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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
Added: 15 Oct 2010
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)
Added: 14 Oct 2010
(22 items)
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 …