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Pirelli previews Malaysian F1 event

Added: 8 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Sepang, Malaysia -- The Malaysian Grand Prix takes place this weekend in Sepan…

Indian tyre industry studied

Added: 8 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Mumbai, India -- RNCOS has published a new report titled, Indian Tyre Industr…

Freudenberg develops low-energy seal design

Added: 7 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Weinheim, Germany -- Freudenberg claims to have developed a new style of recip…

Excessive lead found in groundwater at Tokai unit

Added: 7 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Matsusaka, Japan -- Tokai Rubber Industries said it has commenced an investiga…

NZ researchers use elastomers to make muscles

Added: 7 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Auckland, new Zealand -- Researchers at the Biomimetics Group at the Auckland …

Michelin opens sales office in Indonesia

Added: 7 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Jakarta, Indonesia -- Michelin has opened a sales office in Indonesia PT Indo…

Michelin tyres on Chinese-built airliner

Added: 7 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Paris -- Michelin has been chosen to develop and supply tyres for the Comac C9…

TyreExpo Asia reports record attendance

Added: 7 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Singapore -- Tyrexpo Asia 2011 in Singapore has broken all previous records fo…

US moulder offers silicone wrist bands to order

Added: 7 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Houston, Texas -- Wrist-band.com is a Houston based company engaged in offerin…

JSR to resume production at Kashima by mid-April - but not EPDM

Added: 7 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Kashima, Japan -- JSR Corp has said it is bringing forward plans to partially …

Styron to add SB-latex plant in China

Added: 7 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Berwyn, Pennsylvania -- Styron has announced plans to expand its Styrene-Butad…

Nokian announces new tyre plant in Russia

Added: 7 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Helsinki, Finland -- Nokian Tyres is to add significant tyre-making capacity i…

Tornado damages supplier Toyoda Gosei's Kentucky sealing plant

Added: 7 Apr 2011

By Laurén Abdel-Razzaq Crain staff report (AN)

Hopkinsville, Kentucky -- A tornado damaged the Toyo…

Tokai rubber update on Tohoku earthquake activities

Added: 7 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo - Tokai Rubber is setting up a special representative committee chaired …

Indian car buyers happier with their OE tyres

Added: 7 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Singapore -- Indian car buyers are significantly happier with the tyres fitted…

Dexco deal makes TSRC a global player

Added: 7 Apr 2011

By Frank Esposito Crain staff (PN)

Plaquemine, Louisiana -- TSRC Corp. has wrapped up its acquisiti…

News from elsewhere on the web (07 April 2011)

Added: 7 Apr 2011

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

What slowdown? Growing Kraton keeping busy

Added: 7 Apr 2011

By Frank Esposito Crain staff (PN)

Houston, Texas -- Kraton Polymers LLC continues to invest and gr…

Old tyres not safe - Swiss Auto club

Added: 7 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Berne, Switzerland -- The Swiss Touring Club (TCS) has studied old tyres and f…

NR prices remain stable

Added: 7 Apr 2011

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Prices on Tokyo's rubber exchanges remained largely unchanged overnig…