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TIA offers to run tyre fuel-efficiency info program
Added: 24 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
BOWIE, Md. (Aug. 23, 2009) - The Tire Industry Association (TIA) is lobbying t…

Online tyre retailer launched in Malaysia
Added: 24 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur -- Tyrepac has launched in Kuala Lumpur. Tyrepac claims to beAsia…

Chinese SBR market studied
Added: 24 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Merchant Research and Consulting Ltd has published a new re…

Amtel-Vredestein to hold EGM on 2 Sept
Added: 24 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Enschede, Netherlands -- Amtel-Vredestein N.V.is to hold an Extraordinary Gene…

Yokohama, Itochu to build tyre plant in Russia
Added: 21 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., today announced that it agreed with Ito…

Hankook appeals against court ruling on employee deaths
Added: 21 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul, Korea -- Hankook has acknowledged that the company and its executives …

Bridgestone taking forward Indian plant expansion
Added: 20 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Further to its 2007 announcement that it intends to expand its tyre p…

PR campaign launched in favour of direct TPMS
Added: 20 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- A new campaign is being launched to promote the benefits of direct t…

ContiTech in further success against Chinese belt counterfeiter
Added: 20 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Hanover -- ContiTech has achieved a further victory in the fight against produ…

Freudenberg-NOK settles in age-discrimination case
Added: 20 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Boston, Massachusetts - Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership will pay $80,000 a…

News from elsewhere on the web (20 August 2009)
Added: 20 Aug 2009
(11 items)
London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Century-old speed record may be won on Goodyear tyres
Added: 20 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Edward's Air Force Base, California -- A UK-based team is attempting the world…

J.D. Power: Shoppers influenced by tyre sales staff
Added: 20 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Westlake Village, California - Research company JD Power has confirmed what ev…

Mr. Zhong goes to Washington
Added: 20 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Washington DC - Zhong Shan, a Chinese vice commerce minister, is in Washington…

Goodyear to close World of Rubber museum
Added: 20 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear will close its World of Rubber museum located at Goody…

Malaysian NR production fell in June
Added: 20 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur -- Malaysian production of NR in June 2009 amounted to 80,699 ton…

Global NR production down by 4.6 percent in first half
Added: 19 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- According to the Association of Natural Rubber Produ…

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

Indian retreader joins TRIB
Added: 19 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (TB)
Pacific Grove, California -- India-based retreader Tyresoles Pvt. Ltd. has joi…

Cambodia to join ANRPC; Philippines to follow
Added: 19 Aug 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- The Royal Government of Cambodia is joining the Asso…