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Falken tire gets Auto Zeitung approval
Added: 28 Feb 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Offenbach am Main, Germany – Falken’s Azenis FK453 landed among the top three …

Pirelli ends old LTI plan without payments
Added: 28 Feb 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Milan, Italy – Pirelli’s Board of Directors decided to terminate, with effect …

Bekaert buys Pirelli steel cord activities
Added: 28 Feb 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Milan, Italy – Pirelli & C. SpA and Bekaert have signed an agreement for the s…

Dunlop Aircraft Tyres appoints EMEA sales manager
Added: 28 Feb 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Birmingham, UK – Dunlop Aircraft Tyres has expanded its team with the appointm…

Car tires may purify wastewater in future
Added: 28 Feb 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Heinola, Finland – Rubber granulate made from end-of-life car tires may in fut…

Reaching of the 5,000 for Engel
Added: 27 Feb 2014
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Schwertgerg, Austria – Engel Corp. recently marked the production of its 5,00…

Continental summer tire wins Auto Zeitung test
Added: 27 Feb 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Hanover, Germany – The ContiSportContact 5 tire came out top in the latest Aut…

Lanxess and Hankook Tire form strategic technical partnership
Added: 27 Feb 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Cologne, Germay / Seoul, South Korea – German specialty chemicals company Lanx…

'Suit of the Loom' raises money through rubber
Added: 27 Feb 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
California – American talk show host Jimmy Kimmel’s colourful “Suit of the Loo…

The road to rubber is paved with good intentions
Added: 27 Feb 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
California – A Los Angeles ‘City Councilman’ on Wednesday (26 February) propos…

Tasmanian revels in new DMACK tire
Added: 27 Feb 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Tasmania, Australia – The Mitsubishi EVO 3 of Sam Kirkland and Matt Best debut…

Metflex develops bends with undersea umbilical
Added: 27 Feb 2014
ERJ staff report (PRW)
Blackburn, UK – Precision rubber moulding specialist, Metflex, has launched a…

Pirelli tries out sticker thermometers in Bahrain
Added: 27 Feb 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Bahrain – As a result of Pirelli’s collaboration with the FIA to ensure a bett…

Addivant to add customer formulation centre in China
Added: 26 Feb 2014
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Middlebury, Connecticut − Addivant LLC will launch its first customer formula…

Old tires used in new asphalt mix
Added: 26 Feb 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Valencia, Spain – A more durable and sustainable asphalt mix has been created …

Try before you buy with DESMA's PropterLight
Added: 26 Feb 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Fridingen, Germany − Elastomer injection moulding technology specialist DESMA …

Lanxess expects €159m net loss in 2013
Added: 26 Feb 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Cologne, Germany – Specialty chemicals company Lanxess said it anticipates a f…

Nankang Tire a winner in Japan 2013 MSC Challenge
Added: 26 Feb 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Taipei, Taiwan – Sponsored by Nankang Tire, Japanese driver Yokoi Masashi beca…

Pirelli's final F1 test gets underway in Bahrain
Added: 26 Feb 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Milan, Italy – Formula One teams will get their final chance to test Pirelli’s…

Yokohama inaugurates first India tire plant
Added: 25 Feb 2014
ERJ staff report (TP)
Haryana, India − Yokohama India, a 100 percent subsidiary of Yokohama Rubber, …