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Pirelli prepares for hot and twisty Hungarian GP
Added: 22 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Mogyoród, Hungary – Pirelli will bring its medium and soft tires to this week'…

Yokohama's Chinese subsidiary receives energy efficiency award
Added: 22 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Tokyo – The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced today (22 July) that Hangzhou…

Trelleborg net sales up 2%
Added: 22 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg reported its net sales for the second quarter …

ERJ Top Five: Tire Supply News
Added: 22 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Yokohama / Daimler ... Maxam ... Hankook / BMW ... Linglong / SGM ... Toyo / F…

Pyrolyx AG "on target" for 2014
Added: 21 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Munich, Germany – Pyrolyx AG has met all its targets and extended testing and …

Cooper Tire Europe expands sales team
Added: 21 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Melksham, UK – Cooper Tire Europe has bolstered its continental sales force wi…

Schrader investing $15m in new TPMS capacity
Added: 21 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Denver, Colorado - Growing global demand for tire pressure monitoring system (…

Evonik to build silica plant in Brazil
Added: 21 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Essen, Germany - Evonik Industries has announced plans to build a precipitated…

FGV targets eight-fold growth, top 10 agri-business slot
Added: 21 Jul 2014
Kuala Lumpur – Felda Global Ventures Holdings Berhad (FGV) is targeting an eight-fold increase in s…

Michelin trailer tire loaded with technology
Added: 21 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Stoke-on-Trent – Michelin has launched a new trailer tire across Europe, which…

Europe SBR market expected to reach $2.5bn in 2018
Added: 21 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Dublin – The European styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) market is expected to rea…

China expresses "strong opposition" to US tire probe
Added: 21 Jul 2014
(Reuters News report)
Beijing – China's Commerce Ministry expressed strong opposition on 18 July to …

India rubber imports may match record as car sales climb
Added: 21 Jul 2014
(Bloomberg News report)
Mumbai, India – Natural-rubber imports by India may match a record this year…

Opinion: Tire industry can learn from British rail sandwich
Added: 18 Jul 2014
British railway companies still live in the shadow of a bad reputation earned over previous decades…

Goodyear OTR seals deal with London Gateway
Added: 18 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
London – Goodyear Off-The-Road (OTR) tires have been fitted to 28 shuttle carr…

Semperit in legal battle with Thai JV
Added: 18 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Vienna – Semperit AG Holding is striving to achieve a realignment of its 50/50…

Elasto Sweden to invest in new TPE production line
Added: 17 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Åmål, Sweden – Elasto Sweden, part of the Hexpol TPE group, has announced plan…

ITRC wants more dialogue with China
Added: 17 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Chiangmai, Thailand – The 23rd International Tripartite Rubber Council (ITRC) …

Momentive makes strides in sustainability
Added: 17 Jul 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Columbus, Ohio – Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. and Momentive Performance …

ERJ Weekly Review: 18 July 2014
Added: 17 Jul 2014
London – ERJ looks back at some of the top stories of the week. These include the most read and oth…