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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 …