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Ceat, BKT book big stands at TyrExpo Asia
Added: 7 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- Indian tyre makers BKT and Ceat have unveiled ambitious plans for…

Toyo Proxes A20 wins OE on Scion vehicles
Added: 7 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cypress, California -- The Toyo Proxes A20 in size 225/45R18 has been selected…

Nissan Leaf debuts on Bridgestone Ecopia tyres
Added: 7 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Tokyo -- Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. has selected Bridgestone Corp.'s Ecopia tyre …

Momentive, Hexion merger expects better growth prospects
Added: 7 Dec 2010
By Bruce Meyer ERJ staff (R&PN)
Albany, New York -- The now-official combination of Momentive Perfor…

Short report on Yokohama published
Added: 7 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Business Review has published a new report titled, The Yokohama Rubbe…

Short report on Michelin published
Added: 7 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Business Review has published a new report titled, Michelin SCA: SWOT…

Short report on Cooper published
Added: 7 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Business Review has published a new report titled, Cooper Tire & Rubb…

UK tyre industry attacks Transport Minister for misinformation
Added: 6 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Following the revelation that UK Transport Minister, the Rt Hon Phil…

Axcel to buy Trelleborg's roofing activities
Added: 6 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stockholm, Sweden -- Trelleborg AB is to sell its roofing activities to Axcel,…

News from elsewhere on the web (06 Dec 2010)
Added: 6 Dec 2010
(17 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Eliokem raises prices for NBR materials
Added: 6 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Villejust, France -- Eliokem has anounced a price increase of up to Rs 12 (Eur…

Evonik raises prices for carbon black
Added: 6 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Essen, Germany -- Evonik Industries, Essen, is increasing prices for Carbon Bl…

Conti nominates Siegfried Wolf to replace Koerfer on Supervisory Board
Added: 6 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hannover, Germany -- Prof. Siegfried Wolf is nominated to become a member of t…

Bridgestone to raise Japanese tyre prices
Added: 6 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. is to raise prices on March 1, 2011 for truck and b…

Maxxis wins Peugeot OE fitment
Added: 6 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Maxxis has developed its MA-510 tyre in conjunction with PSA specifi…

White Cross rubber compounds get potable water agreement
Added: 6 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (PRW)
Lancaster-based White Cross Rubber Products has won approvals for its new EPD…

Top 100 US tyre makers studied
Added: 6 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- First Research has published a short report titled, Tire Ma…

Nanotube rubber can operate from -200C to 1000C
Added: 3 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
New York -- A paper published in the magazine Science this week, reports on re…

Bridgestone to halve rubber use by 2020-report
Added: 3 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp., the world's largest tyre maker, plans to cut its r…

News from elsewhere on the web (03 Dec 2010)
Added: 3 Dec 2010
(21 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…