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News from elsewhere on the web (03 Oct 2011)
Added: 3 Oct 2011
(23 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Rubber prices ease below $4 in Tokyo
Added: 3 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Rubber prices eased once more over the weekend, continuing to test d…

More on Australian tyre sorting, de-vulcanisation project
Added: 3 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Waurn Ponds, Victoria, Australia -- Deakin University has said more about the …

RIEG to discuss rubber-textile composites
Added: 3 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- The IOM3's Rubber in Engineering group (RIEG) will on 9 December hol…

PPE to run O-ring training courses in UK
Added: 3 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Blackburn, UK -- Precision Polymer Engineering (PPE) Ltd has announced dates f…

Yokohama's Thailand plant wins ISO standards
Added: 3 Oct 2011
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Tokyo - Yokohama Tire Manufacturing (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (TRYT) obtained an in…

Platts launches NR price tracker
Added: 3 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- Platts has launched a Natural Rubber Index (RBX), which is compri…

Trelleborg divests gas spring unit
Added: 3 Oct 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Clermont-Ferrand, France -- Trelleborg has signed an agreement and finalised t…

Sava group divests hotels
Added: 3 Oct 2011
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Kranj, Serbia -- Sava dd has begun its restructuring plan with the announcemen…

Michelin to enter innovative Deltawing vehicle into 24h du Mans in 2012
Added: 30 Sep 2011
Clermont-Ferrand, France -- Group
Michelin will team with DeltaWing L.L.C. to help develop the firm'…

Tyres contributed to 1200 UK road casualties in 2010
Added: 30 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Figures released yesterday by the UK Department for Transport (DfT) …

Goodyear lobbied US House to support IRSG
Added: 30 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Washington DC -- Goodyear spent a total of $380 000 lobbying the US government…

Shell extinguishes fire at Singapore refinery
Added: 30 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Bukom Island, Singapore -- A fire has been burning for two days at Shell's ref…

News from elsewhere on the web (30 Sept 2011)
Added: 30 Sep 2011
(10 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Technology can measure tread-depth, tyre pressure on the fly
Added: 30 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- A new technology is available for measuring tyre pressure as well as…

ACEA report says EU vehicle production is recovering
Added: 30 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- ACEA, the federation of EU vehicle producers has issued its econom…

NR prices rise for weekend
Added: 30 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Rubber prices recovered much of the lost ground overnight. On Tokyo'…

Japanes car production turns positive in August
Added: 30 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Japanese car production turned positive in August, for the first time…

Australians develop tyre sorting, de-vulcanisation process
Added: 30 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Geelong Victoria, Australia -- An Australian consortium led by Deakin Universi…

Bridgestone releases CSR report 2010
Added: 30 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Japan -- Bridgestone Corp has published its Corporate and Social Responsibilit…