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Conti technology helps cars to "drive themselves"

Added: 8 Jan 2008


ERJ staff report (SS)

Las Vegas - Continental will be displaying its new technology which allows car…

WRAP sets up protocol for recycling used tyres

Added: 8 Jan 2008


ERJ staff report (SS) Rotherham, UK -- UK-based Environment agency WRAP (Waste and Resources Action…

Beijing Ju-Ling-Yan to build new compounding site in China

Added: 8 Jan 2008


By Steve Toloken

China -- Beijing Ju-Ling-Yan Plastic plans to build a new factory in South China ne…

Goodyear's 'TireLogic' magazine going digital

Added: 8 Jan 2008

Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear is taking its “TireLogic” magazine for the trucking industry digital.

 

Chinese government protests against US OTR determination

Added: 8 Jan 2008

Beijing -- A US Commerce Department preliminary determination that the Chinese government subsidise…

Goodyear to raise tyre prices in NA

Added: 7 Jan 2008

ERJ staff report (SS)

Detroit, Michigan - The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. has confirmed that it wi…

News from elsewhere on the web 07/Jan/08

Added: 7 Jan 2008

(12 items) ERJ editorial staff strongly advises readers to heed the warning below, these stories ar…

Goodyear moves into GPS systems

Added: 7 Jan 2008

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New York - The Goodyear Tire and Rubber company has entered into a trademark l…

Magnum to use Spreelast's patents and trade secerets

Added: 7 Jan 2008

ERJ staff report (SS)

Nevada, US -- Rubber recycling company Magnum d'Or Resources, Inc. has signed …

ECHA issues tender on REACH implementation

Added: 7 Jan 2008

ERJ staff report (SS)

Brussels -- The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has issued a call for tender…

Tyre production ends at Goodyear's Tyler plant

Added: 7 Jan 2008

Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear officially ceased tyre production on 21 Dec at its Tyler, Texas, plant with…

Gates picks Brekke to head NA division

Added: 7 Jan 2008

Denver, Colorado -- Jeff Brekke has been named president of Gates Corp.'s North American Automotive…

Toyota overtakes Ford in US vehicle sales

Added: 7 Jan 2008

By Richard Truett and Ryan Beene

Detroit, Michigan -- Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. bumped Ford Motor …

Boiocchi to open Tire Tech Expo

Added: 7 Jan 2008

ERJ staff report (SS)

London -- Maurizio Boiocchi, senior vice president and director of research an…

Bandvulc signs £400 000 contract with Axis

Added: 7 Jan 2008

ERJ staff report (SS)

Devon, UK -- Bandvulc Tyre Contracts, has signed a £400 000-per-year contract …

Connecticut researchers say artificial turf is not safe

Added: 4 Jan 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

North Haven, Connecticut -- A US-based lobby/research group has issued a docum…

Canadians publish tyre safety videos

Added: 4 Jan 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Montreal, Canada -- Three Canadian bodies have together created a series of si…

Gingo reveals 100-day plan for A. Schulman

Added: 4 Jan 2008

The new CEO of plastics supplier A. Schulman Inc. barely has had time to warm up the chair in his o…

News from elsewhere on the web (04/Jan/08)

Added: 4 Jan 2008

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

UK rubber group holds 'Tripe & Onion' supper

Added: 4 Jan 2008

ERJ staff report (DS)

Solihull, UK - The Midlands Plastics and Rubber Group of the UK's IOM3 is ho…