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Carbon black used in wireless test
Added: 14 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (PRW)
Datchet, UK -- IDC Models has used a very high density of carbon black in a m…

Koreans to make TPMS mandatory from 2013
Added: 13 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul -- Korea's Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs has introduc…

European car production picks up - ACEA
Added: 13 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- Vehicle production in Europe is picking up, compared to the low le…

News from elsewhere on the web (13 July 2010)
Added: 13 Jul 2010
(20 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Global tyre makers compared
Added: 13 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Plimsoll has published a new report titled, Tyre Manufacturers - Wor…

Hankook opens global education centre in Daejon plant
Added: 13 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Daejeon, Korea -- Hankook Tire has established a Global Education Centre at it…

Short report published on Continental
Added: 13 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Datamonitor has published a new report titled, Continental AG - SWOT …

Expansion, addition to boost Cabot capacity
Added: 13 Jul 2010
By Brad Dawson, ERJ Staff (R&PN)
BOSTON-Cabot Corp. is adding production capacity at sites in the As…

Latvian component maker touts for compounding business
Added: 13 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Riga, Latvia -- JSC Baltijas Gumijas Fabrika makes both rubber goods and compo…

IISRP adds Golden Tex as affiliate
Added: 13 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Houston, Texas -- Synthetic rubber distributor Golden Tex has joined the Int…

Evonik restructures carbon black unit: sell-off now more likely
Added: 12 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanau, Germany -- Evonik has spun off its carbon black activity into a separat…

Freudenberg to grow rail activities, withdraw from gasket unit
Added: 12 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Weinheim, Germany -- Freudenberg Group has said it is talking to seal manufact…

ETRMA publishes annual report
Added: 12 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- The ETRMA (European Tyre and Rubber Manufactures' Association) has…

Conti places Euro 750 million Eurobond
Added: 12 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hannover, Germany -- Continental has succesfully placed a Eurobond issue worth…

Spain studying rubber crumb in road surfaces
Added: 12 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Solihull, UK -- Spanish researchers have shown that it is possible to use post…

Ford's soy-rubber project still at very early stage
Added: 12 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dearborn, Michigan -- Further to a report on ERJ last week, a Ford spokesman s…

Cement makers look at alternative sources of energy
Added: 12 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Solihull, UK -- Currently tyres are 31 percent more expensive than other alter…

UK tyre disposal model may lead Europe
Added: 12 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Solihull, UK -- If people in the UK become aware of illegal tyre disposal acti…

UK tyre buyers switch from mid-range to budget brands
Added: 12 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Solihull, UK -- Data presented by Michelin shows that UK car tyre buyers are m…

Serbia's Elemira SR plant wins investment
Added: 12 Jul 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Belgrade, Serbia -- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Regional…