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Trelleborg movie highlights farm tire history
Added: 18 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg has launched a 3D animated movie which is avai…
Pelmar delivers advanced pre-cured tire tread system
Added: 18 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Ramat-Hasharon, Israel – In collaboration with Turkey-based Akar Makina, Pelma…
Sarawak to develop 20 000ha of new rubber plantations in 2013
Added: 18 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia – 20,000 hectares of land in Sarawak will be opened…
ECHA extends chemical registration times ahead of REACH deadline
Added: 18 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Helsinki, Finland – The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is extending the open…
Momentive launching new cosmetic silicone products
Added: 17 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Albany, New York – Momentive Performance Materials is launching two “ready-to-…
Dry weather affects rubber plants in northeast India
Added: 17 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Agartala, India – Immature rubber plants (two to four years old) are drying up…
Yokohama to boost Thai tire capacity
Added: 17 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co. will start the second phase of expanding its T…
ContiTech highlighting anti-pollution hoses at Bauma
Added: 17 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Hanover – At the Bauma construction equipment show, ContiTech Fluid Technology…
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…
