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Mitas highlights Super Flexion tire at agri-business show
Added: 25 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Paris – Agricultural tire maker Mitas is unveiling a Super Flexion Tire at SIM…

Qatar Petroleum leads investigation of tire factors in accidents
Added: 25 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Doha, Qatar – Qatar Petroleum (QP) has embarked on a collaborative project to …

Dow loses urethane pricefixing case
Added: 25 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Kansas City – Dow Chemical Co. has been ordered to more than $400m (Euro 303m…

Thai minister 'shocked' by rotting rubber in store
Added: 25 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Bangkok – Thai deputy agriculture and cooperatives minister Yuthapong Charassa…

Paphos tire shop in goes up in flames
Added: 22 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Nicosia, Cyprus – A Tire shop in Thermopilon Street, at the entrance to the Pa…

Arkema's hydrophilic TPE suits medical applications
Added: 22 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Colombes, France – Arkema has launched a hydrophilic grade of its Pebax polyet…

UK auto making gearing up for strong year, says SMMT
Added: 22 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
London – The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has issued Janu…

Cooper to open global technical centre
Added: 22 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
Findlay, Ohio – Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. is working with the State of Ohio to …

Bridgestone to build new plant at Shenyang
Added: 22 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Tokyo – Bridgestone Corporation’s subsidiary in China, Bridgestone (Shenyang) …

DIY rubber cement brought down $4.6m drone
Added: 21 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Washington, DC – Someone “tacked into place” a software chip that controlled a…

German auto organisations commend Falken summer tire
Added: 21 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Offenbach am Main, Germany – The Gesellschaft für Technische Überwachung (GTÜ)…

Blair Rubber launches online spec tools for rubber lining
Added: 21 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Seville, Ohio – Blair Rubber Co has revised its website with new tools to assi…

Titan boss mauls Goodyear's Amiens workers over 'three-hour day'
Added: 21 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
London – Maurice Taylor, CEO of US tire and wheel manufacturer Titan, has caus…

Fire at Thai rubber plant
Added: 21 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Bangkok – There was a fire at a rubber factory operated by an exporter in the …

No messing with genes to produce dandelion rubber
Added: 20 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Enschede, Netherlands – Dutch biotech firm KeyGene has joined tire manufacture…

Pirelli to sponsor UK Porsche racers
Added: 20 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Burton upon Trent, UK – Pirelli has signed a minimum three-year deal to sponso…

Hankook to launch truck retread range in UK
Added: 20 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Daventry, UK – Hankook will exhibit a new bead-to-bead retread truck tire rang…

Bridgestone posts double-digit earnings gains
Added: 20 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Tokyo – Lower raw materials costs and an improved product mix led to double-di…

Autoneum plans foothold in Russian automotive market
Added: 20 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Winterthur, Switzerland – Beginning in autumn 2013, Autoneum will be producing…

Mallard Creek Polymers offers concreting aids for oil and gas engineering
Added: 19 Feb 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Charlotte, North Carolina - Mallard Creek Polymers, Inc. (MCP) has launched a …