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ERJ Top Five: Racing Rubber
Added: 11 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Smithers Rapra ... Yokohama Rubber ... Linglong ... Kumho ... Michelin
1. US ru…

Asia slows Bridgestone as sales nudge up
Added: 11 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp. has reported a 2.6-percent increase in net sales to …

WheelRight tire-monitor technology attracts investment
Added: 11 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
London - Private equity firm Calculus Capital has invested £2.5 million (€3.1 …

Russian troubles knock Nokian
Added: 11 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Nokia, Finland – Nokian Tyres reported a net sales drop of 9.4% in its first-…

Survey: Majority in Britain support fracking
Added: 11 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
London - More than three times as many people in the UK support shale-gas prod…

Update - VMI: Chinese raid factory accused of patent infringement
Added: 11 Aug 2014
(Rubber News report)
Akron, Ohio – Chinese law enforcement officials have raided a Chinese factory, …

Tires take Yokohama to record sales and earnings
Added: 8 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Tokyo - Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. has posted a 23.8-percent, year-on-year incre…

Recovering markets, lower material costs lift Sumitomo Rubber
Added: 8 Aug 2014
(Tire Business report)
Kobe, Japan – Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (SRI) reported double-digit inc…

War of words over tire-waste safety proposals
Added: 8 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
London - New proposals to improve safety standards at waste storage sites in t…

BMW taps Bridgestone for new electric hybrid
Added: 7 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Tokyo – Bridgestone has been chosen as exclusive supplier to the BMW i8 electr…

ERJ Weekly Review - Rubber Industry News
Added: 7 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
London – ERJ looks back at some of the top stories of the week. These include …

IISRP's McGraw announces retirement
Added: 7 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Houston, Texas – James L. McGraw, IISRP’s managing director and CEO has announ…

Gas-explosions link to termination of Kraton-LCY deal
Added: 7 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Houston, Texas - Kraton Performance Polymers Inc.'s.board has withdrawn its su…

Avon Rubber buoyant as net debt falls
Added: 7 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Melksham, UK – Avon Rubber revealed its net debt is down as trading remains st…

EU nanoscience register 'makes little sense'
Added: 7 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
London – A register for nanomaterials proposed by the European Union would be …

Opinion: Back-seat for EU tire market on Apollo B?
Added: 6 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Kochi, India – "As soon as we knew that Plan A [a €1.9-billion bid for Cooper …

Marangoni goes underground with retreaded tires
Added: 6 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Rovereto, Italy – Marangoni has expanded its range of retreaded earthmoving ti…

Lanxess sales slip in second quarter
Added: 6 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Cologne, Germany – Lanxess reported a fall in sales but an improvement in net …

Pirelli profits up 28% in first half of 2014
Added: 6 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Milan, Italy – Pirelli reported a net profit of €192.1 million in its financia…

Freudenberg expands global accumulator business
Added: 6 Aug 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Weinheim, Germany – Freudenberg Sealing Technologies, the Freudenberg Group’s …