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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…
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…
