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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…
UK bucks downward trend in EU car registrations
Added: 19 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Brussels – In February, new car registrations in the European Union pursued th…
Trelleborg opens new facility in China
Added: 19 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Wuxi, China – Trelleborg opened a new manufacturing facility in Wuxi on 12 Mar…
Nokian's sales up 11 percent in 2012 despite challenging climate
Added: 19 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Nokia, Finnland – Nokian Tyres has issued its Annual Report for fiscal 2012.
De…
'Decade of opportunity for tire makers' - IRSG Secretary-General
Added: 19 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Singapore – As principal guest at the opening of Tyrexpo Asia 2013, the Secret…
Study sees rapid Indian tire market growth
Added: 19 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (CNS)
Mumbai – India's tire market will grow at an average annual pace of about 14 …
Interpneu to distribute Magna Tyres in Germany
Added: 18 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Waalwijk, The Netherlands – German tire wholesaler Interpneu Handelsgesellscha…
