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Yokohama building marine products plant in Indonesia
Added: 29 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd has started construction work on a new marine …

Keith Crain joins 'Automotive Hall of Fame'
Added: 29 Jul 2014
(Tire Business report)
Dearborn, Michigan – Keith Crain, chairman of Crain Communications Inc. – pub…

Michelin earnings up on lower first-half sales
Added: 29 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Clermont-Ferrand, France – Michelin has reported a fall in net sales for the …

Update: Hankook Tire posts sales and earnings declines
Added: 29 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Seoul / Neu-Isenburg, Germany – Hankook Tire has posted a 7.4-percent drop in …

ERJ Top Five: Tire Supply News
Added: 29 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
ITMA ... Yokhama Rubber ... Vipal Rubber ... Sumitomo Rubber ... Cooper Tire
1.…

ERJ Top Five: Racing Rubber
Added: 28 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Yokohama Rubber ... Linglong ... Kumho ... Michelin ... Pirelli
1. Yokohama Rub…

Update: JSR Corp. posts large drop in elastomer earnings
Added: 28 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP/PR)
Tokyo – JSR Corp.'s elastomers business has contributed significantly to a …

Michelin launches motorcycle tire review site
Added: 28 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Greenville, South Carolina – Michelin’s Two-Wheel business has launched a new …

Nexen tops customer satisfaction index fifth year running
Added: 28 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Seoul, South Korea – Nexen Tire announced that it topped the list in the tire…

TyreSafe awards open for entry
Added: 28 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Colchester, UK – Road safety campaign group TyreSafe has opened entries for i…

Carbon Black World 2014 visits Barcelona in October
Added: 28 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Portland, Maine – Smithers Rapra’s 13th edition of Carbon Black World will tak…

ERJ Top Five: Rubber Technology
Added: 28 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Reports on Dalian Rubber & Plastics Machinery ... J-Flex Rubber ... ContiTech …

Fenner tightening its belt
Added: 28 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
London – Weakness in the US coal industry is continuing to hamper the performa…

Roesler claims TPMS breakthrough
Added: 28 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Dortmund, Germany - Roesler Tyre Innovators, based in Dortmund, claims to hav…

Euromap plans new energy efficiency label for rubber machinery
Added: 28 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Berlin – Europe's association for rubber and plastics machinery makers Euromap…

Tire industry to hit $250bn mark by 2019
Added: 25 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Irving, Texas – The global automotive tire market is set to reach $250 billion…

Mixed fortunes for Stamford Tyres in FY2014
Added: 25 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Singapore – Stamford Tyres announced a decrease of 8.5 per cent in the group’s…

RubberTech, Reifen roll-on planned
Added: 25 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
London – Organisers say they expect RubberTech Europe to return at the next bi…

Lanxess launches group-wide restructuring plan
Added: 25 Jul 2014
(Rubber & Plastics News Report)
Cologne, Germany – Lanxess AG has launched a group-wide restructurin…

Rubber Industry Weekly Review
Added: 25 Jul 2014
London – ERJ looks back at some of the top stories of the week. These include the most read and oth…