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Iran's Dezli Sanat to double car tyre capacity
Added: 15 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cologne, Germany -- Dezli Sanat Co. has modified its plans to make tyres in Ir…

UK to promote motorcycle tyre safety
Added: 15 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Tyresafe, the UK's tyre safety body, is making available materials t…

Michelin expects sales of sport cars to increase
Added: 15 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Michelin has launched the latest version of the Pilot Sport tyre -- t…

India to hold rubber expo in January 2011
Added: 15 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Chennai, India -- India's All India Rubber Industries Association is planning …

Sumitomo extends air spring agreement with Stone India
Added: 15 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kolkata, India -- Sumitomo Electric Industries, has extended a technical agree…

Spyker shareholders approve Saab deal
Added: 15 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (AN)
Amasterdam (Reuters) -- Shareholders in Spyker Cars NV have approved the $74 m…

News from elsewhere on the web (15 Feb 2010)
Added: 15 Feb 2010
(15 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Bridgestone's Emkes to retire Feb. 28
Added: 15 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (TB)
Nashville, Tennessee - Mark Emkes, chairman, president and CEO of Bridgestone …

Spyker, Saab take key steps toward reviving Swedish automaker
Added: 15 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (AN)
Amsterdam, Neterlands -- Two months ago it looked like Saab was finished.
At th…

IMCD to distribute for Columbian Chemicals
Added: 15 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Rotterdam -- Non-rubber blacks by Columbian Chemicals will in future be distri…

Linatex expands in Australia, Africa
Added: 15 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kulal Lumpur -- Linatex has opened a new greenfield operation on the northern …

Tyre market recovery strengthens
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris - The truck tyre sector may be recovering, according to new data from Mi…

Michelin's sales down by under 10 percent
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Paris -- Despite huge turmoil in the tyre industry, Michelin finished the year…

Malaysian NR production fell below 900kt in 2009
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur -- Malaysia's production of natural rubber (NR) decreased by almo…

Trelleborg appoints UK law firm
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- International law firm Pinsent Masons has been appointed to the netw…

Bekaert, DuPont offer steel-aramid hybrid yarn
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cologne, Germany -- Bekaert and DuPont have jointly developed a hybrid yarn in…

News from elsewhere on the web (12 Feb 2010)
Added: 12 Feb 2010
(17 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Showa Denko reports fall in chloroprene sales
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- While reporting its annual results, Showa Denko KK said sales volumes…

Use of Rocktron filler in innerliner can save money
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cologne, Germany -- Rocktron presented results at the Tire Technology Conferen…

Universal Tyres suffers £100k tyre theft
Added: 12 Feb 2010
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dunstable UK -- At the end of January a warehouse in Dunstable was broken into…