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News from elsewhere on the web (18 March 2010)
Added: 18 Mar 2010
(18 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

AirBoss has profitable quarter, year
Added: 18 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Newmarket, Ontario -- AirBoss of America Corp. rode a strong performance by …

Bridgestone manufactures over 150 M Blizzak winter tyres
Added: 18 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (RD)
Brussels -- Bridgestone has now produced over 150 million Blizzak winter tyres…

Setzer: EV tyres 'will take some getting used to'
Added: 17 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (AN)
Geneva -- Continental AG's tyre division is gearing up for the
vehicles of the…

ECHA plans stakeholder day for 19 May
Added: 17 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki, Finland -- On 19 May 2010, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is p…

Q4 performance makes Lanxess optimistic for 2010
Added: 17 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany - Speciality chemicals group Lanxess AG is confident for t…

NHTSA plans public meeting on tyre fuel efficiency 26 March
Added: 17 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Washington DC - To further refine its consumer education goals in its proposed…

Kumho to supply OE tyres for Mercedes van
Added: 17 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul. Korea -- Kumho is to supply tyres for original equipment (OE) fit to th…

News from elsewhere on the web (17 March 2010)
Added: 17 Mar 2010
(28 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

US Senators change retread bill
Added: 17 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (R&PN)
Washington DC -- Advocates of the US retread industry are happy about defusi…

Report discusses Kraton business
Added: 17 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Global Markets Direct has published a new report titled, Kraton Polym…

Apollo opens 150th tyre store
Added: 17 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Gurgaon, India -- Apollo Tyres has opened its 150th Sales and Marketing
Office…

Report investigates US machinery business
Added: 17 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- IBISWorld has published a new report titled, Plastics & Rubber Mach…

Hexpol Acquires Vita TPE Compounding
Added: 16 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stockholm -- Hexpol has agreed with the Vita Group to acquire VTC TPE Group. V…

EC car registrations up, but on a declining trend
Added: 16 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- New passenger car registrations in the EU increased by 3.0 percent…

Conti raises truck tyre prices
Added: 16 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany -- Prices for commercial vehicle tyres from Continental's Eur…

News from elsewhere on the web (16 March 2010)
Added: 16 Mar 2010
(20 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

PRIM holds 50th anniversary conference
Added: 16 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Kuala Lumpur- Plastics and Rubber Institute Malaysia (PRIM) is celebrating its…

Chinese company to set up Gutta-Percha plantation
Added: 16 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Fuzhou City, China -- Hiru Corp. and its subsidiary Jiangxi RongYu Pharmaceuti…

Sure Tire intros new Summit tyres at annual meeting
Added: 16 Mar 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Tucson, Arizona -- Sure Tire celebrated its 11th year of marketing the Summit …