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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…