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Owners less satisfied with run-flats
Added: 2 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
Westlake Village, California – Owners of 2011- and 2012-model-year cars in the…

Yokohama Rubber establishes Mexican subsidiary
Added: 2 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Tokyo – The Yokohama Rubber Co. has incorporated Yokohama Tire Mexico S. de R.…

Millionth locally made tire for Russian-built VW Polo
Added: 2 Apr 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Almetyevsk, Tatarstan, Russia – Nizhnekamskshina, the tire making subsidiary o…

Chinese rubber demand steady in shift from truck to car tires
Added: 28 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
New York – Rubber demand in China may be unchanged in 2013 as consumption by t…

Tyrexpo Asia 2013 visitors up 22.5 percent, exhibitors up 64 percent on 2011
Added: 28 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Tunbridge Wells, UK – Tyrexpo Asia 2013 attracted 4,355 individual visitors to…

Rubber fall attributed to debt crisis and weak US results
Added: 28 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Bangkok – Rubber declined strongly over a week, reports Supunnabul Suwannakij …

Omsk Carbon Group to build carbon black plant in Belarus
Added: 28 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Amherst, Massachusetts – Russian carbon black producer Omsk Carbon Group has a…

Belgian rubber and plastics manufacturers equivocal on 2013 prospects
Added: 28 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Brussels – Federplast.be, the Belgian association of manufacturers of plastic …

Michelin considers its position on European capacity
Added: 27 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Paris – Groupe Michelin may have a successful 2012, comments Maxime Amiot in L…

Government grants for Yokohama Rubber's Chinese tire base
Added: 27 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Tokyo – The Yokohama Rubber Co. has announced today that Hangzhou Yokohama Ti…

Firm rates Bridgestone as No. 1 tire brand
Added: 27 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
London – Bridgestone is the world's most valuable tire brand, according to new…

Falken faces up to UK motorway drivers
Added: 27 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Offenbach, Germany – Falken Tyres Europe claims to be the first tyre company t…

UK the exception as EU commercial vehicle demand continues down
Added: 27 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Brussels – Demand for new commercial vehicles in February was down for the fou…

EU SafeRubber expects to replace PCP accelerator
Added: 26 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Brussels, Belgium – The European Commission (EC’s) SafeRubber research project…

Simulation software enables detailed design of elastomer processing
Added: 26 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Schaumberg, Illinois – Sigma Plastic Services (SPP) offers its Sigmasoft 3D in…

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 …