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Avon Tyres reigns supreme for Old Empire

Added: 18 Dec 2013

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Melksham, UK − Old Empire Motorcycles, specialists in building bespoke, limite…

Mercedes says it 'over-managed' tire problems during 2013 F1 season

Added: 18 Dec 2013

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Stuttgart, Germany − Mercedes lost ground in the second half of the 2013 Formu…

Malaysian rubber glove sector unfazed by cost spikes

Added: 18 Dec 2013

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Kuching − Malaysia continued to see healthy sales volume growth for rubber glo…

Four tire factories closed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Added: 18 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TP)

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia − The Ministry of Commerce has shut down four car tire tr…

Taiwan's Nankang releases new WF-2 SPORTIAC tire

Added: 18 Dec 2013

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Taipei, Taiwan − Nankang introduced its new WF-2 SPORTIAC tire this week to ex…

Australian 'tire king' Bob Jane may face bankruptcy

Added: 18 Dec 2013

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Melbourne, Australia − Former tire king Bob Jane has been slugged with an A$1m…

Rubber declines for second day on signs demand slowing in China

Added: 18 Dec 2013

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Bangkok − Rubber dropped for a second day as rising stockpiles in China and Ja…

Henniges Automotive and Amee Rubber Industries form strategic alliance

Added: 17 Dec 2013

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Auburn Hills, Michigan − Henniges Automotive Holdings, the US supplier of engi…

Omni United appoints Australian distributor

Added: 17 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TB)

Singapore − Omni United has appointed Tyre & Tube Australia as the official di…

Thai Rubber City 'hindered by lack of vision'

Added: 17 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TP)

Bangkok − Despite high hopes that Thailand’s Rubber City project will add valu…

Michelin's R&D campus upgrade hits stride

Added: 17 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TB)

Ladoux, France − Group Michelin officials laid the cornerstone at the firm’s L…

Magna Tyres presents Technical Databook 2014

Added: 17 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TP)

Waalwijk, the Netherlands − Dutch tire manufacturer Magna Tyres announced the …

Cooper loses court bid to rescue Apollo merger as deadline looms

Added: 17 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TP)

Delaware − Cooper Tire & Rubber’s efforts to force India's Apollo Tyres to com…

Rossini sets up rubber roller factory in India

Added: 17 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TP)

Pune, India − Rossini, the Italian manufacturers of rubber rollers, sleeves an…

Continental launches three-year education partnership

Added: 16 Dec 2013

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Hanover/Darmstadt, Germany − Continental and the Technische Universität (Techn…

Rubber climbs to three-month high on optimism demand to rise

Added: 16 Dec 2013

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Bangkok − Rubber advanced to a three-month high on optimism that demand will i…

FIA tightens Formula 1 tire testing rules

Added: 16 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TP)

Paris − There is unlikely to be a repeat of this year's Formula 1 (F1) tire te…

Yokohama Rubber expands Thai tire proving ground

Added: 16 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TP)

Tokyo – Yokohama Rubber has completed an expansion of its ‘Tire Test Center of…

IRSG announces 2014 World Rubber Summit and 'World Rubber Week'

Added: 16 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TP)

Singapore − The biggest gathering of business and policy makers for the rubber…

LANXESS increases prices for rubber chemicals

Added: 16 Dec 2013

ERJ staff report (TP)

Cologne, Germany − Specialty chemicals company LANXESS will raise its prices w…