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One third of UK motorists buy tyres online - Delticom

Added: 15 Oct 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Hanover, Germany -- Price, choice and convenience are the principle reasons wh…

UK hose maker fined for safety breaches

Added: 15 Oct 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Chichester, UK -- A Chichester rubber hose manufacturer has been fined £12,00…

Bridgestone launches multimedia tyre safety website

Added: 15 Oct 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Cyberspace -- Bridgestone has launched a website designed to boost awareness o…

Wacker buys South Korean silicone facility

Added: 15 Oct 2010

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Munich, Germany -- Wacker Chemicals Korea Inc. signed an agreement to purch…

WTO releases preliminary report supporting tyre tariffs, BNA says

Added: 15 Oct 2010

Miles Moore, ERJ staff (TB)

Washington DC -- Supporters of the tariffs the Obama administration levi…

French TV company confirms interest in Pirelli Broadband

Added: 15 Oct 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Neuilly-sur-Seine, France -- French digital TV company Netgem has confirmed it…

UK tyre safety campaign gets HIghways Agency backing

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ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- The UK Highways Agency has for the first time backed tyre safety mon…

Carbon Black market report published

Added: 15 Oct 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

London -- Merchant Research & Consulting, Ltd has published a new report title…

Yokohama donates to WWF

Added: 15 Oct 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., hasr donated around euro 4600 to the Wo…

Natural rubber prices breach $4.50 /kg in Shanghai

Added: 14 Oct 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Singapore - Natural rubber prices are once more hitting mid-term highs across …

Malaysia's NR ouput rose in August

Added: 14 Oct 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Kuala Lumpur -- Malaysia produced 80,643 tonnes of natural rubber in August. T…

Toyota audit finds 'misunderstanding' with suppliers over quality inspections

Added: 14 Oct 2010

ERJ staff report (AN)

Los Angeles, California (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp. set out to audit su…

News from elsewhere on the web (14 Oct 2010)

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

Conti proposes low grip prediction system

Added: 14 Oct 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Regensburg, Germany -- Automotive suppliers including Continental AG are bring…

ITEC speaker: US tyre makers in survival mode, preparing for end of China tariffs

Added: 14 Oct 2010

By Ed Noga, ERJ staff (R&PN)

Cleveland, Ohio -- The heavy tariffs levied by the US government on tyr…

Engel to show silicone technology at K show

Added: 14 Oct 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Schwertberg, Austria - Engel will demonstrate is expertise in silicone rubber …

Bridgestone wins ISO 9001 for European sales operations

Added: 14 Oct 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Brussels -- Bridgestone Europe's group of 18 national sales companies has been…

Canadian pyrolysis plant due on stream early next year

Added: 14 Oct 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Toronto, Ontario -- A plant under construction in Sault Ste. Marie will extra…

ContiTech outlines railway airpsring business

Added: 14 Oct 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Hanover, Germany -- At work between the rails and the passenger compartment, C…

US consumers think Goodyear is socially responsible

Added: 14 Oct 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Akron, Ohio -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company appears on a list of the 50 …