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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…

Bridgestone's winter tire meets stricter stud requirements

Added: 20 Mar 2013

ERJ staff report (BC)

Tokyo – Bridgestone’s new Blizzak Spike-01 is a studded winter tire for passen…