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UK replacement tyre market studied
Added: 19 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Dublin, Ireland -- Snapdata International Group has published a new report tit…

Hankook to join ETRMA from January 2009
Added: 18 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Neu-Isenburg, Germany - Hankook Tire has won permission to join the European …

Two dead after mixer explodes at MarconiGomma -- reports
Added: 18 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Bologna, Italy -- Two people have died and three are injured after a mixer exp…

US tyre makers hit hard by declining demand
Added: 18 Nov 2008
By Bruce Meyer, Crain News Service
Akron -- There's a storm brewing in the US tyre industry, and the…

RIEG to hold seminar on rubber recycling
Added: 18 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- The UK-based the Rubber in Engineering Group is holding an afternoo…

Peggy Ballinger to retire from IISRP
Added: 18 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Houston, Texas -- The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers, I…

News from elsewhere on the web (18 Nov 2008)
Added: 18 Nov 2008
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EU car registrations fall sharply
Added: 17 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- car registrations in the EU have fallen sharply, according to data…

Carlisle Tire factory in Georgia damaged by fire -- reports
Added: 17 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Altanta, Georgia -- Local news reports suggest that a large fire at Carlisle …

Germany warns on state aid ahead of Opel talks
Added: 17 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (ANE)
Berlin (Reuters) -- The German government is ready to talk with troubled carm…

Toyota chooses Bridgestone Ecopia tyres for iQ vehicle
Added: 17 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. is supplying Ecopia EP25 tyres as standard equipmen…

News from elsewhere on the web (17 Nov 2008)
Added: 17 Nov 2008
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Traffic quadruples on REACH-IT site ahead of 1 Dec. deadline
Added: 17 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Helsinki, Finland -- EChA, the European Chemicals Agency, said about 8000 user…

IISRP names 2 award winners
Added: 17 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (TB)
HOUSTON (Nov. 14, 2008) - A.J. “Art†Sullivan of ExxonMobil Chemical and G…

Goodyear Dunlop scaling back New York tyre plant
Added: 17 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (Mike McNulty)
Tonawanda, New York -- Goodyear Dunlop Tires North America Inc. pla…

ETRMA welcomes new tyre directive proposal
Added: 14 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- European tyre makers have welcomed the European Commission's new p…

FDA, EU approve Vistamaxx grades for food-contact use
Added: 14 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Houston Texas -- ExxonMobil Chemical's Vistamaxx specialty elastomers targeted…

Michelin aims to get Tweel on the moon
Added: 14 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Clemson, South Carolina - Michelin is adapting its Tweel tyre to possible luna…

Michelin to sell off-road TPMS worldwide
Added: 14 Nov 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Stoke-on-Trent , UK -- Michelin has announced that its Michelin Earthmover Man…

News from elsewhere on the web (14 Nov 2008)
Added: 14 Nov 2008
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