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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

(15 items)

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…

News from elsewhere on the web (18 June 2009)

Added: 18 Jun 2009

(17 items)

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

Voronezhsintezkauchuk adds Nd-BR, S-SBR

Added: 18 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Voronezh, Russia -- Voronezhsintezkauchuk has converted part of its polybutad…

Michelin's Indian investment to reach €1000 million - report

Added: 18 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

India -- An Indian newspaper, quoting un-named sources close to the deal, has …

Magna, GM aim to sign Opel deal by July 15

Added: 18 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (AN)

Frankfurt, Germany (Reuters) -- General Motors and Magna International Inc. ha…

K 2010 will again fill 19 halls

Added: 17 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Düsseldorf, Germany -- The organisers of the K'2010 show said that by the clo…

Bridgestone opens OTR plant ahead of schedule

Added: 17 Jun 2009

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. has begun production of large and ultralarge off-th…

News from elsewhere on the web (17 June 2009)

Added: 17 Jun 2009

(19 items)

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

Suppliers' health now industry's top concern, Mulally says

Added: 17 Jun 2009

Chrissie Thompson, Automotive News

Detroit, Michigan -- The health of the supply base is now the US …