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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…