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ATS offers free tyre checks
Added: 9 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- UK-based tyre retailer ATS Euromaster is offering commercial vehicle…

Australia sets waste agenda to 2020
Added: 6 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Perth, Australia -- Australia's environment ministers have agreed to a 10-year…

Top-end TPMS system wins award
Added: 6 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Cologne, Germany -- A novel infra red tyre temperature and pressure monitoring…

Avon Impact Management launches eBay store
Added: 6 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Melksham, UK -- Avon Impact Management (AIM), a part of Avon Rubber p.l.c, is …

API invests in China plant, boosting Gladiator brand
Added: 6 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Las Vegas (SEMA) -- American Pacific Industries Inc. (API) has
entered into a p…

News from elsewhere on the web (06 Nov 2009)
Added: 6 Nov 2009
(14 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Independent review site clocks up 1000 million test miles
Added: 6 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover, Germany -- Independent tyre evaluation platform tirestest.com clocked…

NHTSA to Toyota: The floor mats weren't to blame
Added: 6 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Washington DC - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) sai…

Cooper taps former Ford executive as VP and CFO
Added: 6 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Findlay, Ohio - Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has named Brad Hughes, former global …

UK launches electric city car project
Added: 6 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- The UK government has matched £4.5 million (euro 10 million) in fund…

Conti picks tyres sales partner in Saudi
Added: 6 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia -- Continental AG has selected Almutlak Trade & Industrie…

Pirelli Tyre posts higher profits in third quarter
Added: 5 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Milan, Italy -- Revenues of Pirelli Tyre in the three months to 30 Sept. 2009 …

Bridgestone reports net loss on lower sales for first nine months
Added: 5 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp reported an operating profit, but a net loss for the…

DSM officially launches EPDM grade to replace gas-phase products
Added: 5 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Geleen, Netherlands -- Following the introduction of a developmental grade in …

Not by rubber alone...
Added: 5 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nantes, France -- On 22 October Elastopole held its first meeting of the vario…

News from elsewhere on the web (05 November 2009)
Added: 5 Nov 2009
(19 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

UK publishes protocol on materials derived from tyres
Added: 5 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- The UK has published a protocol for operators who convert post-consu…

Tomkins says some markets have stabilised
Added: 5 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- "Conditions in some of our end markets appear to have stabilised," s…

Triangle Group issues green challenge to suppliers, Customers
Added: 5 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Las Vegas, Nevada (SEMA) - Triangle Group Co. Ltd., one of China's largest tyr…

German Opel workers upset at GM; protests expected
Added: 5 Nov 2009
ERJ staff report (AN)
Russelsheim Germany (Reuters) -- Bitterness, anger and disbelief mixed with be…