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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

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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…