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India's SRF to acquire Thai tyre cord maker Baroda
Added: 28 May 2008
New Delhi, India - Indian tire cord maker SRF Ltd. is buying Thai Baroda Industries Ltd., a Rayong,…
Cooper Tire opens R&D centre in China
Added: 28 May 2008
Shanghai - Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. has opened a 53 800-sq.-ft. technical centre near Shanghai to i…
Local natural rubber hits all-time price high in Malaysia
Added: 27 May 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia - The price of Malaysian natural rubber closed at an a…
Toyo raise prices in US and Canada, effective 1 July
Added: 27 May 2008
Cypress, California - Toyo Tire U.S.A Corp and Toyo Tire Canada Inc. are to raise passenger, light …
Lehigh to expand Georgia plant
Added: 27 May 2008
Tucker, Georgia - Tyre recycler Lehigh Technologies Inc. plans to add 60 000-sq.-ft of production s…
ETRMA concerned by proposed EC motor vehicle regulation
Added: 27 May 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Brussels - The ETRMA (European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers' Association) is ra…
Apollo tyres confirm project in Hungary
Added: 23 May 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Gurgaon Haryana, India - Apollo Tyres has confirmed to ERJ reports it has sign…
Bekaert to raise steel cord prices
Added: 23 May 2008
ERJ staff report (RD)
Kortrijk, Belgium - Bekaert has announced a rise in the prices of steel cord e…
EC issues draft regulation on TPMS, tyre noise, wet grip
Added: 23 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- the EC has published the long-awaited draft regulation on vehicle …
SUVs exempt from tyre noise rules, claims T&E
Added: 23 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Brussels -- The lobby group. Transport & Environment claims the new rules offe…
News from elsewhere on the web (23 May 2008)
Added: 23 May 2008
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London--The following links showed up in our daily search for news on the web. Readers mig…
Michelin comes top in JD Power's Japanese winter tyre survey
Added: 23 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo, Japan -- For a fifth consecutive year, Michelin ranks highest in satisf…
KKPC reacts to escalation of Flexsys' action
Added: 23 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Seoul, Korea -- Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co., Ltd. of Seoul, Korea ("KKPC"), …
Bridgestone issues preliminary report on 'inappropriate payments'
Added: 23 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. has issued an interim report from its Investigation…
Bridgestone opens non-tyre R&D centre
Added: 23 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Yokohama, Japan -- Bridgestone Corp. has officially opened its Research and De…
Tokyo rubber jumps to 28-year high
Added: 23 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
London -- Natural rubber prices continue to test the highs. In India, prices a…
Fuel economy record for Michelin and Peugeot
Added: 23 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Australia -- Michelin's Energy Saver tyres have contributed to a new fuel econ…
Mitsui opens metallocene EPDM line in Japan
Added: 23 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Ichihara, Japan -- Mitsui has begun producing metallocene EPDM from its new un…
Sumitomo expanding China plant
Added: 23 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Changshu, China -- Japan's Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI) will invest …
Flexsys to close Welsh facility, exit market for three chemicals
Added: 22 May 2008
ERJ staff report (DS)
Ruabon , Wales -- Flexsys said it is to lose its rubber chemicals facility at …
