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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 …

Cooper Tire supporting UK auto festival

Added: 29 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Melksham, UK – Cooper Tire is supporting this year’s CarFest, a family car fes…

Conti invests €17.5m in Singapore R&D site

Added: 29 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Singapore – Continental is to invest €17.5 million in a new R&D building in …

Michelin profit drops on low home tire demand

Added: 26 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Clermont-Ferrand, France – Europe’s largest tiremaker, Michelin, reported a 13…

TMAT reports buoyant sales, seeks investor

Added: 26 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Chesterfield, UK – The first-half report of noise and vibration damping speci…

Compounder SPC Europe acquires Jevsa

Added: 26 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Westbury, UK – Rubber compounding specialist SPC Europe Ltd has acquired the a…

China raises anti-dumping duties on Japanese synthetic rubber imports

Added: 26 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Beijing – China's Ministry of Commerce is increasing existing anti-dumping dut…

Heavy haulier could save €18 500 per annum with structured tire management

Added: 25 Jul 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Birmingham, UK – Stoke-on-Trent-based haulier B&W Transport (BWT) has chosen A…