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Trelleborg sets up Tech centre in Shanghai

Added: 16 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Shanghai, China -- Trelleborg Automotive will establish a new R&D centre in Sh…

NAFTA OE tyre market surged in May

Added: 16 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Milan, Italy - OE sales of car tyres in May surged by 89 percent in the NAFTA …

Denka raises Chloroprene prices again

Added: 16 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Denki Kagaku Kogyo K.K., has announced a price increase of Denka CR a…

Falcon India to add 2, 3-wheeler tyre production

Added: 16 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Kolkata, India - Several Indian newspapers are reporting a press conference in…

News from elsewhere on the web (16 June 2010)

Added: 16 Jun 2010

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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

China leader calls for better labour conditions as Honda workers suspend strike

Added: 16 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (AN)

Zhongshan, China - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao urged better treatment of the na…

Hankook offices win emissions certification

Added: 16 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Seoul, South Korea -- Hankook Tire has obtained the greenhouse emission certif…

Kraiburg TPE to extend joint development projects with Hilti tools

Added: 16 Jun 2010

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Waldkraiburg, Germany - Following a number of successful projects, Kraiburg TP…

Yokohama to enter electric vehicle in Pikes Peak hill climbing challenge

Added: 16 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo - Team Yokohama is to enter an electric vehicle (EV) in the 2010 Pikes P…

Vibracoustic merges N American unit into global structure

Added: 15 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Weinheim, Germany -- Vibracoustic North America (VNA) located in Plymouth, Mic…

F1: It's going to be Pirelli

Added: 15 Jun 2010

By David Shaw, ERJ staff

London -- Pirelli will be the next supplier of tyres to the F1 motor racing…

DSM aims to settle EPDM antitrust case with $25 million payout

Added: 15 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Heerlen, Netherlands -- DSM Elastomers aims to settle a long-running anti-trus…

EU car demand declines for 2nd consecutive month

Added: 15 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Brussels -- Demand for new cars in the EU declined for the second month this y…

Eliokem raises prices, adds capacity in antioxidants

Added: 15 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Paris -- Eliokem is introducing a worldwide price increase for its Wingstay L …

Wnuk to manage after markets for Davis-Standard

Added: 15 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Pawcatuk, Connecticut -- Davis-Standard LLC's Extrusion unit said that Joseph…

Gates switches notched V-belts to EPDM

Added: 15 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Denver, Colorado -- The Industrial Power Transmission unit of Gates Corp. now …

ContiTech marks 111 years of rubber

Added: 15 Jun 2010

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Hannover, Germany -- Continental AG is marking 111 years of rubber drive belt …

Honda China plant resumes work; Friday deadline looms

Added: 15 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (AN)

ZHONGSHAN, China (Reuters) -- Workers at a factory making locks for Honda Moto…

News from elsewhere on the web (15 June 2010)

Added: 15 Jun 2010

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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

TSRC may expand Indian E-SBR plant - report

Added: 15 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Taipei, Taiwan -- Taiwan Synthetic Rubber Corp (TSRC) expects to expand capaci…