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Tyre labels change attitudes, buying habits in Japan
Added: 17 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Japanese buyers are prepared to pay more for tyres with labels demons…

Sumitomo, Hyosung form JVs for steelcord in Thailand, China
Added: 17 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. has agreed with Hyosung Corporatio…

Michelin confirms continuation of tyre market recovery
Added: 17 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris - Michelin has updated its website with tyre market…

Genencor plans bio-isoprene pilot unit in Iowa
Added: 17 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Des Moines, Iowa -- The Iowa Department of Economic Development has approved f…

News from elsewhere on the web (17 Dec 2010)
Added: 17 Dec 2010
(13 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Michelin adds smartphone apps for trucking industry
Added: 17 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Greenville, South Carolina - Michelin North America Inc.'s Michelin Americas T…

EU commercial vehicle sales increase in November
Added: 17 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- European registrations of commercial vehicles rose in November, a…

Huber, Almatis reach agreement on fire retardants
Added: 17 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Atlanta, Georgia --, Huber Engineered Materials (HEM) and Almatis, Inc. (Almat…

Conti proposes German master plan for electric vehicles
Added: 17 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hannover, Germany -- Continental AG is calling for Germany to develop a master…

Tyre sales strengthen in November
Added: 16 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Milan, Italy -- Pirelli has updated its website with tyre sales for the month …

BST's NBR plant in Thailand - Correction
Added: 16 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Bangkok -- BST Elastomers has asked us to point out that we made an error in y…

Double Coin OKs car tyre project
Added: 16 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Shanghai, China -- China's Double Coin Holdings Ltd. is moving ahead with plan…

News from elsewhere on the web (16 Dec 2010)
Added: 16 Dec 2010
(20 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Canadian coalition calls for insurance rebates on Winter tyres
Added: 16 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Toronto, Ontario -- The Ontario Safety League, the Ontario Hospital Associatio…

IRCO reports NR prices firm on shortages
Added: 16 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur -- IRCo, the International Rubber Consortium Limited, in its regu…

US declares rubber goods as using child labour
Added: 16 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Washington DC -- In its latest listing of goods produced using child labour, i…

Sumitomo, Falken, Ohtsu prices rising worldwide
Added: 16 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Kobe, Japan -- Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd., through its SRI Tire Trading L…

Avon works with ATS to win UK van fleet deal
Added: 16 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Melksham, UK -- UK rental van fleet, Premier Vehicle Rental (PVR) has selected…

Scougal to adjust to growth
Added: 16 Dec 2010
By Mike McNulty, ERJ staff (R&PN)
Seattle, Washington State -- Scougal Rubber Corp. plans to move th…

Cooper names Stephenson as Chief Operating Officer
Added: 16 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Novi, Michigan -- Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc., the parent company of Cooper-…