy – Pirelli SpA's net sales dropped 8.4 percent to €1.43 billion for the first quarter 2…

Rubber withstands UK manufacturing slump
Added: 18 May 2016
London - Quarterly UK production output is estimated to have decreased by 0.4 percent in the Janua…

Analyst says silicone outlook 'promising'
Added: 18 May 2016
Fairlawn, Ohio – The outlook for silicones looks good in the coming years – at least that’s what on…

Report: Silicone market could see 6% growth
Added: 18 May 2016
Leatherhead, UK – The silicone elastomers market could be poised to grow by 6 percent, according to…

SIPH sees global natural rubber stocks reducing
Added: 18 May 2016
Courbevoie,France- Société Internationale de Plantations d’Hévéas (SIPH) has reported a 5.7-percent…

Global automotive tire market to exceed €300bn by 2024 - report
Added: 18 May 2016
San Francisco, California - The global automotive tire market is set to reach $374.22 billion (€328…

Ghana to establish a rubber processing plant
Added: 17 May 2016
Accra – Ghana Oil Palm Development Co. (GODPC) is planning to build a rubber processing plant in th…

Four tires burst as Lufthansa plane lands in Mumbai
Added: 17 May 2016
Mumbai, India – A Lufthansa flight travelling from Munich to Mumbai landed safely on 13 May, despit…

Former Corning unit exec charged with price-fixing, bid-rigging
Added: 17 May 2016
Detroit, Michigan – A former executive at a unit of Corning Inc. was charged with conspiring to fix…

Michelin raises full-year profit forecast
Added: 17 May 2016
Clermont-Ferrand, France – Michelin Group has raised its earnings expectations for fiscal 2016 base…

ChemChina targets intelligent manufacturing
Added: 17 May 2016
Beijing – In its latest five-year strategic plan, ChemChina has proposed to “vigorously” develop ad…

Dow Corning announces post-takeover changes
Added: 17 May 2016
Midland, Michigan – Dow Corning chairman and CEO Bob Hansen will retire after the completion of Dow…

Compounding survey: Leading players chart market highs and lows - DRAFT
Added: 17 May 2016
Article published in May/June issue of ERJ
ERJ runs the rule again over the European compounding sec…

Toyo revises 2016 outlook downward
Added: 17 May 2016
Osaka, Japan – Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd.’s operating income fell 5.1 percent in the quarter ended…

RubberTech Europe returns - DRAFT
Added: 17 May 2016
Report published in May/June issue of ERJ
China-based organiser China United Rubber Corp. (CURC) set…

Evonik appoints new deputy chairman
Added: 16 May 2016
Essen, Germany – The supervisory board of Evonik Industries AG appointed Christian Kullmann as depu…