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Bridgestone modifies 'green' mission statement
Added: 20 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone group, on behalf of all its subsidiariies, has declared a…

Michelin's launches next-generation green tyre
Added: 20 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Berlin, Germany -- Michelin has used its Challenge Bibendum event to launch th…

Lanxess demonstrates bio-butyl
Added: 20 May 2011
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Berlin, Germany -- Lanxess has made trial quantities of bio-sourced butyl r…

1.6mm in tread depth is enough, says Michelin
Added: 19 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Berlin, Germany -- Michelin has carried out research in conjunction with Dresd…

Michelin truck tyre can carry 11% more weight
Added: 19 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Berlin, Germany -- Michelin has developed a truck tyre in size 385 / 60 R22.5 …

Michelin to launch puncture-proof innerliner
Added: 19 May 2011
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Berlin -- Michelin has developed and patented a puncture-proof innerliner f…

Michelin's sustainable mobility event kicks off in Berlin
Added: 19 May 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Berlin - The eleventh Michelin Challenge Bibendum, a global summit on sustain…

Saab aims to restart output next week as talks with suppliers begin
Added: 19 May 2011
ERJ staff report (AN)
Stockholm (Bloomberg) -- Saab Automobile, the Swedish auto maker that halted p…

Lanxess to relocate to Cologne
Added: 19 May 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Leverkusen - Speciality chemicals group Lanxess has found a new home in Colog…

Hankook hold groundbreaking ceremony for 3rd China plant
Added: 19 May 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Seoul -- Hankook Tire held the groundbreaking ceremony for its third Chinese …

Nominations invited for Tan Sri Dr B. C Sekhar Gold Medal 2010
Added: 19 May 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Kochi, India - Rubber Asia magazine has invited nominations for the Tan Sri D…

Pool of potential bidders for Federal-Mogul shrinks, report says
Added: 19 May 2011
ERJ staff report (AN)
New York (Reuters) - Private equity firms Carlyle Group and Apollo Global Mana…

Michelin data shows tyre boom slowing further
Added: 19 May 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Paris - Michelin has updated its website with a regional breakdown of the gro…

Momentive & SSF collaborate on medical device applications
Added: 19 May 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Albany, New York -- Momentive Performance Materials Inc. is to collaborate wi…

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

More EU drivers willing to buy tyres online - Delticom
Added: 19 May 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Hanover, Germany - According to a survey carried out on behalf of online tyre…

Ruia Group buys yet another auto profiles company
Added: 18 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Charleval, France -- India's Ruia Group has bought yet another auto profiles c…

Conti officially opens China tyre plant
Added: 18 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hefei, China -- Continental AG has officially opened its first Chinese tyre pl…

Saudis set up elastomer technology institute to develop elastomer industry
Added: 18 May 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Akron, Ohio, - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is to establish an elastomer…

SCG-Dow to bring elastomer plant on stream from June
Added: 18 May 2011
ERJ staff report (PRW)
Dow has announced that its new world-scale speciality elastomers plant in Tha…