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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…