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Trelleborg names Jim Law as head of Auto unit
Added: 24 Nov 2010
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Stockholm, Sweden -- Trelleborg Automotive has named Jim Law as president of i…

Trelleborg to set up plant to serve Brazil's oil/gas industry
Added: 24 Nov 2010
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Stockholm -- Trelleborg is to invest approximately SEK 160 million (euro 17 mi…

Brazil's SBR market studied
Added: 24 Nov 2010
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Paris -- Global Data has published a new report titled, Styrene-Butadiene Rubb…

Conti UK publishes infographics on winter driving
Added: 24 Nov 2010
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London -- As part of its continued winter driving safety campaign, Continental…

RPN, Veyance to hold hose conference
Added: 24 Nov 2010
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Akron, Ohio -- Rubber & Plastics News is re-introducing a technical conferen…

Hankook Tire to invest $1000 million in China for sixth tyre plant
Added: 23 Nov 2010
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Seoul, Korea -- Hankook Tire said it will build its global sixth manufacturing…

Michelin breaks ground on Chinese plant
Added: 23 Nov 2010
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Shenyang, China -- Michelin has held the foundation stone-laying ceremony for …

Tire Technology conference programme now out
Added: 23 Nov 2010
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Dorking, UK -- Organisers of the Tire Technology Expo 2011 have published the …

News from elsewhere on the web (23 Nov 2010)
Added: 23 Nov 2010
(17 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Workers 'frame out' Bridgestone's Akron tech centre
Added: 23 Nov 2010
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Akron, Ohio -- Construction crews working on Bridgestone Americas Tire Operati…

Indian tyre industry studied
Added: 23 Nov 2010
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Mumbai, India -- TechSci Research has published a report titled, The Indian Ty…

Michelin to raise US tyre prices
Added: 23 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Prices on Michelin- and BFGoodrich-brand truck tyres and MRT-brand retreads …

Yokohama's US tyre prices going up
Added: 23 Nov 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Fullerton, California -- Yokohama Tire Corp. will hike prices on its US comm…

Conti develops fuel line to meet EPA 10 for trucks
Added: 23 Nov 2010
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Hannover, Germany -- ContiTech Fluid Technology has developed resilient fuel l…

Winter tyres not mandatory in B.C., but insurers suggest you use them
Added: 23 Nov 2010
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Vancouver, Canada -- The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia has said th…

Rubber Board published October statistics
Added: 22 Nov 2010
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Kottayam, India -- The Rubber Board of India has published the October version…

News from elsewhere on the web (22 Nov 2010)
Added: 22 Nov 2010
(16 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Hermann Freudenberg passed away
Added: 22 Nov 2010
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Weinheim, Germany -- Hermann Freudenberg, a General Partner for many years and…

Michelin launches aramid-reinforced supersport car tyre
Added: 22 Nov 2010
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Paris -- Michelin has launched a high-tech super sport tyre to replace its Mic…

Freudenberg develops world's smallest Simmerring
Added: 22 Nov 2010
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Weinheim, Germany -- The endoscope, the copier and the Mars rover all have one…