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Hankook launches 'Be One With It' campaign
Added: 21 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Neu-Isenberg, Germany -- Hankook Tire has launched a new global advertising c…

New condom includes erectogenic compound
Added: 21 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Guildford, Surrey -- A small start-up company based in Surrey Technology Centr…

Tyrexpo India to follow Tyrexpo Asia's success
Added: 21 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Chennai, India -- Tyrexpo India 2011 in Chennai is benefitting from the recent…

UK company offers tyre-shaving service
Added: 21 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nottingham, UK -- A small UK precision engineering company is now offering a s…

Cooper Standard to form JV with FMEA
Added: 20 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Novi, Michigan - Automotive components supplier Cooper Standard has signed an…

Increased demand for all units in Q1 - Trelleborg
Added: 20 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Trelleborg, Sweden -- First quarter organic sales at Trelleborg grew by 19 pe…

Hankook calls Q1 growth 'record-breaking'
Added: 20 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Seoul -- Global sales at Hankook Tire grew by 16.3 percent in the first quart…

Cabot Corp. donating $500,000 to Japanese relief efforts
Added: 20 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (TB)
Boston, Massachusetts -- Carbon black producer Cabot Corp. has pledged $500,00…

India sees 3.7% rise in NR production
Added: 20 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Kottayam, India -- Natural rubber production in India during 2010-11 was 3.7…

News from elsewhere on the web (20th April 2011)
Added: 20 Apr 2011
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Zodiac revenue soars by 35.6%
Added: 20 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Plaisir, France -- Zodiac Aerospace has reported revenue of euro 1309.5 milli…

Michelin, Double Coin & Huayi to form JV
Added: 19 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Paris -- Michelin has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Double Coin H…

EU car registrations down in first quarter
Added: 19 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- In March, a total of 1,558,915 new cars was registered in the EU, …

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

Goodyear breaks ground on new global HQ
Added: 19 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Akron, Ohio -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. officially broke ground on its …

NR prices sink below $5 in Tokyo
Added: 19 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges fell overnight.
On Tokyo's Tocom Ex…

Vredestein unit measures tread depth on the fly
Added: 19 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Enschede, the Netherlands -- Apollo Vredestein has introduced an in-house la…

Conti to focus on direct TPMS
Added: 19 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Hannover, Germany -- Continental will focus on direct tyre pressure measureme…

Avon appoints distributor in Ireland
Added: 19 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (DS)
Mullingar, Ireland - Mullingar-based tyre dealer, Mileage Tyres, has been appo…

Freudenberg develop FKM O-ring compound for 150°C
Added: 19 Apr 2011
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Freudenberg, Germany - Freudenberg Simrit presented its new range of FKM O-r…