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Maplan on the move
Added: 5 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Ternitz, Austria – Rubber injection-moulding-machine maker Maplan GmbH is look…
USW files antidumping, countervailing duty petition vs. Chinese tires
Added: 4 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (TB)
Washington – For the second time in five years, the United Steelworkers (USW) …
Yokohama Rubber runs again in 'The Race to the Clouds'
Added: 4 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Tokyo – The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced today that its racing team wi…
New director at Cooper Tire Europe
Added: 4 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Melksham, UK – Derek Carruthers has been appointed sales & marketing director …
The force will be strong on Pirelli tires in Canada GP
Added: 3 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Montreal, Canada – Pirelli's P Zero Yellow soft and P Zero Red supersoft tires…
Apollo issues statement on new European site
Added: 3 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
London – Apollo Tyres "is yet to finalise" on the exact location for its plann…
Linde and BASF to co-develop butadiene technology
Added: 3 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Pullach and Ludwigshafen, Germany – The Linde Group and BASF SE intend to coop…
Conti launches new Hybrid tire range
Added: 3 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Hanover, Germany – Continental has launched a new tire family – the Conti Hybr…
'Days of Technology' at Maplan
Added: 3 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Ternitz, Austria – Maplan, the manufacturer of elastomer injection moulding ma…
MRB wins gold and silver at ITEX 2014
Added: 3 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Kuala Lumpur – The Malaysian Rubber Board (MRB) secured gold and silver medals…
Mitas Sport Force tire hailed 'Best Buy'
Added: 3 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Prague – Mitas Sport Force has been selected as ‘Best Buy’ in a tire test orga…
Reifen attendance up 5% vs. 2012
Added: 3 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (TB)
Essen, Germany – Attendance at this year’s Reifen Trade Fair was up about five…
Apollo Tyres 'picks Hungary for new manufacturing plant'
Added: 2 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Bratislava – Apollo Tyres has picked Hungary for its new manufacturing plant, …
Quality issues hamper Chinese tire makers in Europe
Added: 2 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Essen, Germany – Chinese tire manufacturers still have to overcome issues rela…
BRV: Tire rules to improve safety as well as environment
Added: 2 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Essen, Germany – The safety implications of EU regulations requiring tire labe…
Dunlop factory closure 'day of shame' says British politician
Added: 2 Jun 2014
(BBC report)
Birmingham, UK – Manufacture of Dunlop tires in Birmingham ended after more than a cent…
Wacker increases dispersible polymer powders production capacity
Added: 2 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Munich and Burghausen, Germany – Wacker Chemie AG is expanding its production …
Nokian expands Noktop 86 tire size range
Added: 2 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Nokian, Finland – Nokian Heavy Tyres is introducing a wider selection of tire …
Toyo makes executive changes
Added: 2 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (TB)
Osaka, Japan – Toyo Tire & Rubber has named Tomoshige “Tomo” Mizutani presiden…
Yokohama Rubber and Kumho sign cooperative R&D agreement
Added: 2 Jun 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Tokyo – The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced on 31 May it signed a coopera…
