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UK prosecutions for defective tyres hits 7-year high
Added: 17 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- The number of drivers successfully prosecuted by courts in England a…

Top brands best for UHP tyres - US Consumer Reports
Added: 17 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Yonkers, New York -- Ultra-high-performance summer tyres from Goodyear, Dunlop…

New polymerisation method for NBR published
Added: 16 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- A research team from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) sup…

European new car registrations show uptick in August
Added: 16 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- From January to August, new car registrations across the EU reache…

FIA OKs British tyre distributor DMACK for WRC
Added: 16 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Carlisle, UK - The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) has appro…

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

Solutia names new boss for Flexsys unit
Added: 16 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
St Louis, Missouri -- Solutia Inc. named Greta Senn as president and general m…

Goodyear names Szulc president of its Latin America region
Added: 16 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear has appointed Jaime Cohen Szulc president of the compa…

China will have 200 million cars by 2020; gridlock, pollution concerns grow
Added: 16 Sep 2010
By Normandy Madden, Crain News Service (AA)
Beijing --The number of vehicles on China's roads will m…

Freudenberg commits to India
Added: 16 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Bangalore, India -- Freudenberg group said it recorded healthy growth in the I…

Titan notes tender offer to expire Sept. 28
Added: 16 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Quincy, Illinois -- Titan International Inc. announced that $138.8 million in …

Conti pushes the idea of winter tyres in the UK
Added: 16 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Continental UK is highlighting the importance of winter tyres to a s…

Yokohama, Hankook to participate in IAA
Added: 16 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Frankfurt, Germany --Hankook Tire will be present for the first time at the 63…

US factice and SR report published
Added: 16 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- ICON Group International has published a new report titled,…

Conveying equipment report published
Added: 16 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Supplier Relations US, LLC has published a new report title…

Lanxess predicts tight polybutadiene market
Added: 15 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Duesseldorf, Germany -- Lanxess AG is predicting a tight polybutadiene market…

Lanxess forecasts tight butyl market
Added: 15 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Duesseldorf, Germany -- Lanxess expects markets for butyl and halo butyl rubbe…

Michelin's Tigar to add 220 jobs in Serbia
Added: 15 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Pirot, Serbia -- The Michelin-owned Tigar Corp. has reached agreement with the…

Sarlink business goes to Teknor Apex
Added: 15 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Heerlen, The Netherlands -- DSM NV has agreed to sell its Sarlink TPV business…

Mitas plans agricultural tyre plant in Czech Republic
Added: 15 Sep 2010
ERJ staff report (PRW)
Zlin, Czech Republic -- Heavy duty tyre manufacturer Mitas is to invest almos…