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British mother 'outraged' after government refuses tire change laws

Added: 5 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TP)

Liverpool, UK − The mother of a Liverpool teenager killed in a coach crash sai…

Continental Tyres to invest €7m in South Africa

Added: 5 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TP)

Johannesburg − Continental Tyres South Africa plans to invest more than R100m …

Malaysian rubber glove manufacturers feel the pinch

Added: 5 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TP)

Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia’s electricity tariff review will increase production c…

Firestone secures Spanish EPDM plant

Added: 5 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TP)

Indianapolis, Indiana − Firestone Building Products (FBP), the US manufacturer…

KraussMaffei agrees to keep German plant open

Added: 5 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (EPN)

Treuchtlingen, Germany − KraussMaffei Group (KM) has reached an agreement wit…

Marangoni Meccanica unleashes the Black Dragon

Added: 4 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TP)

Trentino, Italy − Marangoni Meccanica, the Italian tire machinery specialist, …

TTI Awards wants your nominations

Added: 4 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TP)

Dorking, UK − The Tire Technology International (TTI) Awards for Innovation an…

Bridgestone promise new tire compounds for 2014

Added: 4 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TP)

Tokyo − Bridgestone has announced it wants to promote a wider variety of race …

Wacker expands Singapore services

Added: 4 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TP)

Singapore − The Munich-based Wacker Group has expanded the range of services i…

China may buy local rubber for stockpiles

Added: 4 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TP)

Beijing − China, the world’s largest rubber user, may increase government stoc…

Taiwan's Cheng Shin Rubber increases Indonesia investment

Added: 4 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TP)

Jakarta, Indonesia − Taiwan’s Cheng Shin Rubber Industry, the world’s ninth-la…

Magna Tyres gets exclusive dealer in Baltic States

Added: 4 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TP)

Waalwijk, the Netherlands − Magna Tyres, the Dutch manufacturer of off-the-roa…

Pirelli publishes F1 figures for 2011-2013

Added: 3 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TP)

Milan, Italy – Pirelli went public with a wealth of data for their Formula One…

Rubber retreats as rally to two-month high may weaken demand

Added: 3 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TP)

Tokyo − Rubber dropped from a two-month high, snapping a three-day winning str…

Orion Engineered Carbons to restructure European production

Added: 3 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TP)

Frankfurt, Germany − Following a review of its European carbon black operation…

Maplan maps out future growth

Added: 3 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TP)

Ternitz, Austria – Maplan, the manufacturer of elastomer injection moulding ma…

Irish tire outlet leads the way in licensing

Added: 3 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TP)

Mayo, Ireland − Keith Revins’ tire outlet in Mayo and Roscommon is one of the …

Silicone-based device detects risk of infection in minutes

Added: 3 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TP)

Massachusetts − Scientists have created a silicone-based device that is able t…

Indonesia rubber group calls for 10 percent cut in output

Added: 3 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TP)

Jakarta − Indonesia's main rubber grouping is calling on the world's second la…

Investor to buy Bridgestone share in Sameer

Added: 3 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TB)

Nairobi, Kenya − East Africa investment conglomerate Sameer Investments Ltd. h…