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Indian synthetic rubber consumption rises 6 percent in H1
Added: 3 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
New Delhi - The Indian Rubber Board has reported the country's synthetic rubbe…

Thai rubber exports bouncing back
Added: 3 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Bangkok - The Thai Rubber Association (TRA) expects the country's rubber expor…

Chinese tire manufacturing up 20.7 percent in 2012, says IBISWorld
Added: 2 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Revenue of the tire manufacturing industry in China is expected to total $79.3…

Tire factory fire in western Sydney
Added: 2 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Sydney, Australia - Firefighters were called to a blaze in a tire storage faci…

Scrap tires wash ashore on Scottish beach
Added: 2 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Edinburgh, Scotland - Residents at Wardie Bay, Granton, near Edinburgh, were s…

Continental's South Carolina plant ahead of schedule
Added: 2 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Sumter, South Carolina - Continental Tire the Americas L.L.C. has said constru…

Apollo opening global R&D headquarters
Added: 2 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Apollo Tyres will formally inaugurate its global R&D centre at Enschede, the N…

Concept tire's colour coding monitors tread wear
Added: 2 Jan 2013
ERJ staff report (BC)
Hangzhou, China - If the Discolor concept tire turns orange, then it's worn en…

Pirelli in Rosneft deal to sell tires in Russia
Added: 21 Dec 2012
ERJ staff report (BC)
Milan - Italy's Pirelli said on 20 December that it had signed a deal with Ros…

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…