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Rawalpindi tire shops sealed as dengue fever breeding grounds
Added: 7 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (BC)
Rawalpindi, Pakistan – The department of the environment for the Rawalpindi di…

Commercial vehicle growth boosts South African tire demand
Added: 7 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (BC)
Burnaby, Canada – According to a report by TechSci Research, “South Africa Tyr…

Tire safety targeted to try and lower NZ road toll
Added: 7 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (BC)
Auckland, New Zealand – Transport agencies are joining forces to target New Ze…

Upbeat Pelmar targets conveyor-belts acquisition
Added: 7 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Pelmar Group is looking to acquire a conveyor belt production and distribution…

Sime Darby selling power unit
Added: 7 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Sime Darby Berhad is to sell its Malaysian power business, Port Dickson Power …

DuPont loses €670m award as Kolon wins aramid retrial
Added: 7 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
A US district court ruling ordering Kolon Industries Inc. to pay EI DuPont de …

Petronas clears €20bn refinery and petchem project
Added: 7 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Petronas is to proceed with the development of the Pengerang Integrated Comple…

Trelleborg launches agricultural tire dealer programme in UK
Added: 4 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (BC)
Castle Donington, UK – Trelleborg has launched a Trelleborg Professional Centr…

State visit recognises Mitas's productivity boost in Serbia
Added: 4 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (BC)
Ruma, Serbia – President of the Czech Republic Milos Zeman, accompanied by Boj…

Russian downturn to hit Nokian Tyres
Added: 4 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Nokian Tyres has downgraded its forecasts for sales and earnings in 2014. due …

Bridgestone building new tire plant in Russia
Added: 4 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Bridgestone Corp has broken ground at the planned site of a new passenger car …

Rubber mixing forum slated for Cincinnati in June
Added: 4 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (BC)
Lebanon, Tennessee – TechnoBiz USA Inc. is organising a Custom Rubber Mixing F…

Lanxess advances butyl rubber process (Update)
Added: 4 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Lanxess has concluded pilot-phase trials of a process designed to allow more e…

Scottish referendum: Chemical makers to sit on the fence
Added: 3 Apr 2014
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ERJ staff report (PR)
Unlike their counterparts in the oil & gas sector, senior figures i…

Crushed arm leads to Fenner fine for workplace dangers
Added: 3 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
Industrial conveyor belts manufacturer JH Fenner & Co Ltd (Fenner) has been pr…

EC hits power-cable makers with €302m cartel fine
Added: 3 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (PR)
The European Commission (EC) has fined 11 producers of underground and submari…

Pirelli eyes earnings improvement in 2014
Added: 3 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Milan – Pirelli & C. S.p.A. expects to achieve pre-tax earnings this year of …

Falken run-flat tire lasts 80km at zero pressure at 80km/h
Added: 3 Apr 2014
Offenbach am Main, Germany – Falken Tyres has created a run-flat version of its ZIEX ZE914 Ecorun t…

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions bags social media award
Added: 3 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (BC)
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg Sealing Solutions (TSS) has been named Best of…

Armenia could make chloroprene rubber from Iranian gas
Added: 2 Apr 2014
ERJ staff report (BC)
Yerevan, Armenia – The Armenian Union of Domestic Commodity Producers has prop…