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Trelleborg launches special tire for sugar cane operations
Added: 1 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Trelleborg, Sweden – The new 710/70R38 TM800 SugarCane tractor tire from Trell…

Tire dealer dies after taking cyanide to avoid jail
Added: 1 Aug 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
Tire Business Staff Report
Maryville, Missouri – A Missouri tire dealer com…

Ashland selling tire materials business
Added: 31 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Covington, Kentucky – Ashland Inc. has begun a sale process for its elastomer …

Chinese workers strike over Cooper takeover by Apollo
Added: 31 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Shandong, China – Some 5000 workers at the Cooper Chengshan tire joint ventu…

Teknor Apex TPEs get clean reviews
Added: 31 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Pawtucket, Rhode Island – Three new thermoplastic elastomers developed and de…

Cheng Shin eyeing China plant No. 7
Added: 31 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
Tire Business Staff Report
Yuanlin, Taiwan — Taiwan's Cheng Shin Rubber Ind. Co…

Hankook Q2 sales reach €1.3 bn
Added: 31 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Seoul – Tire maker Hankook has posted second-quarter revenue of €1.28 billio…

Sasco Chemical joins IISRP as affiliate member
Added: 31 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Houston, Texas – The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers …

Goodyear reports record Q2 income
Added: 31 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
by Tire Business Staff
Akron, Ohio — Goodyear's net income more than doubled …

Japanese automakers produce more overseas
Added: 30 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Tokyo – Overseas vehicle production by Japanese automakers in the first quarte…

Burst tire may have caused fatal coach crash in Italy
Added: 30 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Milan, Italy – A burst tire may have caused the 28 July coach crash in south…

Michelin considers bid to supply F1 tires in 2014
Added: 30 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (AW)
Detroit – Groupe Michelin has expressed an interest in returning to Formula On…

Infinity Tyres tastes success at 2013 British Drift Championship
Added: 30 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Dubai – The Acorn Infinity Motorsport (AIM) team celebrated a first-place podi…

Rubber, tire industry favours US-EU trade pact
Added: 30 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
Miles Moore, Tire Business staff
Washington, DC – The US and European tire a…

Car magazine highlights gulf between Chinese and European tire standards
Added: 30 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Hanover, Germany – German car magazine Autobild has carried out a comparison…

Pirelli tire test didn't show much to top driver
Added: 30 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
By Adam Cooper, Crain News Service
Detroit, Michigan – Sebastian Vettel wa…

Skellerup defending 'unsubsantiated' NZD7.3m claim in rubber ring dispute
Added: 29 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Auckland, New Zealand – Skellerup, the industrial rubber goods manufacturer, h…

Semperit enlarging Polish belt factory
Added: 29 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Vienna, Austria – Semperit A.G.'s Sempertrans belting operation is expanding …

ContiTech breaks ground on Slovakia AVS expansion
Added: 29 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Hanover, Germany – ContiTech has broken ground on the expansion of its anti…

RubberCon 2014 organisers call for papers
Added: 29 Jul 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
London – RubberCon, an annual global rubber conference arranged through the …