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Supermax to up capacity, diversify to contact lenses

Supermax to up capacity, diversify to contact lenses

Added: 27 Apr 2015

Kuala Lumpur - Supermax Corp Bhd expects its rubber gloves production capacity to expand by four bi…

Continental opens R&D, tech centres in China

Continental opens R&D, tech centres in China

Added: 27 Apr 2015

Hanover, Germany - Continental opened a new research and development centre for tires on the site o…

Pelmar Engineering, China’s TST reach settlement

Pelmar Engineering, China’s TST reach settlement

Added: 27 Apr 2015

Ramat-Hasharon, Israel –Pelmar Engineering Group, an Israeli-based supplier of machinery and engine…

Tire markets performance 'negative' overall in Q1 - report

Tire markets performance 'negative' overall in Q1 - report

Added: 24 Apr 2015

Clermont-Ferrand, France – New figures released by French tire maker Michelin suggest that in the f…

Interview: Market changes, growth spur upgrades for Cabot

Interview: Market changes, growth spur upgrades for Cabot

Added: 24 Apr 2015

Boston, Massachusetts — Cabot Corp. has been building and improving its rubber carbon black operati…

Trelleborg Wheel Q1 earnings drop

Trelleborg Wheel Q1 earnings drop

Added: 24 Apr 2015

Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg Wheel Systems suffered a 21.6-percent drop in first quarter operati…

Silicone seam sealer hits market

Added: 23 Apr 2015

Midland, Michigan — Dow Corning Corp. has released its 1299 silicone seam sealer that outperforms t…

Proto Labs adds optical grade LSR

Proto Labs adds optical grade LSR

Added: 23 Apr 2015

Maple Plain, Minnesota — Proto Labs Inc. has added optical-grade liquid silicone rubber to its exis…

Q&A: Valeriy Kaplunat chairman of Omsk Carbon

Q&A: Valeriy Kaplunat chairman of Omsk Carbon

Added: 23 Apr 2015

ERJ interviewed Valeriy Kaplunat chairman of the board of directors Omsk Carbon about the company’s…

Fenner continues to struggle in belting market

Fenner continues to struggle in belting market

Added: 23 Apr 2015

Hessle, UK – Fenner PLC has published its results for the half year ended 28 Feb 15, highlighting i…

IDEX buys Italian seals manufacturer

IDEX buys Italian seals manufacturer

Added: 23 Apr 2015

Milan, Italy – French investment company Adrian announced on 21 April that it had signed an agreeme…

Conti budgets €40m for expansion of Chinese plant

Conti budgets €40m for expansion of Chinese plant

Added: 23 Apr 2015

Shanghai, China – Continental AG plans to invest €40 million this year to complete an expansion of …

Sibur steps up synthetic rubber production

Added: 23 Apr 2015

London – Petrochemicals major Sibur increased production of synthetic rubber in the first quarter o…

Rubber is second highest-traded commodity at SHFE

Rubber is second highest-traded commodity at SHFE

Added: 23 Apr 2015

Guangdong, China - In 2014 the volume of natural rubber futures traded on the Shanghai Futures Exch…

Camoplast debuts CMP 533 at Intermat

Camoplast debuts CMP 533 at Intermat

Added: 23 Apr 2015

Magog, Canada – Camoplast Solideal is introducing the Solideal CMP 533 tire for soil compactors at …

Michelin reports growth in Q1, expects a positive 2015

Michelin reports growth in Q1, expects a positive 2015

Added: 23 Apr 2015

Clermont-Ferrand, France –Michelin achieved a modest 5.6-percent rise in net sales compared to the …

Federal-Mogul to begin production at China plant in 2016

Federal-Mogul to begin production at China plant in 2016

Added: 23 Apr 2015

Nanchang, China — Federal-Mogul Holdings Corp's Powertrain Division will build a new sealing and ga…

ERJ Archives: Early earplugs

Added: 23 Apr 2015

This picture was published 100 years ago, registering one of the early day earplugs, named Tommy.

A …

DuPont chemical spin-off scheduled for 1 July

DuPont chemical spin-off scheduled for 1 July

Added: 22 Apr 2015

London – DuPont Performance Chemical segment will officially spin off on 1 July 2015, a spokesman f…

Apollo building retread franchise network

Apollo building retread franchise network

Added: 22 Apr 2015

Gurgaon, India — Apollo Tyres Ltd. is launching a retreading franchise initiative in India, with pl…