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Comment: The way forward for 'recovered carbon black'

Comment: The way forward for 'recovered carbon black'

Added: 3 Mar 2015

Jacob Peled of Pelmar Engineering provides some interesting viewpoints on the report titled 'Recove…

Yokohama marine hoses receive API Q1 cert

Yokohama marine hoses receive API Q1 cert

Added: 2 Mar 2015

Tokyo ‒ The Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd has announced that its marine hoses employed for offshore crude…

Titan optimistic despite difficult 2014

Titan optimistic despite difficult 2014

Added: 2 Mar 2015

Quincy, Illinois —Titan International Inc. suffered net and operating losses last year on 12.4 perc…

Marangoni opens new site in France

Marangoni opens new site in France

Added: 2 Mar 2015

Rovereto, Italy – Manutention, a Marangoni Industries' French subsidiary, has recently inaugurated …

Major NR producers meet as market is ‘set to improve’

Major NR producers meet as market is ‘set to improve’

Added: 2 Mar 2015

Bandung, Indonesia – Major natural rubber producers in South Asia met in Bandung, Indonesia on 26 F…

China passenger car production, sales up

China passenger car production, sales up

Added: 2 Mar 2015

Beijing – China’s production and sales of passenger cars rose in 2014, registering 10.2 percent and…

ERJ Top 10 Stories of the Week (20-26 Feb)

ERJ Top 10 Stories of the Week (20-26 Feb)

Added: 27 Feb 2015

This week's listing of the most-viewed stories on the European Rubber Journal website:

Analyst: Ques…

Mitas names new international sales director

Added: 27 Feb 2015

Prague – Mitas International has appointed Milan Šindelář as its sales director, Mitas announced27 …

Cooper Standard takes over China automotive sealing firm

Cooper Standard takes over China automotive sealing firm

Added: 27 Feb 2015

Novi, MichiganCooper Standard Holdings Inc. has completed its purchase of Huayu Automotive Syste…

End of the road for global tire trade deal?

End of the road for global tire trade deal?

Added: 26 Feb 2015

London - The US delegation failed to show up again at talks aimed at freeing up trade in the global…

Columbian Chemicals (Jining) to break ground on carbon black project

Columbian Chemicals (Jining) to break ground on carbon black project

Added: 26 Feb 2015

Shandong, China - Columbian Chemicals (Jining), a joint venture with China's Jining Carbon Group, i…

Deloitte, banks to rescue Genan tire recycling firm

Deloitte, banks to rescue Genan tire recycling firm

Added: 26 Feb 2015

Viborg, Denmark – Danish pension fund PKA, accountancy firm Deloitte and a group of bank lenders ha…

Fenner UK business hit by Ukraine conflict

Fenner UK business hit by Ukraine conflict

Added: 26 Feb 2015

London – Fenner Dunlop is making every effort to “reinvent” its conveyor belt-manufacturing busines…

Interview: Hexpol executive discusses firm's acquisitions, future

Added: 26 Feb 2015

Hexpol Compounding has come a long way in the past five years. The Eupen, Belgium-based business, p…

Kraton revenue down as speciality polymer demand drops

Kraton revenue down as speciality polymer demand drops

Added: 26 Feb 2015

Houston, Texas – Kraton Performance Polymers has reported a 4.8-percent decline in revenue in its 2…

Mesnac unveils new machinery for giant OTR tires

Mesnac unveils new machinery for giant OTR tires

Added: 25 Feb 2015

Shandong, China - Mesnac has finished the development of a new giant OTR radial tire building machi…

Cooper Standard income drops despite sales rise

Cooper Standard income drops despite sales rise

Added: 25 Feb 2015

Cooper Standard income drops despite sales rise

Novi, Michigan — Cooper Standard Holdings Inc., pare…

Apollo launches recruitment drive in Hungary

Apollo launches recruitment drive in Hungary

Added: 25 Feb 2015

London – Apollo Tyres Ltd has announced a recruitment drive for its Greenfield facility soon to be …

Bayer MaterialScience appoints new chairman of board 

Bayer MaterialScience appoints new chairman of board 

Added: 25 Feb 2015

Leverkusen, Germany - The supervisory board of Bayer AG have agreed to appoint Richard Pott to the …

ContiTech NAFTA appoints head

ContiTech NAFTA appoints head

Added: 24 Feb 2015

Hanover, Germany – ContiTech AG, part of Continental AG, has appointed Charles Seymour as executive…