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Bridgestone rubber restores dolphin's tail
Added: 19 Nov 2004
Okinawa, Japan--Bridgestone scientists have developed a carbon-fibre-reinforced rubber tail for an…
Pirelli shows off calendar in Rio
Added: 19 Nov 2004
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil--Pirelli is introducing its 2005 calendar at the Copacabana Fort in Rio. Th…
Michelin ramps up Russian tyre plant
Added: 18 Nov 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Paris-Groupe Michelin is to triple production at its pass…
Moody's upgrades Bridgestone debt rating
Added: 17 Nov 2004
London--Moody's Investors Service has upgraded Bridgestone Corp.'s senior unsecured rating to A3 fr…
Conti hiking commercial and OTR tyre prices
Added: 17 Nov 2004
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Nov. 16)--Continental Tire North America Inc. is raising prices, effective Jan. 1,…
IISRP names international president
Added: 17 Nov 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Houston, Texas- Dr Igor Goldberg, managing director of Ef…
AFICEP announces IRC 2006 in Lyons, from 16-18 May
Added: 16 Nov 2004
Paris--AFICEP, has announced dates for the International Rubber Conference in 2006. The dates are 1…
Security of RFID challenged: Michelin comments
Added: 16 Nov 2004
Skokie, Illinois--RFID continues to occupy the minds of the tyre industry. This time it is security…
China to build two roads linking Beijing, Tianjin
Added: 16 Nov 2004
Beijing--Local reports indicate that Beijing has announced the construction of two expressways to l…
October car sales in China are 10 percent down on 2003
Added: 16 Nov 2004
Beijing--Sales and production of passenger cars in China were down on both the previous month and o…
Freudenberg will expand eastward
Added: 15 Nov 2004
By Klaus-Dieter Flörecke
WEINHEIM, Germany -- Freudenberg will expand its production in eastern Eur…
Car makers don't agree on tyre pressure technology
Added: 15 Nov 2004
By Alex Ricciuti
Automotive News Europe / November 15, 2004
Suppliers are preparing for explosive gro…
China may curb foreign ownership of tyre factories
Added: 15 Nov 2004
Beijing--A story in the English-language version of the People's Daily in China says Beijing is pre…
Pirelli plans to divest energy, telecoms cables businesses, build car tyre plant in Romania
Added: 12 Nov 2004
By Liz White, ERJ staff
Milan, Italy- Pirelli & C SpA has revealed a strategy that will see it put i…
Pirelli and Aeolus Tyre to set up truck, car tyre and steelcord JV in China
Added: 12 Nov 2004
Milan, Italy-Pirelli and Chinese tyre maker Aeolus Tyre Co. Ltd are to set up a joint venture in th…
Yokohama to double output at new Thai tyre plant
Added: 12 Nov 2004
Tokyo--Yokohama Rubber Co. has reportedly announced it plans to double capacity at its new truck/bu…
Lanxess force majeur after EPDM plant failure
Added: 11 Nov 2004
By Patrick Raleigh ERJ On-line news editor
Leverkusen, Germany-Lanxess GmbH has declared force majeu…
'Nature' reports on wet grip between rubber and asphalt
Added: 11 Nov 2004
Basingstoke, UK--The December issue of Nature Materials magazine, the prestigious scientific journa…
UEFA allows synthetic pitches for competition matches
Added: 11 Nov 2004
Vienna--UEFA, the European governing body for Football (soccer) has said it will permit championshi…
Yokohama Rubber reports half-year results
Added: 11 Nov 2004
Yokohama, Japan--The Yokohama Rubber Company has announced financial results for the six months to …
