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Kian Hon opens retread tire facility

Added: 13 Dec 2012

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Kuala Lumpur - Kian Hon Tyres has launched a $6.6 million retreading plant in …

Big three rubber producers confirm regional bloc

Added: 13 Dec 2012

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Phuket - The world's top rubber producers have confirmed a policy of cutting e…

Indian rubber licensing goes online

Added: 12 Dec 2012

ERJ staff report (BC)

Kottayam, India - Sheela Thomas, chair of the Rubber Board of India, has launc…

Tyre services group Euromaster expands into Turkey

Added: 12 Dec 2012

ERJ Staff Report (LMH)

Birmingham, UK -- Euromaster Group has expanded operations into Turkey, which…

RPN names Cooper-Standard's McElya Executive of the Year

Added: 12 Dec 2012

ERJ staff report (BC)

Akron, Ohio - For guiding automotive supplier Cooper Standard through the rece…

Continental opening Berlin public affairs office

Added: 12 Dec 2012

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Hanover - Continental will open a new liaison office for public affairs in Be…

Thailand wants to cut rubber exports by inviting foreign tire manufacturers in

Added: 12 Dec 2012

ERJ staff report (BC)

Xinhua - Thailand has called on foreign tire producers to open plants in the c…

Titan's Taylor discloses acquisition in the works

Added: 12 Dec 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Quincy, Illinois -- Titan International Inc's next acquisition will be a com…

Lehigh forms distribution deal in Latin America

Added: 12 Dec 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Atlanta, Georgia - Lehigh Technologies Inc., is expanding its micronised rub…

Tokai Rubber sets up JV in Russia

Added: 11 Dec 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Komaki, Japan - Tokai Rubber Industries has set up a joint venture in Russia…

SSBR to meet demands of low-rolling-resistance tires

Added: 11 Dec 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Leverkusen, Germany - The trend for low-rolling-resistance tires will need t…

Avon Tyres agrees three-year deal with Lotus

Added: 11 Dec 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Melksham, UK - Avon Tyres has signed a three-year agreement with Lotus on Tr…

Petlas to boost farm tire capacity

Added: 11 Dec 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

Kirsehir, Turkey - Petlas Tire Corp. is planning to expand capacity for radi…

Mini suspension designer dies aged 92

Added: 10 Dec 2012

ERJ staff report (BC)

Bradford-on-Avon, UK - Dr Alex Moulton, inventor of two different forms of sus…

Nominations close soon for Tire Technology Awards

Added: 10 Dec 2012

ERJ staff report (BC)

Dorking, UK - The Tire Technology International Awards for Innovation and Exce…

Cabot launches Transfinity grades for mining and NVH uses

Added: 10 Dec 2012

ERJ staff report (BC)

Billerica, Massachusetts - Cabot Corporation. has released commercial grades o…

China passenger car sales near two-year high

Added: 10 Dec 2012

ERJ staff report (LMH)

London - Sales of passenger cars in China rose to the highest level in almos…

Malaysia promotes rubber medical gloves over vinyl

Added: 10 Dec 2012

ERJ staff report (BC)

Petaling Jaya - The Malaysian Rubber Export Promotion Council (MREPC) organise…

Trelleborg sets new business targets

Added: 10 Dec 2012

ERJ staff report (BC)

Trelleborg, Sweden - Industrial elastomer technology specialist Trelleborg hel…

Cambodian PM tells minorities their future is rubber

Added: 10 Dec 2012

ERJ staff report (BC)

Phnom Penh - Visiting Cambodia's Ratanakkiri province, Prime Minister Hun Sen …