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Linglong one of China's most valuable brand names
Added: 7 Jul 2011
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Zhaoyuan City, Shandong, China -- Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd. has been na…

Linglong scores well in Finnish tyre tests
Added: 7 Jul 2011
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Zhaoyuan City, Shandong, China -- Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd. said it pe…

China's mould and die business studied
Added: 7 Jul 2011
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Dublin, Ireland -- Research In China has published a new report titled, China …

Ford sets up in-house tyre design team
Added: 6 Jul 2011
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Dearborn, Michigan - Ford Motor Company has established a cross-functional tea…

Freudenberg wins trademark case in China
Added: 6 Jul 2011
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Weinheim, Germany - A Chinese company which marketed its own seal products un…

News from elsewhere on the web (06 July 2011)
Added: 6 Jul 2011
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Torsten Johansson
Added: 6 Jul 2011
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Stockholm - It is with great sadness that we learn about the sudden death of T…

Wacker establishes clean room for elastomer production
Added: 6 Jul 2011
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Munich, Germany - Wacker has opened a new ISO class 8 clean room for productio…

Impala owners sue GM over excessive tyre wear
Added: 6 Jul 2011
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Detroit, Michigan - A class action lawsuit has been issued against GM in Michi…

Birla Tyres seeks new CEO following sudden restructure- report
Added: 6 Jul 2011
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Kolkata, India - Birla Tyres is reportedly undergoing a substantial restructur…

Most cars not ready for long holiday trip - Bridgestone
Added: 6 Jul 2011
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Brussels - Bridgestone has released the results of a survey of 38 000 European…

NR prices on Wed 6 July
Added: 6 Jul 2011
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On Tokyo's Tocom Exchange, prices for the six-month contract increased by yen…

US auto sales rebound 7% in June but fall short of forecasts
Added: 6 Jul 2011
By David Phillips, Crain News Service (AN)
Detroit, Michigan - US auto sales increased 7 percent in…

IQPC runs 7th intelligent tyre conference
Added: 6 Jul 2011
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Darmstadt, Germany - Conference organiser IQPC has announced the dates for the…

Rapra developing e-learning tools for REACH
Added: 6 Jul 2011
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Shrewsbury, UK - A European collaborative project focusing on the REACH legisl…

TRIB to increase number of board positions
Added: 6 Jul 2011
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Falls Church, Virginia -- The US-based Tire Retread & Repair Information Burea…

Former Ford environmental exec joins Tire International board
Added: 6 Jul 2011
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Moncks Corner, South Carolina -- Tyre recycling and rubber products maker Tire…

CRIA reports on first 5 months of 2011
Added: 5 Jul 2011
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Beijing -- China's rubber industry suffered in the first five months of 2011 f…

Toyo sets up Railway AVS company in China
Added: 5 Jul 2011
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Wuxi, Jiangsu, China -- Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd.is to establish a new comp…

Retail staff knowledge critical to beating internet sales channel - J D Power
Added: 5 Jul 2011
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Tokyo -- Increasing proportions of winter tyre owners in Japan are using the I…