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European tyre sales continue severe decline

Added: 19 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Brussels -- ETRMA figures show that European tyre sales in May declined for th…

Report investigates Continental AG

Added: 19 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Mumbai, India -- Global Markets Direct has published a new report titled, Cont…

Avon Tyres UK launches user-friendly website

Added: 19 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Melksham, UK -- Avon Tyres, the brand of Cooper Tires in the UK, has re-design…

Rapra publishes report on mixing in a single screw extruder

Added: 19 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Dublin, Ireland -- Rapra has published a new report titled, Mixing in Single S…

Songwon opens isobutylene facility in Korea

Added: 19 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

ULSAN, Korea (June 18, 2009)-Songwon Industrial Co. Ltd.'s $20 million isobu…

RMT says Rutil's bankruptcy proceedings not affecting its business

Added: 19 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Eastlake, Ohio -- Rubber Molding Technology Inc. said that the bankruptcy pr…

NHTSA issues proposal on tyre fuel efficiency ratings

Added: 19 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (TB)

Washington DC -- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) ha…

US-based ITC votes to impose quotas on Chinese passenger, LT tyres

Added: 19 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (TB)

Washington DC -- The board of the US-based International Trade Commission has …

Tokai to market seismic dampers -- for wooden houses

Added: 19 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo, Japan -- Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd. is to begin marketing earthquake…

News from elsewhere on the web (19 June 2009)

Added: 19 Jun 2009

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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mi…

Company offers virgin TPE as fill for artificial turf

Added: 19 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Vancouver, Canada -- In the wake of a furore over the use of scrap tyre crumb …

Malaysian NR output continued to fall in April

Added: 19 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Kuala Lumpur -- In the month of April, production of NR in Malaysia was 55 690…

Deflation and punctures - A TPMS debate

Added: 18 Jun 2009

By David Shaw, ERJ editor

One of the debates going on within the TPMS (tyre pressure monitoring syst…

Exxon presents free web-seminar for compounders of Vistamaxx

Added: 18 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Houston, Texas -- ExxonMobil Chemical will present an educational web-seminar,…

US-based TIA opposes Chinese tyre quota

Added: 18 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Bowie, Maryland -- The Tire Industry Association is joining some of its most…

ITC to vote on USW's Chinese tyre petition today

Added: 18 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Washington DC -- The US International Trade Commission will vote at 11 a.m. …

Conti to cut tyre production at Slovak site

Added: 18 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (R&PN)

Puchov, Slovak Republic -- Continental AG plans to cut production of truck t…

Cooper-Standard seen as Chapter 11 risk

Added: 18 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (CDB)

Detroit, Michigan -- Cooper-Standard Automotive Inc. was flagged by Standard …

Notch publishes report on insoluble sulphur markets

Added: 18 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Amherst, Massachusetts -- Notch Consulting Group has just published a new repo…

Safety, TPMS and the re-set button

Added: 18 Jun 2009

By David Shaw, ERJ editor

A question for motor industry professionals: Is it sensible and acceptable…