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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…

Netherlands study shows Winter tyres reduce accidents
Added: 3 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Birmingham, UK -- ATS Euromaster is pointing to the results of a Dutch survey …

UK minister rules out Winter tyre legislation
Added: 3 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- In response to a question, Philip Hammond The UK Secretary of State …

World Butadiene Analysis 2011 now available
Added: 3 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Houston, Texas -- Chemical Market Associates, Inc. (CMAI) has published a new …

US Nov. vehicle sales jump 17 percent as market gains strength
Added: 3 Dec 2010
By Jesse Snyder and David Barkholz, Crain News Service
Detroit, Michigan -- US car and truck sales j…

Lanxess promotes road safety at RubberDay India
Added: 3 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
New Delhi, India -- At the first "Lanxess Rubber Day India", experts from poli…

Momentive shows videos promoting NXT silane
Added: 3 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Albany, New York -- Momentive Performance Materials said its NXT silane can h…

WestMoonInt opens new website
Added: 3 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hong Kong -- Westmoonint's new English site unveils itself on Thursday. The Ch…

RMA predicts 2% rise in tyre shipments next year
Added: 2 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Washington DC -- US replacement tyre shipments should achieve 9-percent incr…

Trial of former Wyko engineers begins in Knoxville
Added: 2 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Knoxville, Tennessee -- Two former employees of Wyko Tire Technology Inc. have…

Littlejohn buys Henniges Automotive from Wynnchurch
Added: 2 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Greenwich, Connecticut -- One private investment company has acquired Hennig…

News from elsewhere on the web (02 Dec 2010)
Added: 2 Dec 2010
(27 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Marangoni shows 'green' tyre -- literally -- in Bologna
Added: 2 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Bologna, Italy -- Marangoni wil present a green tyre -- in both colour and rol…

4300 chemicals registered under REACH
Added: 2 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki, Finland -- As of 24:00, 30 November 2010, ECHA had received 24,675 r…

NMCE rejects allegations of NR price fixing
Added: 2 Dec 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Ahmedabad, India -- India's National Multi-Commodity Exchange, NMCE has report…