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Continental reschedules 2014 loan
Added: 21 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Hannover - Tire maker Continental AG is refinancing its syndicated loan facili…

South African tire recycling on skids
Added: 21 Dec 2012
South African tire recycling on skids
ERJ staff report (BC)
Johannesburg - The South African (SA) gov…

Tire bursts in Airbus emergency landing at Phuket
Added: 21 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Phuket - A passenger said that a tire burst when an Air Berlin Airbus A332 eme…

Trelleborg to buy Maine Tire
Added: 21 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Trelleborg, Sweden - Trelleborg A.B. has agreed to buy Maine Industrial Tire L…

Renault to manufacture in Algeria
Added: 20 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Billancourt, France - Renault, SNVI (Société Nationale de Véhicules Industr…

Pirelli thinks its tires could shake up F1 pecking order
Added: 20 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Sao Paulo - Pirelli's new tires for the 2013 season could shake up the pecking…

EU commercial vehicle registrations lowest since November 2009 - ACEA
Added: 20 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Brussels - According to the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association, (A…

Oliver Rubber introduces wide-base single tread
Added: 20 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Greenville, South Carolina - Oliver Rubber Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of M…

Continental's driverless car to hit Nevada roads
Added: 20 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Hanover - Continental has had its driverless test car licensed for autonomous …

RMA expects no growth for US tire shipments in 2012
Added: 20 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Washington DC - The Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA) expects tire shipme…

Yokohama cuts tires' aerodynamic drag
Added: 19 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Tokyo - The Yokohama Rubber Co. has developed a tire design technology claimed…

Nissan chooses Sunderland for Infiniti production
Added: 19 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Sunderland, UK - Nissan has announced that its Infiniti premium vehicle range …

IRSG hosting World Rubber Summit in Singapore
Added: 19 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Singapore - The International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) will host the World Ru…

Pirelli Carlisle named export champion by UK Trade and Investment
Added: 19 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Burton upon Trent, UK - Pirelli UK's Carlisle facility is one of five business…

Exports of Italian processing machinery hold up
Added: 19 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Assago, Italy - Assocomaplast, the trade association representing 165 Italian…

Goodall to relocate hose and belt factory
Added: 19 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Collingwood, Ontario - Goodall Rubber Co. of Canada plans to move its producti…

Alcoa opens aluminium wheel plant in Suzhou
Added: 18 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Suzhou, China - Alcoa Inc. has opened its first aluminium wheel plant in China…

Birla Tyres plant shuts temporarily
Added: 18 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Bhubaneswar, India - Birla Tyres, a unit of the BK Birla Group company Kesoram…

Ivory Coast aims to produce 300,000 tonnes of rubber in 2013
Added: 18 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Abidjan - Ivory Coast expects to produce 300,000 tonnes of rubber in 2013 as i…

ATS Euromaster gains quality accreditation
Added: 18 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Aston, UK - Tire distributor ATS Euromaster has passed an independent audit ca…