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Nizhnekamskshina to add all-steel radial truck plant
Added: 15 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Nizhnekamsk, Tararstan -- Tatneft, the chemical company and parent of the Nizh…

News from elsewhere on the web (15 October 2009)
Added: 15 Oct 2009
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Bridgestone supplies Eco tyres for Merc hybrids in Japan
Added: 15 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. has started supplying Potenza RE050 Ecopia tyres as…

Michelin will continue Green X Challenge in 2010
Added: 15 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Greenville, South Carolina -- Michelin North America Inc. will continue its su…

UK body says drivers' attention to tyres varies by region
Added: 15 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Drivers in East Anglia and the North West are among the most likely …

ITRPF schedules meeting for 11 November
Added: 15 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Birmingham, UK -- The the International Tyre, Rubber & Plastics Federation (IT…

PolymerLatex opens nitrile latex plant in Malaysia
Added: 14 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Pasir Gudang, Malaysia -- PolymerLatex GmbH has opened a nitrile latex plant i…

US law firm sets up tyre defect website
Added: 14 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Los Angeles, California -- A US law firm has set up a website where consumers …

Cheshire company fined for exporting tyres to Vietnam
Added: 14 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Bristol, UK -- A Cheshire company has been ordered to pay £10,000 in fines and…

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

UK agency fines wate tyre company
Added: 14 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Great Harwood, Lancashire, UK -- The operator of an illegal waste tyre site in…

Kal takes majority stake in UK's OTR Tyres Ltd
Added: 14 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Alfreton, England -- Kal Tire has acquired a 51-percent interest in OTR Tyres …

Tosoh to plug CSM capacity gap
Added: 14 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo-Tosoh Corp. is to increase substantially production capacity for its spe…

Solutia to re-start sulphur plant, as demand improves
Added: 14 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
St. Louis - Solutia Inc. said it is to reopen a factory making its Crystex bra…

Opel-Magna deal to get done this week, labour boss expects
Added: 13 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (AN)
HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) -- General Motors Co. is on track to sign a contrac…

SRI claims new runflat offers same comfort as standard tyres
Added: 13 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kobe, Japan -- Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. said its fourth generation run…

Nissan recalls 143,000 vehicles in US for faulty TPMS part
Added: 13 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Washington DC -- Nissan North America Inc. is recalling 143,223 Nissan and Inf…

News from elsewhere on the web (13 October 2009)
Added: 13 Oct 2009
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Rubber companies face REACH deadline on 30 Nov
Added: 13 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki -- EChA, the European Chemicals Agency charged with implementing REA…

Nasdaq may force Amerityre to de-list over non-compliance
Added: 13 Oct 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Boulder City, Nevada -- Amerityre Corp. may be forced to de-list from the NASD…