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Jury awards $5.6 million damages against Goodyear
Added: 30 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
New Port Richet, Florida -- A Pasco County Circuit Court jury has returned a $…

Goodyear settles in Mississippi lawsuit
Added: 30 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Jackson, Mississippi -- The Mississippi Supreme Court has dismissed Goodyear…

Iranian tyre scientists claim weight-saving with nano-silicates
Added: 30 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Teheran -- Iranian scientists say they have achived a weight reduction and a r…

Yokohama claims record hill climb for electric vehicle
Added: 30 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - Team Yokohama has turned in the best-ever performance for an EV at the…

UK county to use recycled rubber in speed humps
Added: 30 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leicester, UK -- A UK County Council is to roll out traffic-calming systems ba…

Graphene in rubber offers significant performance benefits
Added: 29 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Princeton, New Jersey -- Researchers at Princeton University have been granted…

Stamford Tyres profits rocket for FY 2010
Added: 29 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Singapore -- South East Asia's largest independent tyre and wheel distributor,…

Schaeffler sets up subsidiary to absorb Continental
Added: 29 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Herzogenaurach, Germany -- The Schaeffler Group has consolidated its operatio…

SPC Europe recruits purchasing manager from Avon Automotive
Added: 29 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Westbury UK -- SPC Europe has recruited former Avon Automotive purchasing expe…

Short SWOT analysis on Cabot is published
Added: 29 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Datamonitor has published a short report titled, Cabot Corp…

French market for replacement tyres studied
Added: 29 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Datamonitor has published a new report titled, France After…

News from elsewhere on the web (29 June 2010)
Added: 29 Jun 2010
(18 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Re…

Samson marks 35 years in tyre equipment
Added: 29 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Sinfong Township, Taiwan -- Samson Machinery Inc. is marking 35 years in the t…

Refurbished venue will host Brityrex
Added: 29 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Manchester, UK -- Brityrex, the UK tyre show, takes place on 5 - 7 October 201…

Lanxess to add butyl capacity in Belgium
Added: 28 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany - Lanxess AG is to expand the production capacity of its b…

Yokohama to expand Thailand car tyre plant
Added: 28 Jun 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., is to increase capacity for car and lig…

Europeans want to supply to BMW
Added: 28 Jun 2010
By Douglas Bolduc ERJ staff report (AN)
Bilbao, Spain -- BMW AG is the automaker that suppliers in E…

News from elsewhere on the web (28 June 2010)
Added: 28 Jun 2010
(19 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Rhein Chemie: Thinking green, saving green
Added: 28 Jun 2010
By Brad Dawson, ERJ staff (R&PN)
Chardon, Ohio-Rubber chemicals supplier Rhein Chemie Corp. has made…

Bridgestone to restructure F1 activities
Added: 28 Jun 2010
By David Shaw, ERJ staff
Brussels -- Bridgestone has said it will discontinue the manufacture of GP2…