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Setzer to head Conti's new combined tyre unit
Added: 8 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hannover, Germany -- Conti is to merge its truck tyre and passenger car tyre b…

Saargummi restructuring now complete
Added: 8 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Saarbrucken, Germany - The joint administrators of te Saargummi group said the…

Solutia outlines slimline rubber chemical business
Added: 8 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
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
(17 items)
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
ERJ staff report (AN)
Stockholm, Sweden (Reuters) -- Saab, which was shut for most of April and May …

NR prices ease in Tokyo
Added: 8 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
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
ERJ staff report (DS)
Jakarta - Reuters reports that Indonesian tyre sales rose slightly in the firs…

So.F.Ter acquired P Group
Added: 8 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
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
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cardiff, Wales -- A survey by a UK -based insurance company reveals that 8 per…

TRA launches PAS 107 accreditation programme
Added: 8 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
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
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cyberspace, UK -- Servicing stop, a UK -based online car servicing company, ha…

Independent UK retailer joins Tyresafe
Added: 8 Jun 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
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
ERJ staff report (DS)
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
ERJ staff report (DS)
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
ERJ staff report (DS)
Greenville, Kentucky -- Wylo Tire Technology has promoted Bill Jones to the po…