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Petronas scrubs elastomers from RAPID project
Added: 15 Apr 2016
Pengerang, Malaysia – Malaysia’s Petronas Chemicals will not proceed with a proposed elastomer proj…
Chinese tire maker to grow in Thailand
Added: 14 Apr 2016
Qingdao, China - Shandong Linglong Tire Co. is planning to expand its investment in the Thai rubber…
Hankook to move US headquarters to Nashville
Added: 14 Apr 2016
Nashville, Tennessee – Hankook Tire America Corp. executives, along with Tennessee officials, annou…
Clwyd Compounders to double capacity at new facility
Added: 13 Apr 2016
Wrexham , UK – Clwyd Compounders Ltd, based in Ruabon, Wrexham for the last 35 years, is to relocat…
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…
