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Japanese automakers hail EU/Japan trade talks
Added: 26 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Tokyo – The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) has welcomed a 2…

Malaysia to try new strategy for NR industry
Added: 26 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Singapore – Malaysia will introduce new measures in the next few months to ens…

Lanxess subsidiary reports sales increase of 6.8 percent
Added: 25 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Mannheim, Germany – Lanxess A.G.'s Rhein Chemie Rheinau GmbH speciality chemi…

Effigy vultures deter damage to EPDM dam covering
Added: 25 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Bull Shoals, Arkansas, USA – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is trying a new …

Goodyear bags two 'Which?' best buy ratings
Added: 25 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Erdington, UK – Goodyear Tyres has received two Best Buy awards from the UK’s …

Michelin to start tire production in India mid-2013
Added: 25 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Chennai, India – Michelin hopes to roll out truck radial tires from its Tamil …

Gates Foundation offers $100k for better condom
Added: 25 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Seattle, USA – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is offering a $100,000 gran…

UK consumer mag 'shocked' by wet braking discrepancy
Added: 22 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
London – Researchers for “Which” magazine tested 17 tire brands for braking pe…

Fire crews tackle Northern Ireland tire plant blaze
Added: 22 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Belfast, Northern Ireland – Forty firefighters have tackled a massive blaze at…

Dunlop appoints new head of racing motorcycle
Added: 22 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Birmingham, UK – Dunlop Motorsport has announced the appointment of Jason Dee …

REACH 2013 registration trackable online
Added: 22 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Helsinki, Finland – The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is now publishing spe…

Every little helps with Michelin winter tires
Added: 21 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Stoke-on-Trent – Switching to Michelin cold weather tires has significantly im…

China's fuel economy strictures could hurt small auto players
Added: 21 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Beijing – China imposed long-debated stringent fuel economy standards on 20 Ma…

Tire market deflates for Lanxess after successful 2012
Added: 21 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Leverkusen, Germany – Lanxess has forecast a larger-than-estimated fall in pro…

Dunlop's 'intelligent' chips go into racing motorbike tires
Added: 21 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Birmingham, UK – Dunlop Motorsport’s RFID (radio frequency identification) chi…

Pirelli and Versalis to research guayule
Added: 21 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
San Donato Milanese, Italy – Italian synthetic polymer producer Versalis and P…

Mahindra's electric car uses custom-designed Apollo tires
Added: 20 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Gurgaon, India – Mahindra launched its e2o electric car on 18 March using Amaz…

Nokian eyes third plant in Europe
Added: 20 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
Nokia, Finland – Nokian Tyres plans to add a third factory in Europe, most lik…

New robotics demo line at Taniq
Added: 20 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Rotterdam, The Netherlands – Reinforced rubber specialist Taniq is investing i…

Tirecon Asia to study tire labelling regulation
Added: 20 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Shanghai – The recent implementation of a new tire labelling regulation in Eu…