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European tire market falls 15 percent in March - Michelin
Added: 17 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Paris – Latest market data from Michelin show the market for passenger car and…

Florida battles slimy invasion by giant tire-puncturing snails
Added: 16 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Orlando, Florida - South Florida is fighting a growing infestation of one of t…

Yokohama develops new inner tire liner for commercial vehicles
Added: 16 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co. has developed a new inner liner technology cla…

Cobalt signs strategic partner and investor to commercialise bio-butadiene
Added: 16 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Mountain View, California – Biochemical developer Cobalt Technologies has anno…

Tyre explosion death 'accidental', concludes inquest jury
Added: 16 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Tunbridge Wells, UK – The jury at an inquest of a 21-year-old man who died at …

Bridgestone to build first Russian tire plant
Added: 16 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Tokyo – In a joint venture with Mitsubishi, Bridgestone Corporation is to buil…

Bridgestone may consume less rubber on slow US demand, Nomura says
Added: 15 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Tokyo – Bridgestone Corp. (5108), the world’s largest tiremaker, may use 2.6 p…

Indian 'takeover king' Goenka dies
Added: 15 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Kolkata, India – Rama Prasad Goenka (popularly known as “RP”) died on 14 April…

ContiTech reorganises fluid technology business
Added: 15 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Hanover – The fluid technology business unit of ContiTech has undergone a “str…

European replacement tire market down in first quarter
Added: 15 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Brussels – European replacement tire market sales were down across the board i…

Mitas 'ready to move the earth' with new mining tire
Added: 15 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Munich – At the Bauma trade fair for construction equipment, Mitas has unveile…

Fitter killed by exploding tire denounced faulty equipment and training deficiency
Added: 12 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
London – A novice fitter died in 2006 when a tire exploded in his face just we…

Australian national tire stewardship scheme to go ahead
Added: 12 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Glebe, New South Wales, Australia – The Australian Competition and Consumer Co…

Eni/Genomatica JV for bio-based butadiene finalised
Added: 12 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
San Donato Milanese, Italy – Eni elastomer production subsidiary Versalis and …

Thailand and Malaysia set up rubber zones along border
Added: 12 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Bangkok – Thailand and Malaysia will collaborate in setting up rubber indust…

Bridgestone to highlight loader and dozer tires at Bauma
Added: 12 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Zaventem, Belgium – At the forthcoming Bauma trade fair for construction equip…

Zeon delays start-up of Singapore SSBR plant
Added: 12 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Jurong Island, Singapore – Zeon Corp. has said the start-up of its planned S…

Cooper JV to expand Indiana sealing operations
Added: 12 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Bremen, Indiana – Nishikawa Cooper LLC, an automotive sealing systems manuf…

China's March synthetic rubber imports rise 44 percent on month, 10 percent on year
Added: 11 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Singapore – China imported 147 733m tonnes of synthetic rubber in March, up 44…

Rubber companies in Liberia should shift focus
Added: 11 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Monrovia – Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has challenged rubber proc…