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New tire deal for puncture-prone UK fleet
Added: 7 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Birmingham, UK – Oxfordshire-based Chevron Traffic Management (CTM), which lay…
Continental profits, sales up in 2012
Added: 7 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Hanover, Germany – Continental Corp. has reported profit of almost Euro 1.9 …
UK new car market grows for 12th successive month
Added: 7 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
London – The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has posted UK c…
ContiTech opens new R&D centre in China
Added: 7 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Changshu, China – ContiTech has opened its first research and development c…
Kraiburg TPE uses gas-to-liquid process oil
Added: 7 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Waldkraiburg, Germany – Kraiburg TPE has adopted Shell’s “next generation” Ris…
PVC cable jacketing shows 'rubberlike flexibility'
Added: 7 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA – Two PVC elastomer compounds for jacketing of in…
Report looks at VW Group supply strategy
Added: 6 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Stamford, UK – The 2013 edition of the “Supplying Volkswagen Group Report” pro…
Rebutting 'Women can't change car tires'
Added: 6 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Oban, UK – Women drivers are being offered the chance to dispel the stereotype…
Pirelli launching 'autographed' tires for premium cars
Added: 6 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Geneva, Switzerland – Pirelli is introducing ‘autographed’ original equipment …
3M launches polychloroprene-free fast-tack adhesive
Added: 6 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
St Paul, Minneapolis –3M’s 1000NF fast-tack adhesive is offered as an alternat…
Hankook goal: sufficient size, not just ranking
Added: 6 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
By Bruce Davis, Rubber & Plastics News
Cancun, Mexico – Hankook Tire Co. Lt…
Tokai opens training centre in Japan
Added: 6 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Komaki City, Japan – Tokai Rubber Industries Ltd has opened an employee trai…
Asian rubber settles higher on tight supply
Added: 6 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Bangkok – Asian rubber settled higher Tuesday after the Chinese government s…
Apollo Tyres expands European product range
Added: 6 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Geneva, Switzerland – Apollo Tyres has launched two new high-performance pa…
Agripan to distribute Westlake tires in Greece
Added: 6 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (LMH)
Athens – Agripan SA has signed an agreement to become the authorised distrib…
UAE man injured by exploding truck tire
Added: 5 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Sharjah, UAE – A 26 year-old man was severely injured after a truck’s tire he …
Cote d'Ivoire plans rubber and banana tax to fund food crop research
Added: 5 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire – The Ivorian government is setting up the country's fi…
Bridgestone goes large and narrow
Added: 5 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Tokyo – Bridgestone Corporation has launched a "Large & Narrow” concept tire, …
Lanxess switching to S-SBR from E-SBR in Brazil
Added: 5 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
São Paulo/Leverkusen – The German speciality chemicals company Lanxess will co…
Bridgestone to close Italian car tire plant
Added: 5 Mar 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
Brussels, Belgium (March 4, 2013) – Bridgestone Corporation will close its pas…
