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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 …