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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

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 …