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Setzer to head Conti's new combined tyre unit

Added: 8 Jun 2011

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Hannover, Germany -- Conti is to merge its truck tyre and passenger car tyre b…

Saargummi restructuring now complete

Added: 8 Jun 2011

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Saarbrucken, Germany - The joint administrators of te Saargummi group said the…

Solutia outlines slimline rubber chemical business

Added: 8 Jun 2011

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St Louis, Missouri -- Following the completion of the restructuring of the its…

News from elsewhere on the web (08 June 2011)

Added: 8 Jun 2011

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

Saab suspends output again, to resume today

Added: 8 Jun 2011

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Stockholm, Sweden (Reuters) -- Saab, which was shut for most of April and May …

NR prices ease in Tokyo

Added: 8 Jun 2011

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Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges moved down overnight.

On Tokyo's To…

Indonesian tyre sales increased in five months

Added: 8 Jun 2011

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Jakarta - Reuters reports that Indonesian tyre sales rose slightly in the firs…

So.F.Ter acquired P Group

Added: 8 Jun 2011

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Forli, Italy -- So.F.Ter has bought a plastics compounder from the administra…

UK motorists avoid replacing tyres due to cost

Added: 8 Jun 2011

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Cardiff, Wales -- A survey by a UK -based insurance company reveals that 8 per…

TRA launches PAS 107 accreditation programme

Added: 8 Jun 2011

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London -- The UK's Tyre Recycling Association (TRA) is to offer Quality Protoc…

Car service firm sets up UK online tyre sales outlet

Added: 8 Jun 2011

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Cyberspace, UK -- Servicing stop, a UK -based online car servicing company, ha…

Independent UK retailer joins Tyresafe

Added: 8 Jun 2011

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London -- York Tyre Sales has joined UK tyre lobby group, TyreSafe. It is the …

Industry veteran marks 40 years of tyre fitting

Added: 8 Jun 2011

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Halifax, UK -- Eric Roberts is marking 40 years of working in the UK tyre trad…

Dan King talks about trying times at Yokohama

Added: 7 Jun 2011

By Miles Moore, Crain ERJ staff (R&PN)

Fullerton, California -- The massive earthquake, ensuing tsun…

US DoD places tyre contracts worth $65 million

Added: 7 Jun 2011

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Washington, DC -- The Defense Logistics Agency, a part of the US Department o…

News from elsewhere on the web (07 June 2011)

Added: 7 Jun 2011

(18 items)

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

TIA, Michelin safety video shows a truck tyre blowout in tyre shop

Added: 7 Jun 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Greenville, South Carolina -- A safety video, aimed at tyre fitting shops, exp…

New TPE claimed to be replacement for EPDM-PP TPV

Added: 7 Jun 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Chicago, Illinois -- Star Thermoplastics has introduced a line of TPEs which, …

UK ambulances to use cold-weather tyres this winter

Added: 7 Jun 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Stoke-on-Trent, UK -- Ambulances across the UK Midlands will be driven on cold…

Wyko promotes Bill Jones

Added: 7 Jun 2011

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Greenville, Kentucky -- Wylo Tire Technology has promoted Bill Jones to the po…