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Low owner satisfaction with replacement tires
Added: 22 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
California – For the third year in a row, Michelin and Pirelli took the top tw…
Goodyear celebrates link-up with MG
Added: 22 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Wolverhampton, UK – A link-up between two historic West Midlands companies has…
MOL and JSR Corp to manufacture synthetic rubber in Hungary
Added: 22 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Budapest − Hungarian oil and gas company MOL Nyrt said last week that it has r…
Continental opens new German plant for retreaded tires
Added: 22 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Hanover, Germany − Continental has opened a new plant in Germany, said to be t…
Elastomeric SBR used in new 480-km EV battery
Added: 22 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
California − A research team from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ha…
Condom maker proposes beef tendon as replacement for latex
Added: 22 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Seattle − The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced last week that it’ll b…
Fuel savings found in flatter tires
Added: 22 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Hanover, Germany − Running on flat tires used to be considered a sign of a laz…
Pirelli requests Formula 1 tire test in Bahrain in December
Added: 22 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Milan, Italy − Pirelli has written to Formula 1 teams to ask if any of them wi…
Rubber pares weekly loss as yen drops amid stimulus speculation
Added: 22 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Tokyo − Rubber advanced to a near one-week high as Japan’s currency slid to a …
Trelleborg extends time for innovations
Added: 22 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Trelleborg, Sweden − Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has extended the period for …
Bridgestone doubles investment in Vietnam plant
Added: 21 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Hai Phong, Vietnam − Bridgestone, has received approval to more than double it…
Avon Rubber builds protection & defence division
Added: 21 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Wiltshire, UK − Avon Rubber, maker of rubber-based products for the manufactur…
Mercedes-Benz dealers to sell approved 'MO' winter tires
Added: 21 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Stuttgart, Germany − Mercedes-Benz has confirmed that its retailers are stocki…
Planting of rubber trees pushed in the Philippines
Added: 21 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Davao, the Philippines – The Department of Environmental and Natural Resources…
Spanish polyols supplier reports nine-month net income loss
Added: 21 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (UTI)
Madrid − Polyols supplier Repsol YPF SA reported net income of $1.9bn (€1.4bn…
What will Brazil F1 tire test reveal?
Added: 21 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
São Paulo, Brazil − Pirelli will test a prototype of their 2014 tire for the f…
UAE's RWI to launch new rubber insulation pipes
Added: 21 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Dubai, UAE − Rubber World Industries (RWI), manufacturer of closed-cell rubber…
Bridgestone and Big Blue in brutal battle
Added: 21 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
New York / Tokyo − Bridgestone is suing IBM over a $75m (€55.7m) computer syst…
Bridgestone reveals second generation Air Free concept tire
Added: 21 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Tokyo − Bridgestone revealed today its second generation “Air Free Concept (No…
Rubber swings on drop in China's manufacturing data, weaker yen
Added: 21 Nov 2013
ERJ staff report (TP)
Tokyo − Rubber swung between gains and losses as a Chinese manufacturing gauge…
