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Goodyear 'on right path' — Kramer

Added: 13 Apr 2016

Akron, Ohio — Goodyear’s top executive reassured shareholders at the company’s 11 April annual meet…

Motorcycle tire growth significant in developing states - report

Added: 13 Apr 2016

Leatherhead, UK – The motorcycle tires market will have both value- and volume-growth in the Asia-P…

Cheap tire innovation could boost Zika control

Added: 13 Apr 2016

Ottawa – Researchers in Laurentian University in Ontario, Canada have developed a cheap mosquito tr…

FINAL CALL: ERJ European Compounding Industry Survey 2016

Added: 13 Apr 2016

Dear Colleague,

European Rubber Journal magazine will feature a major survey of the European rubber …

Major tire-makers deny Nokian’s test-fix claims

Added: 12 Apr 2016

Article published in the March/April issue of ERJ

London – Tire makers have distanced themselves fro…

Feature: Rubber machinery makers adapt to a new order

Added: 12 Apr 2016

Feature published in the March/April issue of ERJ

The market for rubber and tire machinery is in a s…

Rhein Chemie bladder business ‘expanding’

Added: 12 Apr 2016

Article published in the March/April issue of ERJ

Hanover, Germany – Rhein Chemie Additives’ tire bl…

Future Tire: Q&A with Mary Xu of the China Rubber Industry Association

Added: 12 Apr 2016

In this Q&A, ERJ asks Mary Xu (Xu Wenying), vice chairman and secretary general of the China Rubber…

Upstream costs curb Chinese tire makers’ overseas ambitions

Added: 12 Apr 2016

Qingdao, China – High upstream cost is the major holdback for Chinese tire makers’ overseas manufac…

Latex glove makers react calmly to proposed FDA ban

Added: 12 Apr 2016

Washington — Latex glove manufacturers reacted calmly to the Food and Drug Administration's propose…

Huge rise in Italian machinery exports to US and Germany

Added: 12 Apr 2016

Milan, Italy – Italian manufacturers of plastics and rubber machinery have made huge gains in key e…

Americhem buys Michigan compounder Vi-Chem

Added: 11 Apr 2016

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio - Materials firm Americhem Group has acquired Vi-Chem Corp., a compounder base…

China machine maker TST expects Q1 loss, names new chairman

Added: 11 Apr 2016

Tianjin, China - Chinese tire machinery manufacturer Tianjin Saixiang Technology Co. Ltd (TST) is f…

Toyota taps Yokohama for new Prius tires

Added: 11 Apr 2016

Tokyo – Toyota Motor Corp. has selected tires from Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd as original equipment fo…

Sibur increases synthetic rubber sales by 26 percent

Added: 11 Apr 2016

Moscow –  Sibur achieved a 26-percent, year-on-year rise in sales of synthetic rubbers in 2015, to …

Feature: Post-sanction Iran offers new prospects for Western firms

Added: 11 Apr 2016

Article published in the March/April issue of ERJ

London – The nearly-untapped Iranian market is now…

Corrections to ERJ Machinery Survey  

Added: 10 Apr 2016

In the ranking table on page 21 of the ERJ Machinery Survey in the March/April issue, the figures i…

Friday Focus: China industry leader charts problems facing hard-hit tire sector

Added: 8 Apr 2016

Qingdao, China – China’s tire exports in 2015 fell by 4 percent in volume to 5.4 million tonnes and…

Reuters: Michelin planning to build plant in Mexico

Added: 8 Apr 2016

Greenville, South Carolina –Reuters News Agency is reporting that Michelin North America Inc. plans…

DRT breaks ground on construction of first US facility

Added: 8 Apr 2016

Effingham, Georgia – Dérivés Résiniques et Terpéniques (DRT), a French producer of rosin and turpen…