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US Tire Society to hold 2012 meeting with ITEC

Added: 1 Sep 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

Akron, Ohio -- The Tire Society plans to hold its 2012 annual conference on ty…

Zacks sell list includes Cooper Tire & Rubber

Added: 1 Sep 2011

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Chicago -- Zacks.com has released details on a group of stocks that the inves…

ECHA invites consultation on potential substances of very high concern

Added: 31 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Helsinki -- The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published proposals to …

ChemChina puts R&D at the head of its five-year business plan

Added: 31 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Beijing, China - State-owned China National Chemical Corp. (ChemChina) said i…

Tyre markets continued to grow in July

Added: 31 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Milan, Italy -- Pirelli has updated its website with tyre sales in different r…

Tyre market up 20 percent in 2010; Bridgestone No. 1 again

Added: 31 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

Akron, Ohio -- The global tyre market, rocked by the recession of late 2008 an…

Pirelli inaugurates expansion at Romanian plant

Added: 31 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

Slatina, Romania -- Pirelli Tyre SpA has inaugurated the first stage of a five…

Japanese auto production in July was down by 9%

Added: 31 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Japanese automobile production in July 2011 was recorded as 790,325 u…

News from elsewhere on the web (31 August 2011)

Added: 31 Aug 2011

(9 items)

London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

Hankook urges owners to check tyres on horsebox trailers

Added: 31 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Daventry, UK -- Tyre failures accounted for approximately 30 percent of all ho…

Rubber prices on 31 August

Added: 31 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract remaine…

Machine makers show their might at Fakuma

Added: 31 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (PRW)

By David Vink, Crain news (PRW)

London -- At Fakuma, Arburg (A3 3101) celebrat…

Bridgestone may not have enough tyres

Added: 30 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo - Bridgestone has confirmed that it has told Japanese car makers that i…

SchäferRolls buys out partner in Sava-Schäfer

Added: 30 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Kranj, SLovenia -- Roll cover manufacturer and roll systems supplier SchäferR…

Wacker to launch fire-retardant silicones at Fakuma

Added: 30 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Munich - Wacker Chemie will be presenting two new liquid silicone rubber grade…

Thai researchers improve rubber yields

Added: 30 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Bangkok -- Researchers at Thailand's Prince of Songkla University have created…

News from elsewhere on the web (30 August 2011)

Added: 30 Aug 2011

(7 items)

London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…

Lehigh makes progress in quest for marketplace acceptance

Added: 30 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (TB)

By Edward Noga, Crain News Service

AKRON-“Show me.” That pretty well sums u…

Rubber prices on 30 August

Added: 30 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract jumped …

Bridgestone sales companies are re-certified to ISO 9001

Added: 30 Aug 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Brussels -- Bridgestone Europe has been re-certificated to ISO 9001:2008 for i…