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Al Dobowi to boost European team
Added: 24 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
London - The Al Dobowi Group, parent company of Infinity Tyres Europe, will ex…

Toyo makes senior management changes
Added: 24 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Osaka - At a board meeting today (24 January) Kenji Nakakura was appointed Cha…

Natural rubber imports to India likely to fall in January-February
Added: 23 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Mumbai - Rubber imports into India in January and February are likely to fall …

Michelin shares drop on low European tire demand
Added: 23 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Paris - Shares in Michelin & Cie and Continental AG fell the most in more than…

Pirelli's 2013 F1 tires go public
Added: 23 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Milan - Pirelli has launched a revised P Zero tire range for dry weather and a…

Scottish delivery service puts Hankook brand on trucks
Added: 23 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Daventry, UK - Drummond Distribution, a logistics provider for Hankook UK, has…

Very little time left for Turkish retread companies - Kraiburg
Added: 23 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Geretsberg, Austria - An event to inform Turkish tire retreaders on the implic…

Winter tire demand up 450%, says Kwik Fit
Added: 22 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Letchworth, UK - Major UK tire retailer Kwik Fit reports selling more than fiv…

Bridgestone opens Dubai training facility
Added: 22 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Tokyo - Bridgestone Middle East & Africa FZE (BSMEA), has opened Bridgestone P…

Indian auto sector woes pile up inventory at tire makers
Added: 22 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Mumbai - With the Indian auto market in the grip of a severe slowdown, the tir…

Japan's auto makers welcome EU-Japan free trade move
Added: 22 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Tokyo - The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) has welcomed a d…

Yulex bio-latex mattress launched
Added: 22 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Atlanta, Georgia - Luxury mattress maker Pure LatexBLISS will launch a new Yul…

Voluntary motorcycle tire recall by Continental for US and Canada
Added: 22 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Missisauga, Ontario - Continental has announced a voluntary recall programme i…

Overheated truck tire starts fire on NSW highway
Added: 21 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Ultimo, New South Wales, Australia - Emergency services have attended a truck …

BMTR gets Pirelli Performance Centre of the Year award
Added: 21 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Burton-upon-Trent, UK - Pirelli has announced that the BMTR tire dealership ha…

New development director for Sibur
Added: 21 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Moscow - 56 year-old Andrei Zhvakin has been appointed managing director for o…

China tire imports surge
Added: 21 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (TB)
Akron, Ohio - Bruce Davis of Tire Business reports that imports of car tires f…

Symphony's 'flat pack' recycler will 'avoid tire mountains'
Added: 21 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Borehamwood, UK - Symphony Recycling Technologies has launched a semi-automati…

Cambodia's rubber exports up 17 percent, revenues down 21 percent in 2012
Added: 18 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Cambodia recorded a 17 percent rise in rubber latex exports in 2012, reports t…

Goodyear remains high on Europe
Added: 18 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (RPN)
Detroit, Michigan - Goodyear expects the European market, especially the tir…