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Michelin continues 30 year partnership with BMW

Added: 18 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Greenville, South Carolina – BMW has chosen Michelin as the exclusive tire pro…

Federal Tyres announces management changes

Added: 18 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Taipei, Taiwan – Following its latest annual shareholder conference and the 21…

Most read: Lanxess opens €18m eco-saving polychloroprene line

Added: 18 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (PR)

Dormagen, Germany – Lanxess has officially started up a new polychloroprene pr…

Nexen Tire to invest €829m in Czech Republic

Added: 18 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Prague – Nexen Tire will invest €829 million to construct a new plant in the C…

US Zinc expands relationship with KODA Distribution Group

Added: 17 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Houston, Texas – US Zinc officials announced on 16 June the expansion of its r…

New Cooper Tire Asia technical centre officially dedicated

Added: 17 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Findlay, Ohio – Cooper Tire Asia held a formal dedication ceremony on 12 June …

First tire recycling plant to open in Oman by 2017

Added: 17 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Muscat – Oman’s first tire recycling plant will be operational in its South Ba…

Wacker extends partnerships for pyrogenic silica distribution

Added: 17 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Munich, Germany – Wacker has extended its distribution partnerships with the D…

Teknor Apex appoints new marketing communications manager

Added: 17 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Pawtucket, Rhode Island – Teknor Apex has appointed Sharon Martin as corporate…

Pirelli to get a grip on Austrian Grand Prix

Added: 16 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Milan, Italy – Pirelli will bring its soft and supersoft tires for the third c…

Giti to build $560m plant in US

Added: 16 Jun 2014

(Tire Business report)

Richburg, South Carolina – Giti Tire Group, the predominantly Chinese tire ma…

Slovakia still in running for Apollo tire plant

Added: 16 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (PR)

Bratislava – Slovakia “still has a chance” of securing Apollo Tyres Ltd’s plan…

New markets reshaping US scrap tire sector

Added: 16 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (PR)

Miami, Florida – The end-of-life tire (ELT) landscape in the US is being trans…

Vietnam growers chop down rubber trees over latex price plunge

Added: 16 Jun 2014

(Tuoitrenews report)

Hanoi – Farmers in southern and central Vietnam are cutting down their rubber p…

Honeywell technology helps to produce butadiene

Added: 13 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Des Plaines, Illinois – TPC Group Inc. and UOP LLC, a Honeywell company, annou…

Nokian reveals green dream for 2014

Added: 13 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Nokia, Finland – Nokian Tyres outlined its strategy to cut plant emissions and…

Weekly Review: 13 June 2014

Added: 13 Jun 2014

London – ERJ looks back at some of the top stories of the week. These include the most read and oth…

Trelleborg targets 5% organic growth

Added: 12 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Stockholm – Trelleborg outlined its long-term strategy during its Capital Mark…

Conti eContact gets top EU Tire Label rating

Added: 12 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Hanover, Germany – Continental has refined its Conti.eContact tire for hybrid …

Rubber Consultants celebrates 30 years

Added: 12 Jun 2014

ERJ staff report (TP)

Hertford, UK – Independent contract research organisation Rubber Consultants i…