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Tire sales from supermarket car parks?
Added: 11 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Dublin –The supermarket giant Tesco is reportedly working on a deal for tire f…
Continental invests in Slovakia
Added: 11 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Hanover, Germany – Continental AG plans to expand its Slovak operations in a…
Hankook launches bead-to-bead retread truck tire range
Added: 11 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Birmingham, UK – Hankook Tire says it has developed a bead-to-bead retread t…
ContiTech sales up 3.6% in 2012
Added: 11 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Hanover, Germany – ContiTech AG says it remains “on course for success” aft…
Simrit fluorosilicone approved for aerospace use
Added: 10 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Plymouth, Michigan – Simrit, a division of Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologi…
Pirelli announces its nine best suppliers of 2012
Added: 10 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Milan – Having spent around €4bn to acquire goods and services in 2012, Pirell…
French workers sue Goodyear in Ohio to save jobs
Added: 10 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Akron, Ohio – French workers from Goodyear’s troubled Amiens plant have sued…
Kultevat, KeyGene partner on Russian dandelion rubber project
Added: 10 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
By Mike McNulty, Rubber & Plastics News
Carlsbad, California – Kultevat LLC…
Pirelli reviewing European commercial structure
Added: 10 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Milan Italy – Pirelli & C. S.p.A. is reviewing its European commercial stru…
KKR paying €498m for Alliance Tire
Added: 9 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
New Delhi – New York-based private equity group Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) …
Trelleborg acquires deep-sea composites company
Added: 9 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Trelleborg, Sweden – Trelleborg Offshore & Construction has finalised the acqu…
Yokohama expansion project enters second phase
Added: 9 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Fullerton, California – Mike McNulty of Rubber & Plastics News has updated on …
County Antrim farmer wins tractor tires from Goodyear Agri Club
Added: 9 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Birmingham, UK – A County Antrim, Northern Ireland farmer has taken delivery o…
Aditya Birla Nuvo selling carbon black business
Added: 9 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Mumbai – Aditya Birla Nuvo (ABD) has said in a stock exchange filing that it w…
Ghanaian rubber output grows 21 percent year on year
Added: 8 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Ghanaian rubber production grew from 6 242 tonnes in 2011 to 7 602 tonnes in 2…
Tire alarm causes Air Berlin flight diversion
Added: 8 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Salzburg, Austria – On 5 April Air Berlin flight AB-3222 from Münster (Germany…
Toyo forms tire subsidiary in Thailand
Added: 8 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Osaka, Japan – Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd has established a tire sales subsi…
UK drivers in dark about tire care and wheel changing
Added: 8 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Swansea, UK – More than half of car drivers have no idea whether their vehicl…
Mid Atlantic continues to grow, acquires two brands
Added: 8 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
By Mike McNulty, Rubber & Plastics News
Newark, Delaware – Rick Miller had …
Rubber glove stocks rise in response to China bird flu outbreak
Added: 8 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Kuala Lumpur – Investors are accumulating shares of rubber glove manufactur…
