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Continental gets 'Top Brand' vote
Added: 11 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Hanover, Germany – Around 20,000 readers placed their votes for the Auto Zeitu…

Lehmann & Voss takes on European distribution for Polymer Dynamix
Added: 11 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Hamburg, Germany – Polymer Dynamix LLC and Lehmann & Voss & Co. have agreed to…

New Pirelli tires for Australian Grand Prix
Added: 11 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Milan, Italy – Pirelli will introduce a complete range of new tires for this w…

Goodyear tops Fortune's most admired list
Added: 11 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Akron, Ohio – The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has been recognised as the wo…

'The Chemistry of Creativity' in Wacker's Brazilian debut
Added: 11 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Munich, Germany / São Paulo, Brazil – “The Chemistry of Creativity” will be th…

Goodyear declares dividend on preferred stock
Added: 10 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (BC)
Akron, Ohio – Directors of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company have declared th…

Felda Global Ventures to set up rubber processing plant in Myanmar
Added: 10 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (BC)
Yangon – FGV Pho La Min Co Ltd, a joint venture company between FGV Myanmar (L…

Sumitomo opens synthetic rubber plant in Singapore
Added: 10 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (BC)
Singapore – Japanese-based Sumitomo Chemical has opened its first solution-sty…

WW2 bomber tire surfaces after 74 watery years
Added: 10 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (BC)
Haywards Heath, UK – A two-metre diameter tire from a Vickers Wellington N2767…

Yokohama Rubber announces new winter tire for Europe
Added: 7 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced last week that it would begin…

Nexen Tire mulls Czech plant
Added: 7 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Seoul, South Korea – Nexen Tire said last week it is reviewing various options…

Winning over wetness with Yokohama Rubber's BluEarth-A
Added: 7 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Tokyo – The Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced last week it will launch a ne…

ExxonMobil to expand Singapore plant
Added: 7 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Singapore – ExxonMobil Corp. will build facilities to manufacture halobutyl r…

Malaysian rubber industry to 'remain resilient'
Added: 7 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Kuala Lumpur – The Malaysian rubber industry is expected to remain resilient t…

ContiTech DaeWon invests in South Korean site
Added: 7 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Cheonan, South Korea – The joint venture ContiTech DaeWon Air Springs Ltd. is …

Evonik says fiscal 2013 'solid'
Added: 7 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Essen, Germany – Evonik Industries released its key financial data last week a…

Toyo Tires joins TyreSafe
Added: 7 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Essex, UK − Toyo Tires has become the latest tire manufacturer to join UK camp…

Pirelli and F1 teams agree tire test schedule
Added: 7 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Milan, Italy – Pirelli and the 11 Formula One teams, with the approval of the …

Blast hits rubber plant in Russia
Added: 7 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Omsk, Russia – Emergency officials in Russia said that an explosion took place…

Linglong opens Thai tire plant
Added: 6 Mar 2014
ERJ staff report (TB)
Rayong, Thailand – China's Shandong Linglong Tyre Co. Ltd. has commissioned pr…