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News from elsewhere on the web (7 June 2010)

Added: 7 Jun 2010

(12 items)

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

Reifen Show claims record numbers

Added: 7 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Essen, Germany -- organisers of the Reifen show, which took place in Essen, Ge…

Organisational meeting of RMA non-tyre group open to all

Added: 7 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Fairlawn, Ohio -- The non-tyre members of the Rubber Manufacturers Associati…

RMA announces cities with top tyre inflation

Added: 7 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Washington, DC -- Honolulu; Baltimore; Boston; Providence, Rhode Island; and…

90 percent of part-worn tyres are illegal

Added: 4 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Birmingham, UK -- Nine out of ten part-worn tyres failed to meet the minimum l…

Tokai to close Okayama AVS plant

Added: 4 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- In a brief Japanese-language announcement, Tokai Rubber Industries' V…

School district drops lawsuit after Lanxess donates $750,000

Added: 4 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Cincinnati, Ohio -- Ohio's Three Rivers Local School District has dropped it…

Bridgestone, BMW settle run-flat lawsuit

Added: 4 Jun 2010

By Bruce Davis, ERJ staff (TB)

Trenton New Jersey -- BMW North America LLC and Bridgestone Americas…

News from elsewhere on the web (04 May 2010)

Added: 4 Jun 2010

(14 items)

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

Trelleborg raising industrial tyre prices

Added: 4 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (TB)

Tivoli, Italy -- Trelleborg Wheel Systems SpA will increase prices worldwide o…

Here's how to tell when suppliers' honeymoon ends

Added: 4 Jun 2010

Edward Lapham, Automotive News

I always learn something from talking to Tom Stallkamp, which I was a…

Probably the most crazy use for a tractor tyre ever

Added: 4 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

YouTube - A video posted on YouTube shows a modern-day interpretation of the P…

EChA to act on enforcing rules on labelled oils in tyres

Added: 3 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (DS)

Helsinki -- EChA, the European Chemicals Agency charged with implementing REA…

Winter tyre uses NR - silica compound

Added: 3 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (RD)

Nokia, Finland -- The tread of the Hakkapeliitta 7, a studded winter tyre from…

News from elsewhere on the web (03 June 2010)

Added: 3 Jun 2010

(17 items)

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

Nokian ceo expects greater share in Russian and Nordic tyre markets

Added: 3 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (RD)

Nokian, Finland -- Kim Gran, ceo of Finnish tyre maker Nokian, expects the com…

Daetwyler buys online profile measurement system

Added: 3 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (RD)

Schattdorf, Switzerland -- Rubber technology specialist Daetwyler Rubber has l…

Tenneco to supply UK aftermarket parts biz

Added: 3 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (TB)

Lake Forest, Illinois -- Tenneco Inc. has been selected by Unipart Automotive,…

Freudenberg develops white hygienic EPDM

Added: 2 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (RD)

Weinheim, Germany -- Freudenberg Process Seals is expanding its material portf…

Fire damages UK rubber reclamation factory

Added: 2 Jun 2010

ERJ staff report (RD)

Devon, UK -- A rubber reclamation factory in western Devon in the UK has suffe…