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All-rubber tracks save weight, fuel
Added: 20 Sep 2011
London - UK defence supplier BAE Systems showed all-rubber tracks for military vehicles at its stan…

Chinese delegation profiles Russia's rubber industry
Added: 20 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Beijing / Moscow -- Following a study visit to Russia, the Chinese Rubber Indu…

Purchases, expansions leave carbon black producers vying for top spot
Added: 20 Sep 2011
By Mike McNulty, Crain Staff (R&PN)
Akron, Ohio-The turbulent rumblings in the carbon black industry…

News from elsewhere on the web (20 Sept 2011)
Added: 20 Sep 2011
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

UK tyre fire case collapses over expert witnesses
Added: 20 Sep 2011
By Andrew Smith, Crain staff (PRW)
Cambridge, UK -- A case brought against scrap rubber processing c…

Consumers cannot read tyre date codes - researchers
Added: 20 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Las Vegas, Nevada -- A poster due to be presented today at the Human Factors a…

Hankook introduces new UHP tyre inspired by DTM technology
Added: 20 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Frankfurt am Main, Germany - South Korean tyre company Hankook has introduce…

Yokohama Global tweets in English
Added: 20 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., has opened an official English-languag…

Rubber falls below $5 in Shanghai on 20 September
Added: 20 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Rubber prices around the world fell overnight. On Tokyo's Tocom Exch…

UK motorists risk disqualification over tyre condition
Added: 20 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Birmingham, UK -- Nearly one in two British motorists are risking substantial …

Chinese market for TPEs studied
Added: 20 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- AMID Co. has published a new report titled, Chinese Markets for Ther…

BATO promotes two
Added: 20 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nashville, Tennessee -- Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO) has announ…

Tomorrow's Goodyear presentation to CitiBank will be webcast
Added: 20 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Akron, Ohio -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company will webcast its presentati…

Hellas installed nine Nevada running tracks in record time
Added: 20 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Las Vegas, Nevada -- US building company Hellas Construction has recently inst…

Turkey's Sel bidding to buy Schieffer Magam's hose unit
Added: 19 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Caesarea, Israel -- Unconfirmed reports suggest that Turkish hose maker Sel A.…

Conti to grow even in 'stagnant' market
Added: 19 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Frankfurt, Germany -- Despite anticipating an economic slowdown next year, Con…

News from elsewhere on the web (19 Sept 2011)
Added: 19 Sep 2011
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

VMI celebrates China site expansion with tyre seminar
Added: 19 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Yantai, China - Prior to the 6 Sept opening ceremony for the fourth …

BAe developing all-rubber tracks for military
Added: 19 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- At the recent DSEi arms exhibition in London, UK supplier BAe System…

Freudenberg starts making HCR silicone components
Added: 19 Sep 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Öhringen, Germany -- Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has bought a machine fo…