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ERJ Archives - 100-year anniversary
Added: 6 Jul 2015
In its 100th anniversary edition published in June 1982, ERJ paid tribute to a number of scientists…

Trelleborg's new seal to reduce risk of concrete ingress for integrated pipes
Added: 6 Jul 2015
Trelleborg, Sweden - Trelleborg’s pipe seals operation has developed a new integrated concrete pipe…

China expansion part of Continental's master plan
Added: 5 Jul 2015
Hanover, Germany—Continental AG's Tire Division is investing about $280 million during a four-year …

Versalis, Chinese firms to develop “innovative” green tires
Added: 3 Jul 2015
Milan, Italy – Versalis (Eni), and two Mesnac companies; Ecombine and EVE Rubber Institute; have ag…

IISRP adds two new members
Added: 2 Jul 2015
Houston, Texas – The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers (IISRP) has chosen two n…

China’s AVIC to buy Henniges
Added: 2 Jul 2015
London – China’s state-run aerospace company Aviation Industry Corp (AVIC) has reportedly agreed t…

SRI opens JV tire plant in Turkey
Added: 2 Jul 2015
Çankiri, Turkey — Japan’s Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI) and Turkey’s Abdulkadir Ozcan Otomo…

Solvay starts production at Poland site
Added: 2 Jul 2015
Brussels – Solvay has launched its new highly dispersible silica (HDS) production plant in Wloclawe…

EC approves Pirelli takeover
Added: 2 Jul 2015
London – China National Tire & Rubber Co., a subsidiary of the China National Chemical Corp.(ChemCh…

Evonik expands butadiene production
Added: 2 Jul 2015
Essen, Germany – Evonik Industries recently started a new plant to make butadiene and other C4-base…

Asian industry hit by new China rubber standard
Added: 2 Jul 2015
Beijing – Changes to China’s import tariff for compound natural rubber went into force on 1 July, s…

DuPont completes spin-off of Chemours
Added: 1 Jul 2015
Wilmington, Delaware - DuPont has completed the separation of its Performance Chemicals segment thr…

Borealis invests €160m in cracker performance
Added: 1 Jul 2015
Stenungsund, Sweden - Borealis is investing €160 million to upgrade the performance and efficiency …

ETRA to hold tire recycling conference in March 2016
Added: 1 Jul 2015
Brussles – The annual European Tyre Recycling Conference, organised by the European Tyre Recycling …

ContiTech unit set to open compounding plant in China
Added: 30 Jun 2015
London – Phoenix Compounding Technology, part of ContiTech AG, will be opening a new rubber compoun…

ExxonMobil offers new route to EPDM seal compounds
Added: 30 Jun 2015
Brussels - ExxonMobil Chemical has developed what it says is a novel approach for formulating its V…

Trelleborg to expand farm tire plant in China
Added: 30 Jun 2015
Xingtai, China - Trelleborg is to start a phase-3 expansion project at its agricultural tire plant …

Lanxess to announce rubber partner in November
Added: 29 Jun 2015
Nuremberg, Germany – Speciality rubber manufacturer Lanxess will announce the company it is to part…

Trinseo S-SBR nets top award at DKT
Added: 29 Jun 2015
Nuremberg, Germany – Latex, rubber and plastics company Trinseo has won the Deutsche Kautschuk-Gese…

Zeon to close UK plant by end of 2015
Added: 29 Jun 2015
Nuremberg, Germany – Zeon Corp. is scheduled to complete the planned closure of its synthetic rubbe…