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Kumho to unveil EV tires at Frankfurt show
Added: 8 Sep 2015
Frankfurt, Germany – Korean tire maker Kumho is a unveil a tire developed for electric vehicles (EV…
Toyoda Gosei develops "capless" fuel filler
Added: 8 Sep 2015
Kiyosu, Japan - Toyoda Gosei Co Ltd. has developed and started the mass production of a ‘capless fu…
Lanxess expands US distribution pact with RD Abbott
Added: 8 Sep 2015
Cerritos, California — RD Abbott Co Inc. has received expanded distribution agreements with two bus…
Gazprom, Sibur commission new gas processing plant
Added: 7 Sep 2015
Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia – Gazprom Neft and Sibur have commissioned the newly built Yuzhno-Priobskiy…
Covestro tables IPO plan
Added: 7 Sep 2015
Leverkusen, Germany — Bayer’s Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Covestro AG (formerly the firm’s Mat…
KV Rollers sets out expansion plans
Added: 7 Sep 2015
Cwmbran, UK – KV Rollers, a maker of rollers for print and industrial applications has recently inv…
ChemChina to acquire majority stake in Rosneft's petchem project
Added: 7 Sep 2015
Moscow – Russian oil firm Rosneft and China National Chemical Corp. (ChemChina) have signed a memor…
Zeon develops new biomass rubber tech
Added: 7 Sep 2015
Tokyo – In a joint research with Japan’s National Research and Development Agency (RIKEN) and Yokoh…
Momentive to pioneer virtual LSR demo at Fakuma
Added: 7 Sep 2015
Waterford, New York – Momentive Performance Materials Inc. will feature the first ever virtual liq…
European Tire Market - Supplier Survey
Added: 6 Sep 2015
The Sept/Oct issue of ERJ magazine will include our annual European Tire Report, which includes in-…
Nissan to invest €136m in UK plant
Added: 3 Sep 2015
London – Car giant Nissan is to build its next generation Juke model at its Sunderland plant as par…
Vystar executive touts advances for low protein latex
Added: 3 Sep 2015
Akron, Ohio — Vystar Corp. has made significant headway in the development of a formulation for ult…
Sinopec to become a strategic investor in Sibur
Added: 3 Sep 2015
Beijing – Chinese energy and chemicals major China Petrochemical Corp. (Sinopec) is to become a str…
Amerityre posts first-ever quarterly profit
Added: 3 Sep 2015
Boulder City, Nevada – Polyurethane tire producer Amerityre Corp. has reported the first profitabl…
Dunlop Aircraft Tyres talks business with UK minister
Added: 3 Sep 2015
Birmingham, UK – UK business minister Anna Soubry visited Birmingham to hear how Dunlop Aircraft Ty…
Pirelli blames debris for Spa tire blow-outs
Added: 3 Sep 2015
Milan, Italy – Pirelli has concluded that there were no structural problems in its tires used at th…
BMS officially changes name to Covestro
Added: 2 Sep 2015
Leverkusen, Germany – Covestro, the new name for Bayer’s former MaterialScience business, was offic…
Elastomer focus at new UK polymer centre
Added: 2 Sep 2015
Coventry, UK – The Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) at the University of Warwick has established a…
UK rubber manufacturers tied up in 'green' tape
Added: 2 Sep 2015
London – Companies in the rubber manufacturing sector are among those most affected by the burden o…
IRCo appoints new CEO
Added: 2 Sep 2015
Bangkok – Salmiah Ahmad has been appointed as the new chief executive officer of International Rubb…
